Warning: This story contains details which some readers might find distressing. An Iranian woman who witnessed the bloody crackdown on protests in Iran has described how her neighbourhood turned into a "war zone" as security forces opened fire at crowds with live ammunition. A government-imposed in»»»

Mexican influencer Nicole Pardo Molina, known online as "La Nicholette," was kidnapped in broad daylight in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa. File Photo by Ulises Ruiz Basurto/EPA Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Mexican influencer Nicole Pardo Molina, known online as "La Nicholette," was kidnapped in broad daylig»»»

The UN children's agency (UNICEF) told AFP on Friday that it was able to bring recreational supplies including notebooks, crayons and art materials into the war-scarred Gaza Strip for the first time in more than two years. Since the start of the war sparked by Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel,»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has urged motorists to plan their journeys in advance, warning of possible traffic delays around Alserkal Avenue as Quoz Arts Fest returns this weekend. The two-day cultural festival will take place on Saturday, January 24, and Sunday, January 25, »»»

Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and one of the FBI's ten most wanted fugitives, has been arrested and charged with running a transnational drug trafficking operation, US media report. The reported arrest ends a years-long search for Wedding, 44, who was wanted on drug and murder»»»

Police in western Greece have arrested a man suspected of involvement in a widespread but efficient form of telephone fraud that targets elderly people for cash and valuables, authorities said Friday. A police statement said the suspect was arrested Thursday in the town of Arta, just before he coul»»»

The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by 49 members of Parliament challenging the constitutionality of the decision of the legislature to elect a Prime Minister, as well as the structure and composition of the Council of Ministers, adopted on January 16, 2025, according to a stateme»»»

1 of 3 | President Donald Trump said that he is sending an “armada” to Iran in response to its regime’s killing of more than 5,000 protesters. Photo by Francis Chung/UPI | License Photo Jan. 23 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said that he is sending an "armada" to Iran in response to its regime's k»»»

Tunis,23 janv. (TAP)- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed Friday met in Carthage with Ambassador of Portugal to Tunisia Nuno Bello who paid him a farewell visit at the end of his mission to Tunisia. The Head of State said Tunisia wants stronger...»»»

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 dropped a sound bomb near a newly established Lebanese army site in Khallat Al-Mahafir, sou»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli artillery targets Mount Blat off Al-Salhani, South Lebanon: Al-Manar reporter 23-01-2026 16:38 PM Latest News Urgent News Israeli a»»»

A criminal investigation by Spain's High Court into the targeting of senior Spanish politicians with Pegasus spyware made by Israel software firm NSO was shelved Thursday due to Israeli authorities refusal to provide any cooperation. File photo by Atef Safadi/EPA-EFE Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A judge in Spa»»»

Bulgaria is expected to experience continued warming over the weekend and into the next week, with some areas seeing rain on Monday, according to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) forecast for January 24–29. The forecast was prepared by Mariyana Popova, on-duty forecaster a»»»

Istanbul: Turkiye's exports to Syria rose almost 70 percent Year over Year in 2025. Turkiye's exporters assembly said that Syria's political change in the end of 2024 reflected positively on trade between the two sides. Exports to Syria amounted to $1.514 billion in 2024 and jumped by almost 70 per»»»

The Kambarata Hydropower Plant-1 project, with an installed capacity of 1,860 megawatts, has entered an active implementation phase. The facility, which has strategic importance for all of Central Asia, showed significant progress in 2025 both in engineering preparations and in attracting investmen»»»

Tokyo: The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged at its regular policy meeting Friday, while raising its outlook for economic growth and inflation. The central bank decided to maintain the short-term interest rate at 0.75 percent, in a vote of eight members in favor and one dissenting, in lin»»»

Sohar: Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and co-driver Candido Carrera overcame two slow punctures to take the lead after a punishing opening leg of the 29th Oman International Rally on Friday, the first round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC). Partnered by Candido Carrera, Al-Attiyah »»»

Volodymyr Zelensky acted as the main provocateur behind Ukraine's strikes on Russian energy targets, prompting a predictable response from Russia, political scientist Evgeny Mikhailov tells Sputnik. "Ukrainian experts also admit that without [Zelensky's] aggressive rhetoric and attacks on Russian t»»»

The city of Philadelphia filed a lawsuit against Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the National Park Service for removing an outdoor exhibit on slavery. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The city of Philadelphia has filed suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and»»»

After nine years, Rumen Radev officially left the presidency, passing the office to Iliyana Yotova, his former vice president. The handover followed a ceremony at the grand entrance of the presidential building at “Dondukov” 2 street, where Yotova, now officially the first female President of Bulga»»»

Bulgaria’s decision to back the creation of US President Donald Trump’s Peace Council was taken during a confidential session of the Council of Ministers this Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications in resignation Grozdan Karadzhov confirmed. Further reading: A»»»

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Collaboration and Growth Meeting: "Building Common Ground and Reviving Growth" in Jeddah on April 22-23, 2026. The announcement came during the closing day of the 56th Annual Meeting of the forum in Davos, Switzerland. Mini»»»

Relations between the EU and US have “taken a big blow” over the past week due to President Donald Trump’s aggressive rhetoric on Greenland, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said. Trump has demanded that Greenland, an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark, come under US control»»»

Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has privately chastised Democrats who voted to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after they declined to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein probe, CNN reported on Friday. The former president and his wife received subpoenas last summer as part of »»»

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Rumen Radev walked out of the President's Administration Friday and became "citizen Radev", to use his own words, following a Constitutional Court confirmation of his resignation. “Today was my last day as President and my first as a citizen who, like all Bulgarians, believes that together we can c»»»

A new luxury watch themed on a private zoo run by the family of Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani has been unveiled in India - complete with a hand-painted figurine of the tycoon's youngest son, Anant, in the centre. Designed by luxury watchmaker Jacob & Co, the bejewelled timepiece has sculpted fig»»»

TikTok has announced a deal allowing it to continue operating in the US. But with the platform's future in the country seemingly secured, its 200 million American users are expected to see some changes. A majority-American board now owns and operates a separate entity controlling TikTok in the US. »»»

ISTANBUL - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Friday regional cooperation in the Western Balkans had become a national security issue amid global turmoil and changes to the nature of the world order. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul after the second meeting of the Balkan Peace Platform, Djuric said S»»»

President Joseph Aoun held a meeting Friday in Baabda with Hashem Haidar, the head of the state-run Council for South Lebanon. Haidar briefed the president on the measures taken by the council to assist the residents of the southern villages who have been affected by the Israeli attacks, the Presid»»»

The European Union is willing to implement a sweeping free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries on a provisional basis, the head of the EU's executive commission said Friday, despite a vote by the EU parliament to delay ratification for legal review. The EU would be r»»»

Damascus, Jan. 23 (SANA) Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh met Friday with Noureddine Mabrouk, regional director of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), in Damascus to explore ways of strengthening cooperation. According to a statement by the Finance Ministry on its Telegram channel, ta»»»

Texas and Oklahoma braced for heavy snow and ice that could make roadways treacherous Friday in what is expected to be some of the initial effects of a huge, dayslong winter storm threatening catastrophic damage, extensive power outages and bitterly cold weather to more than 170 million people acro»»»

Gaza: A Palestinian infant died Friday from severe cold in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported that the six-month-old infant passed away inside the family's tent due to freezing temperatures in Mawasi area of Khan Younis, raising the number of child deaths in Gaza from the ha»»»

Dubai: The UAE has concluded its participation in the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, which ran from January 19 to 23. The annual gathering brings together more than 3,000 leaders and senior officials from government and business across the world to disc»»»

Russia is increasing the power of its nuclear icebreakers, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "This is the kind of power that no country in the world has today. Well, we are increasing, of course, this work [on the construction of nuclear icebreakers]," Putin said during a meeting wit»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - More than 3,000 people died as a result of the recent armed unrest that took place in Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday. "Mayhem of the recent terrorist operation in Iran: ... Total death toll: 3,117... Civilians and security forces: 2,427... Terrorists»»»

Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the US are due to meet in Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral talks since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Senior officials from all three nations are involved, but it is unclear whether they will be in the same room together at any point. And w»»»

For Volodymyr Zelensky, the overriding goal is preserving his power — forcing him into constant maneuvering, Russian political scientist Evgeny Mikhailov tells Sputnik. "Zelensky is being forced to seek dialogue with Trump, who has already cut off his funding and is pressuring European leaders," th»»»

Leading global economic policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality in a world where trade will continue to flow and international»»»

Geneva, Jan. 23 (SANA) The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, described Syria’s efforts to resolve outstanding issues related to the deposed regime’s nuclear activities as “positive and constructive.” Speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum i»»»

The head of South Sudan's armed forces has given soldiers seven days to "crush the rebellion" in the east that is a potential threat to the capital, Juba. Recently, the Sudan People's Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) has attacked and captured several areas in Jonglei state, a local journalis»»»

In a world constantly shaken by news of wars, crises, and disasters, an almost deafening silence surrounds one of the most pressing issues. There have been no press conferences or urgent statements regarding the expiring New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Russia has officially stated »»»

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has compared the EU to a massage parlor, saying its problems can only be fixed by changing the staff. He specifically called for the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, to be removed. In a video posted on Facebook on Thursday, Fico described the EU as being i»»»

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has branded Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky a “confused clown,” accusing him of openly encouraging Western-backed regime change in the country. In a post on X on Friday, Araghchi said Zelensky had been “rinsing American and European taxpayers to fill the pockets »»»

The US expects a share of Greenland’s natural resources as compensation for providing the island with military “protection,” Vice President J.D. Vance has stated, referring to a supposed threat posed by Russia and China to the Danish autonomous territory. Moscow and Beijing have repeatedly denied a»»»

EU leaders will plunge member states further into debt if they back programs worth $1.5 trillion to cover Ukraine’s expenses, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned on Friday. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, Orban said he had received an internal EU document he cannot disclose pub»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Federal Supreme Council of the Judiciary has announced the launch of an integrated legislative and regulatory framework for mediation and conciliation in civil and commercial disputes, in implementation of Federal Decree-Law No. (40) of 2023 concerning Mediation and Conciliation in C»»»

Anna Wintour, Elizabeth Hurley and Anne Hathaway were among the fashion and film stars who gathered in Rome for the funeral of Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani on Friday. The service was held at the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels and Martyrs, near Piazza della Repubblica, following»»»