Iranian authorities on Sunday announced they will give a monthly allowance to every citizen in the country to alleviate economic pressure, after a week of protests. "Individuals can receive an amount equivalent to one million Tomans (approximately $7) per person per month, which is credited to thei»»»

Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela other than enforcing an existing "oil quarantine" on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier that the US would be running Venezuela f»»»

Parties in southern Yemen welcomed on Sunday Saudi Arabia’s call to hold a comprehensive conference on the issue of the South. The conference will be held in Riyadh at an official request by Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Chairman Dr. Rashad al-Alimi. The meeting will help shape the path of »»»

Doha, Qatar: Chairman of the DIMDEX Organising Committee, Staff Brigadier (Naval) Abdulbaqi Saleh Al Ansari, stated: "DIMDEX stands today as a testament to Qatar's steady progress in strengthening both its national defence capabilities and its economic foundations." He added that "by bringing leadi»»»

President Donald Trump threatened Sunday that Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez will pay a "very big price" if she doesn't cooperate with the United States, after US forces seized and jailed her former boss Nicolas Maduro. "If she doesn't do what's right, she is going to pay a very big pri»»»

Madrid: Gonzalo Garcia bagged a hat-trick for Real Madrid as they beat Real Betis 5-1 on Sunday to stay on La Liga leaders Barcelona's tail. Spanish striker Garcia, filling in for the injured Kylian Mbappe, opened the scoring after 20 minutes and then volleyed home a superb second early in the seco»»»

Former Albanian Health Minister Ilir Beqaj, who has been held in pretrial detention in the city of Durres for more than a year, has raised concerns over defendants’ access to court case files. In a public statement, Beqaj said authorities are starting 2026 by reopening a long-standing issue that, d»»»

DOHA: Qatar Development Bank (QDB) announced its key achievements for 2025, reporting strong growth across its core business areas. The results highlight significant growth in direct and indirect financing, expanded investment activity, enhanced support for exporters, as well as the success of vari»»»

NAIROBI: Kenya has formally ended over two decades of protection for its sugar industry and will now allow cheap sugar imports from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Africa's largest trading bloc, a government regulatory body said Sunday. The Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) said t»»»

Albania’s Democratic Party will return to protests, as previously announced by its leader, Sali Berisha. In a Facebook post, the head of the Democratic Party’s parliamentary group, Gazment Bardhi, said that the party’s “Foltore” rally will be held on Jan. 5 at 6 p.m. in front of the Prime Minister’»»»

Venezuela's military on Sunday recognized Delcy Rodriguez, deputy to ousted President Nicolas Maduro, as the country's acting leader, after US forces extracted the former head of state to face trial. Amid uncertainty following the leftist president's dramatic capture, Defense Minister Vladimir Padr»»»

Tunis, Jan. 4 (TAP) – The weather will be partly cloudy across the country on Sunday night, becoming mostly cloudy in the western regions, with light showers locally affecting the eastern regions.Winds blowing from the southwest, relatively strong...»»»

Lebanon said a strike in the south killed two Sunday while Israel said it had struck a Hezbollah operative, the latest raids as Beirut seeks to disarm the Iran-backed group. Despite a year-old ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel carries out regular strikes on Lebanon, usually saying it i»»»

Abuja: At least 30 people were killed, and others abducted in an attack carried out by gunmen on a market in Niger State, central Nigeria. Police said in a statement carried by local media on Sunday that armed assailants stormed a market in the village of Demo, set stalls ablaze, and looted food su»»»

Brasilia: Brazil's interim Foreign Minister Maria Laura da Rocha on Saturday said Brazil recognizes Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as the head of state in the absence of President Nicolas Maduro. She added Brazil will continue to support international law, and all countries in safeguard»»»

Abu Dhabi: Four Indian expats in the UAE, including three siblings and their maid, were killed in a car crash in the wee hours on Sunday. A relative of the family told Gulf News that the family hailing from Kerala was returning to their house in Dubai from a trip to the Liwa Festival when the trage»»»

A Royal Air Force Typhoon prepares to take off at an undisclosed location in the Middle East to join French aircraft in a joint strike targeting access tunnels to an underground ISIS facility near Palmyra in Syria. Sgt. Lee Goddard/Royal Air Force Handout/EPA Jan. 4 (UPI) -- British and French airc»»»

Venezuela’s Supreme Court has appointed Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to assume the duties of the presidency on an interim basis, following what Caracas described as the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro by the United States and his removal from the country—a move that has triggered widespread»»»

Institutional rental housing (PRS – Private Rented Sector) remains one of the fastest-growing segments of Poland’s residential market, driven by rising mobility, migration to large cities, and limited access to mortgages. According to a report by Savills and Crido, PRS stock reached about 25,100 ap»»»

In 2026, Polish households will face mixed financial effects. Borrowers, especially mortgage holders, will benefit from lower loan installments after multiple interest-rate cuts by the Monetary Policy Council, which brought inflation back to the National Bank of Poland target. However, savers will »»»

According to a long-term forecast prepared by Social Insurance Institution (ZUS), Poland’s pension system is expected to remain stable until 2080 despite adverse demographic trends. The projection, prepared every three years for the pension fund, includes pessimistic, optimistic, and baseline scena»»»

Although Poland has been a member of the European Union for over two decades, discussion about adopting the euro has become increasingly rare and largely detached from substantive economic analysis. The euro is now treated mainly as a political issue rather than an economic one, with debate reduced»»»

In 2026, Poland is set to receive a record PLN 180 billion in EU funds, including PLN 120 billion from the National Recovery Plan (KPO), according to Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz. The inflow comes as Poland’s investment rate remains low—16.9% of GDP in 2024, well below the EU average of over 21%. Fu»»»

