Dubai, UAE: iCAUR, an electric-led automotive brand from China, is launching in the Middle East with the dynamic V27 SUV. Making its regional debut in the UAE, iCAUR is expected to expand its footprint across the Middle East. Driving the green mobility revolution in the region In an important devel»»»

In a strategic initiative to modernize its mining sector, Egypt will launch a Digital Mining Platform in early 2025, as announced by Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawi. This platform aims to streamline operations and attract both local and international investors, aligning wi»»»

Egypt’s stock market closed the week ending Thursday, 25 December, in negative territory, with broad-based declines reflecting continued local profit-taking and year-end portfolio adjustments. Despite the losses, sustained buying by non-Arab foreign investors offered a partial buffer, reinforcing t»»»

Egypt has signed a new oil and gas exploration agreement with Terra Petroleum, marking the British firm’s first entry into the country’s upstream energy sector, as Cairo steps up efforts to attract foreign investment and lift hydrocarbon output. The deal, signed between the Egyptian General Petrole»»»

Egypt has signed $1.15bn in new industrial investment agreements with three Chinese companies in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, underscoring accelerating foreign interest in the country’s manufacturing push. The contracts, signed between TEDA Egypt and the Chinese firms, will be implemented in the S»»»

Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone has signed a contract to develop a large prefabricated industrial complex in Qantara West, as the government accelerates efforts to expand manufacturing capacity and attract new investors. The EGP 1bn ($20.3mn) project will be developed by the Main Development Compa»»»

Kumtor’s revenue for 2025 exceeded 124,216 billion soms, and gold production will reach 12 tons by the end of the year. Daiyrbek Orunbekov, head of the Information Policy Service of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic, reported. According to him, all revenues are transferred to t»»»

Dubai: An Indian expat community leader in the UAE has received a personal condolence letter from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the death of his mother last month, in a gesture that has deeply moved his family. Jitendra Vaidya, CEO and stakeholder of a quality inspection service pro»»»

The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a caravan of robotic lunar landers including Jeff Bezos’ new supersized Blue Moon. A supermoon looms on Jan. 3 and an astronomical bl»»»

Dubai: OpenAI is hunting for a new "Head of Preparedness" with a salary of $555,000 (approx. Dh2,038,237.50) per year, plus equity but CEO Sam Altman hasn't sugarcoated the intensity of the position, describing it on X (formerly Twitter) as “stressful job and you'll jump into the deep end pretty mu»»»

Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) Kamchybek Tashiev asked representatives of the Chinese company China Road to learn the Kyrgyz language. The statement was made during a meeting on road construction in Issyk-Kul region. When asking who is working on Barskoon»»»

“When we founded the agency in 1995, we had to explain to clients what PR meant. At that time, the first communicators were being trained and came together in the first association of PR professionals—ARRP, which has since become a strong voice in the industry. I learned about communication through»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received on Monday a phone call from Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, HE Dr. Abbas Araghchi. During the call, they discussed cooperation relations between the two»»»

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal was closer than ever to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine but reported no apparent breakthrough on the flashpoint issue of territory after new talks with the warring countries' leaders. Trump, who had promised a peace deal on day one of his nearly ye»»»

Islamic State militants clashed with police in northwest Turkey on Monday, leaving three police officers and six militants dead, Turkey’s interior minister said. At least eight other police officers and a night guard were wounded. The shooting occurred in Elmali district in Yalova province, south o»»»

A majority of Bulgarians reported being happy in 2025, though views on the country’s overall progress remain mixed, according to a survey by the Trend Research Center commissioned by "24 Chasa". The study, conducted between November 29 and December 5, 2025, involved 1,002 face-to-face interviews wi»»»

Dubai: New Year’s Eve in Dubai has become a carefully priced market, where location, fireworks access and capacity limits determine how much guests pay to welcome the year ahead. For 2026, hotels, restaurants and experience operators across the city are offering tightly curated packages that range »»»

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that moves to disarm the group in Lebanon are an "Israeli-American plan", accusing Israel of failing to abide by a ceasefire agreement sealed last year. Under heavy U.S. pressure and fears of expanded Israeli strikes, the Lebanese military is expected to»»»

New Delhi, India: A 75-year-old passenger was killed after a fire broke out inside two coaches of a train early Monday in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, police said. The fire inside Tatanagar-Ernakulam Express broke out near Elamanchili in Anakapalle district, about 313 km northeast o»»»

China will on January 1 launch an "action plan" for boosting management and operations of its digital currency, a deputy governor of the country's central bank said Monday. "The future digital yuan will be a modern digital payment and circulation means issued and circulated within the financial sys»»»

Bulgarian banks, businesses and shoppers were preparing this week to say goodbye to ​the lev currency ahead of a move to adopt the euro on January 1, a long-awaited milestone met with excitement, skepticism and, in some corners, anger. Bulgaria, a Black Sea country on the European Union's southeast»»»

The second term of the 2025-2026 school year begins on February 3 for all students from first to 12th grade in the country, according to the schedule for the current academic year published on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science. The break between the two terms will last three days»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) has announced a price reduction of up to 30 percent at selected restaurants and cafés in the Sealine area during the winter camping season. In a social media announcement, the Ministry stated this applies only to participating food and bever»»»

Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad and has opened a criminal investigation, following a Reuters report that revealed a yearslong conspiracy by the fallen dictatorship to hide thousands of bodies on the remote ​desert sit»»»

More than 10,000 complaints and reports have been filed with the Ombudsman between January 1, 2025, and mid-December, which is close to that figure from the previous year, the national Ombudsman's press service reported on Monday. There were nearly 700 complaints to the Ombudsman against heating co»»»

