Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli occupation forces launched an arrest campaign Thursday, April 23, 2026, targeting at least 15 Palestinians from various areas across the West Bank, following raids on and searches of their homes. Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that Israeli occupation forces arre»»»

Doha, Qatar: Governor of the Qatar Central Bank,HE Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud Al Thani, met today, April 23, 2026, with HE Varun Chandra, UK Prime Minister’s Chief Business, Investment and Trade Advisor. During the meeting, they reviewed the key facets of bilateral cooperation between the»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah “condemns in the strongest terms the treacherous and brutal crime” committed against Lebanese journalists: Media Relations statem»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian air defense systems have downed 10 guided aerial bombs and 418 UAVs of the Ukrainian armed forces, Russian troops attacked Ukrainian energy and transport infrastructure facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. "The Russian Armed Forces' operational-tacti»»»

Silicon Valley giants have been quietly advancing digital colonialism in the Global South as data has become the new oil, Pavan Duggal, founder and chairman of the International Commission on Cyber Security Law, tells Sputnik. “Digital colonialism is being implemented through big tech companies, [t»»»

President Joseph Aoun met Thursday with Saudi Foreign Ministry Advisor Prince Yazid bin Farhan in Baabda. Their discussions focused on the Kingdom’s ongoing efforts to assist Lebanon in overcoming its prevailing hardships and regional challenges. Bin Farhan had arrived earlier in Beirut and met wit»»»

A ​top envoy to US President Donald Trump has asked FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in the upcoming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The plan is an effort to repair ties between Trump and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after the two fell out amid the American president’s»»»

On April 23, the Chui Regional Court sentenced Talas Begaliev, former president of the Kok-Boru Federation of Kyrgyzstan. The court’s press service reported. He was found guilty under several serious articles of the Criminal Code, including extortion, participation in a criminal organization, finan»»»

RIYADH: Jordan’s capital expenditure jumped 60.4 percent year on year in the first two months of 2026, reaching 1.98 billion Jordanian dinars ($2.79 billion) by the end of February, a move aimed at accelerating economic activity and improving public infrastructure. According to a Ministry of Financ»»»

Kostenets Municipality will host part of the third stage of Giro D'Italia in Bulgaria, the municipal press centre said on Thursday. To ensure safety, the route from Belovo through Pazara to the exit for Dolna Banya will be fully closed to traffic three hours before the cyclists pass. Local business»»»

SANYA: President of the Olympic Council of Asia HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani met separately in Sanya City, People's Republic of China, with HE Feng Fei, Secretary-General of the Central Commitee of the Communist Party of China in Hainan Province; HE Liu Xiaoming, Governor of Hainan Province; »»»

Hillerød, Denmark: Two commuter trains collided head-on near the Danish capital on Thursday injuring 17, of whom five were in critical condition, emergency services said. "We can't provide any details for now about the cause of the accident," police official Morten Kaare Pedersen told reporters. He»»»

Doha, Qatar: The volume of real estate trading in sales contracts at the Department of Real Estate Registration at the Ministry of Justice during the period from April 12 to April 16, 2026 reached QR 465,782,068. Meanwhile, the total sales contracts for residential units in the Real Estate Bulletin»»»

In January—February 2026, foreign trade in live animals in the Kyrgyz Republic showed a sharp decline in cattle imports while maintaining an export focus on neighboring markets. Data from the National Statistical Committee say. Imports: falling demand In the first two months of the year, cattle imp»»»

Demonstrators calling for heavy punishment against a woman on trial for murdering her four-month-old son block an inmate bus carrying the woman near Gwangju District Court in Suncheon on Thursday. Photo by Yonhap A woman who brutally beat her four-month-old son and left him to die in a bathtub was »»»

This photo, released by Iran's foreign ministry on Thursday, shows South Korea's special envoy, Chung Byung-ha (L), meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran. Photo Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran South Korea's special envoy to Iran has m»»»

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman, Masoud Suleiman, revealed yesterday that he had met with representatives of Nigerian company Aiteo, one of the companies that won the public bidding round for exploration, securing Block M1 in the Murzuq Basin. During the meeting, they discussed the »»»

Damascus, April 23 (SANA) Economy and Industry Minister Nidal al-Shaar met on Wednesday with Lebanese Ambassador to Syria Henry Quston in Damascus, where the two sides reviewed mechanisms to strengthen economic and investment cooperation between Syria and Lebanon. The discussions focused on enhanci»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Western countries are rehearsing scenarios for a naval blockade and the seizure of the Kaliningrad region during the Joint Expeditionary Force exercises, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Sputnik. "NATO is purposefully pursuing a path of mounting confrontatio»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.4158 dinars for one euro on Thursday, which is a slight change relative to Wednesday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.1 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative»»»

Dubai: The war in the Middle East has boosted demand to move vital cargo through the Panama Canal to such an extent that one vessel carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) paid $4 million to skip the line and avoid a wait that can take up to five days, according to an official report. The change follo»»»

Japan on Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and North Korean aggression. FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago reports.»»»

Doha: The Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) and the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) participated in the second International Week of Action, a global campaign initiated by the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority. Millions of consumers increasingly rely on social »»»

Tokyo: Haruki Murakami's first novel in three years will hit shelves in Japan in July, starring a woman as the main character for the first time, his publisher said Thursday. Titled "The Tale of KAHO", the internationally renowned author's latest release will see the titular character as the first »»»

Two commuter trains collided head-on near the Danish capital on Thursday injuring 17, of whom five were in critical condition, emergency services said. "We can't provide any details for now about the cause of the accident," police official Morten Kaare Pedersen told reporters. He said police were a»»»

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