PST, a renewable energy company within the Grenevia group, has signed the final of three conditional agreements with the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW) to support the construction of energy storage facilities. Under the agreements, PST is set to receive ar»»»

Polish e-commerce is entering a phase of deep technological and regulatory transformation. With 78% of internet users shopping online, the market has stabilized, shifting competition toward retaining and better understanding existing customers. The value of the sector is expected to grow from PLN 1»»»

According to a demographic forecast prepared by the Ministry of Finance for actuarial purposes of Social Insurance Institution (ZUS), Poland’s population will shrink to 27.2 million by 2080, down from 37.4 million in 2025 — a decline of 27%. Despite a modest rise in the fertility rate from 1.11 to »»»

Ankara: Turkiye and Azerbaijan have signed a deal to bolster cooperation in the energy sector, under which Azerbaijan will supply 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Turkiye. Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar clarified that the deal stipulates the delivery of 3»»»

Ramallah: The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) recorded a total of 99 abuses committed by Israeli occupation forces against journalists during December 2025. The abuses reflect a high level of repression and restrictions, with Palestinian journalists now directly targeted, not only as witnes»»»

After a US military operation that seized Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump said he wants to allow American oil companies to head back into Venezuela to tap its massive crude reserves. Here are some of the key questions around US interest in Venezuelan oil: What are Venezuela's reserves?The co»»»

Fallen trees caused serious damage to three cars in the Borovets resort complex, Municipal Enterprise Construction, Repair and Landscaping Director Nikolay Stoynov said on Sunday. No one was injured, and tourists were taken from Sitnyakovo lift station down to the resort and moved to safety. Stoyno»»»

At least 16 people have been killed during a week of unrest in Iran, rights groups said on Sunday, as protests over soaring inflation spread across the country, sparking violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces. Deaths and arrests have been reported through the week both by state m»»»

Fully storing data within the EU is impossible because American technology companies dominate the space, Miguel De Bruycker, director of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), has told the Financial Times. The official also noted that EU regulation on artificial intelligence (AI) was blocking »»»

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Sunday that the actions of US President Donald Trump in Venezuela were unlawful but consistent because he was defending US ‌interests, TASS news ‌agency reported. "It ‌must ⁠be acknowledged ‌that, despite the obvious unlawfulnes»»»

The Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC) announced on Sunday that Saudi Arabia’s venture capital ecosystem achieved two historic leaps in 2025, in terms of total investment value and number of transactions, further reinforcing the Kingdom’s position as the leading venture capital market in the Middl»»»

Syrian government officials held talks Sunday with the commander of the main Kurdish-led force in the country over plans to merge it with the national army, state media reported, adding that no “tangible results” had been achieved. The leadership in Damascus under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa »»»

In the snow-dusted street outside St Christopher's Church, hundreds joined a special Sunday Mass for the victims of the fire that tore through Le Constellation bar on New Year's Eve. Many hugged each other, crying quietly, as they remembered the dozens killed and those still in hospital with severe»»»

These days mark the sixth anniversary of the assassination of Haj Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis in Baghdad, where he was killed alongside Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in a US airstrike that targeted their convoy at Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020. Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, wh»»»

Beijing: A study conducted by Chinese researchers from Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU) and South University has shown that a diet containing a moderate amount of fat reduces fat accumulation and inflammation in adipose tissue. The scientists confirmed that consuming fat within the recommended»»»

A top Venezuelan official declared on Sunday that the country's government would stay unified behind President Nicolas Maduro, whose capture by the US has sparked deep uncertainty about what is next for the oil-rich South American nation. Maduro is in a New York detention center awaiting a Monday c»»»

More than 24 hours after President Maduro's kidnapping by US forces, it's still unclear what President Trump means when he talks about “running” Venezuela, international affairs observer and Issue Insight think tank research fellow John Kavulich tells Sputnik. “We don’t have boots on the ground…whe»»»

Donald Trump has vowed to tap into Venezuela's oil reserves after seizing President Nicolás Maduro and outlining plans to "run" the country. The US president wants American oil firms to pile billions of dollars into the South American country, which has the largest crude oil reserves on the planet,»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent reports an Israeli drone targeted a car on the public road between Tebnine, Jmeijmeh, and Safad Al-Batikh, south Leb»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon reports Israeli artillery targets the “Al-Mahafer” area between the towns of Aitaroun and Blida wit»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez: More than 30,000 Colombian soldiers are stationed along the country’s border with Venezuela 04-01»»»

Doha,Qatar: Weather, inshore, until 6am on Monday will be slightly dusty at times, becomes cold and some clouds, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report, warning of strong wind at places. Offshore, it will see some clouds and slightly dusty at times, the report added, warning»»»

In the presence of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, met with current and former ministers who have served with him over the past two decades. The meetin»»»

Bulgaria has now completed its transition to the euro, closing a chapter that began more than 28 years ago with the introduction of the currency board. That system was born out of crisis. The banking collapses and hyperinflation of 1996–1997 erased household savings and pushed the country to the ve»»»

Doha: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) signed two cooperation agreements with QNB Group and Doha Bank as part of its efforts to enhance integration between the public and private sectors and to develop the services provided to investors through the Single Window platform. The agreements»»»

With the seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump has demonstrated more powerfully than ever his belief in the power of his will, backed by raw US military force. On his orders the US has Maduro behind bars and now will "run" Venezuela. The US president made the announcement in a r»»»

Bulgaria’s entry into the eurozone has triggered a wave of consumer alerts over suspected price manipulation, with watchdog groups warning that some traders are exploiting confusion during the early days of the transition. Speaking on Nova TV, Bogomil Nikolov from the “Active Consumers” association»»»