According to the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the first six months of 2025 amounted to $562.7 million, compared to $462.2 million in the same period in 2024, marking a 21.7 percent increase year-on-year. Ravshanbek Sabirov, Head o»»»

Alex Skouras and Leonidas Anastasopoulos, co-founders & managing partners of Alesonor, talked to Business Review about the company’s strategy to focus on delivering high-end, sustainable real estate projects on the local market and building resilient communities around them. By Anda Sebesi What wer»»»

2025 brought strategic expansion for SPEEDWELL Development, both in Romania and abroad. Country Manager Yannick Van de Parre tells Business Review about how the company navigated a volatile fiscal environment, transforming market challenges into opportunities through a focus on high sustainability »»»

Egypt and Japan on Sunday signed an executive agreement for a US$22 million grant project from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – equivalent to one billion Egyptian pounds – to finance the construction and delivery of the first-of-its-kind DSV (Dive Support Vessel) for the Suez Can»»»

In 2025, public transport users in Bishkek purchased 34,560 Tulpar school cards, 20,600 concession cards for pensioners and people with disabilities, and 90,500 standard cards. Bekzhan Akmatbekov, Tulpar project’s Operations Director, announced at a press conference. According to him, a total of 1,»»»

Dubai: A Saudi criminal court has sentenced an organised fraud ring of 11 defendants to a combined 155 years in prison after convicting them of orchestrating complex financial scams that netted about SR40 million from a range of victims, including a former national team official, a Saudi poet and a»»»

Militants of the ISIS group opened fire on police and wounded seven officers during a raid on the group in northwest Türkiye on Monday, the country's state-run media reported. The clash broke out in Elmali district in Yalova province, south of Istanbul, as police stormed a house where the militants»»»

China opposes any attempt to split territories ​in Somalia, the foreign ministry said on Monday, affirming Chinese support for the sovereignty, unity and territorial ‌integrity of ‌the East ‌African ⁠country. "No ​country ‌should encourage or support other countries' internal separatist forces for »»»

Fighting has eased but not stopped following the October 10, 2025 ceasefire: more than 400 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since then, according to Gaza officials. US President Donald Trump is expected to "push for progress" during Monday's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benja»»»

Integration of Tulpar project, a cashless payment system for public transportation in Bishkek, with partners in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is in its final stages. Bekzhan Akmatbekov, Tulpar project’s Operations Director, announced at a press conference. According to him, the integration is planned to be»»»

Mexico City: At least 13 people died and close to a hundred others were injured Sunday when a train partially derailed in southern Oaxaca state, Mexican authorities said, updating an earlier toll. "As a result of this accident, 139 people are out of danger, 98 were injured... and unfortunately, 13 »»»

Dubai: A fierce bidding battle for the coveted car plate number 12 set the tone for Dubai’s latest distinctive number plate auction, propelling total sales to a record-breaking Dh109 million, the highest ever achieved by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The auction held on December 27 was h»»»

Dubai: People who drink bottled water every day may be ingesting an extra 90,000 microplastic particles annually, according to a new review of scientific research by researchers from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. The review analysed more than 140 scientific studies and found that, on av»»»

Oil prices rose on Monday as investors weighed the outcome of talks between the US and Ukrainian presidents on a potential ​deal to end the war in Ukraine, as well as Middle East tensions that could disrupt supply. Brent crude futures rose 67 cents, or 1.1%, to $61.31 per barrel at 0751 GMT, while »»»

China launched live-fire drills around Taiwan on Monday that it said would simulate a blockade of the self-ruled island's key ports, prompting Taipei to condemn Beijing's "military intimidation". Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory and has refused to rule out using military act»»»

Bulgaria will enter 2026 with mostly stable winter weather, marked by sunshine, wind and low temperatures in the opening days of the new year. During the first half of New Year’s week, conditions will be largely calm and bright, with limited atmospheric disturbances. Monday and Tuesday will bring p»»»

Specialists who received education funded by state scholarships and taxpayers’ money should return and work in Kyrgyzstan. Education Minister Dokturgul Kendirbaeva said live on Birinchi Radio. According to her, the ministry is interested in attracting young and proactive professionals to the educat»»»

As 2025 draws to a close, we will all reflect on the year gone by- the highs, the lows and what to hope for in 2026. For me this year was marked by finding comfort in nostalgia. I can’t say 2025 has been a bad year for me personally but there were immense moments of stress. And for most of us, what»»»

KGST stablecoin, pegged to the Kyrgyz som, continues to trade on the Binance cryptocurrency exchange without significant deviations from its settlement rate. An analysis of exchange data for late December says. KGST quotes remain within a narrow range aligned with the national currency, indicating »»»

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Seoul, South Korea: South Korea's former first lady was alleged by prosecutors Monday to have accepted lavish bribes totaling over $200,000, including fine art, jewellery and a handbag, as well as meddling in state affairs. Kim Keon Hee, the wife of disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, was arreste»»»

Beijing, China: China will on January 1 launch an "action plan" for boosting management and operations of its digital currency, a deputy governor of the country's central bank said Monday. "The future digital yuan will be a modern digital payment and circulation means issued and circulated within t»»»

Dubai: People who drink bottled water every day may be ingesting an extra 90,000 microplastic particles annually, according to a new review of scientific research by researchers from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. The review analysed more than 140 scientific studies and found that, on av»»»

Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has apologised for several of his old tweets that have resurfaced, as calls grow for him to be deported from the UK days after he arrived following his release from an Egyptian jail. The Conservative and Reform UK leaders say the home secretary should c»»»

Ahead of the New Year, Mayor of Bishkek Aibek Dzhunushaliev presented official vehicles to the Municipal Inspectorate and district administrations. The municipality’s press service reported. Handing over the vehicles, the mayor expressed gratitude to the municipal inspectorate staff for their achie»»»