Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Public Health recently organised the opening ceremony of the third public health sector football tournament at Aspire Athletics Track Stadium, with the attendance of a large number of health sector leaders and employees. The tournament comes as part of the Ministry of P»»»

Nearly 150 years after the last giant tortoises were removed from Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, the species made a comeback Friday, when dozens of juvenile hybrids were released to begin restoring the island’s depleted ecosystem. The 158 newcomers, aged 8 to 13, have begun exp»»»

Military jets were launched to intercept five Russian aircraft that were flying in international airspace off Alaska’s western coast, but military officials said Friday the Russian aircraft were not seen as provocative. The North American Aerospace Defense Command said it detected and tracked two R»»»

An ‌out-of-control bushfire in Australia's Victoria state prompted an evacuation alert for residents near a remote mining settlement, authorities said on Saturday. The alert, at the highest emergency rating, was for the area surrounding the A1 Mine Settlement in the Gaffney's Creek region, about 50»»»

US President Donald Trump told Vietnam's top leader To Lam he would "instruct the relevant agencies" to remove the country from a list restricted from accessing advanced US technologies, Vietnam's government announced Saturday. The two leaders met in person for the first time at the White House on »»»

On Feb. 21, 1925, the first issue of The New Yorker was published. 1 of 6 | On February 21, 1925, the first issue of The New Yorker was published. File Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI | License Photo Feb. 21 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1848, The Communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx an»»»

At least four people were killed and 17 others injured when a truck transporting liquid gas overturned and exploded in Santiago, Chile, Reuters reports. Authorities said the driver lost control before the crash and was among those who died. The blast occurred in the northern Santiago commune of Ren»»»

KUWAIT, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- The price of Kuwaiti crude oil rose up 53 cents to USD 69.07 per barrel (pb) on Friday, compared to USD 68.54 pb the previous day, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Saturday.In global markets, Brent crude futures increased 10 cents to USD 71.76 pb, while West Texas»»»

US President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary personal attack Friday on the Supreme Court justices who struck down his global tariffs, including two of his own appointees, and claimed they were being "swayed by foreign interests." "I'm ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely asham»»»

Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, including some who were allowed to enter from the occupied West Bank. The Ramadan prayers at Al-Aqsa took place for th»»»

TEHRAN, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- Iranian authorities announced Saturday that a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Rudboneh in Gilan Province, northern Iran.The Seismological Center of University of Tehran said in a statement that the quake measured 4.4 on the Richter scale, hitting Rudboneh at 8:3»»»

President Sadyr Japarov announced plans to establish an Investigative Committee in Kyrgyzstan in an interview with Kabar news agency. The new body would be granted all investigative powers and would report directly to the president, with the stated aim of ensuring independent investigations and pro»»»

OpenAI banned a ChatGPT account owned by the suspect of a mass shooting in British Columbia more than half a year before the attack took place. The AI company said they had identified an account owned by Jesse Van Rootselaar in June 2025 under abuse and enforcement detection, which includes identif»»»

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday imposing new 10 percent tariffs on "all countries" following a Supreme Court ruling invalidating tariffs he had introduced in early April last year.In a post on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump said»»»

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are set to meet in New Delhi on Saturday, seeking to boost cooperation on critical minerals and rare earths. Brazil has the world's second-largest reserves of these elements, which are used in everything from ele»»»

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced that three individuals were killed in a military strike targeting a drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean.In a statement posted on its official account on X, SOUTHCOM said Joint Task Force "Southern Sp»»»

Quito: More than 150 giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Floreana Island in Ecuador's famed Galapagos archipelago where they disappeared more than a century ago, the environment ministry said Friday. Park rangers carried large crates containing the 158 tortoises on their backs, hiking seven k»»»

A deadly virus and bacterial infection have killed at least 72 tigers at a private animal park in Thailand's north in recent weeks, authorities said. The provincial livestock office in Chiang Mai said in a statement on Friday that testing detected the highly infectious canine distemper virus as wel»»»

DOHA: The Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD) expects moderate temperatures along the coast until 6pmtoday, with some haze or light fog in some areas initially. At sea, haze is also expected at times.Winds along the coast will be northwesterly at speeds of 7 to 17 knots, while at sea they will be no»»»

The Libyan Business Council (LBC) announced (on 18 February) that the Libyan African Council for Sub-Saharan Countries held its first official meeting last Monday, 16 February, at the LBC’s headquarters in Tripoli and online. The meeting aimed to coordinate the LBC’s work, review the report on the »»»

Doha, Qatar: Department of Meteorology says the weather inshore until 6pm today, Saturday, 21 February will be hazy to misty in some areas across the country. In its daily weather report, the Department noted that moderate temperatures will be observed during the day and cold by night. The lowest t»»»

Abu Dhabi’s municipal authorities have stepped up preparations for the busy Ramadan season, confirming that abattoirs across the capital are fully ready to handle rising demand while maintaining strict health and safety standards. The Abu Dhabi City Municipality said a series of operational and pre»»»

NEW YORK, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait affirmed its keenness to actively participate and contribute to updating and amending the UNCITRAL Model Law in line with evolving international legal developments.This came in a statement delivered Friday evening by member of Kuwait's delegation from »»»

An orange weather code alerts for heavy rain and snowfall has been issued for Saturday for nine regions in Bulgaria, according to the website of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology. The warning applies to the regions of Kardzhali, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Gabrovo, as well as to par»»»

Political forces in Lebanon have kicked off their preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections in May despite doubts that they may not be held. No more than ten candidates have so far submitted their nominations as the political powers work on postponing the elections while still preparing»»»

The Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to proceed with planning for a potential re-opening of the US Embassy in Damascus, Syria, which was shuttered in 2012 during the country’s civil war. A notice to congressional committees earlier this month, which was obtained by The Ass»»»

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Three officers were injured Friday when a suspicious package exploded at a police school in the Argentine capital, the Ministry of National Security said. Two of the injured were hospitalized but their lives were not in danger after the blast at the Gendarmerie Higher Schoo»»»

KUWAIT, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- 1972 -- Zaid Al-Harb, a renowned poet who was among the first to demand gender equality, passed away at 85. 1977 -- A ground satellite station in Umm Al-Aish began transmission. The station could transmit 246 stations. 1987 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah patr»»»

Paris, France: Paris Saint-Germain have decided against appealing a French labour court ruling that forced them to pay their former forward Kylian Mbappe up to 61 million euros ($71.8 million) in unpaid wages and bonuses, the club told AFP on Friday. PSG, who had been ordered in December to pay the»»»

With Israeli settler violence surging in the occupied West Bank, al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah, has found itself on the frontline. It faces regular incursions by the Israeli army and has seen farmland seized by settlers who have built new outposts. Marzoq Abu Naim from the village council sa»»»

The state Libyan Investment and Development Company (LIDCO) announced last Wednesday (18 February) that construction is continuing at the 8,500-plus vehicle multistorey carpark at (zone 6 of) its Tripoli Gate One (Bab Trablus) Project. It said that within the urban planning of the project, traffic »»»

Chynberdi Tolonov, head of the State Buildings Department under the Presidential Affairs Department of the Kyrgyz Republic, has been detained, media outlets reported citing law enforcement sources. According to the reports, Chynberdi Tolonov was taken to the Military Prosecutor’s Office earlier thi»»»

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic has approved a Memorandum of Understanding on tourism cooperation signed on December 4, 2025 in Islamabad between the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and the Government of Pakistan. The document is aimed at developing direct tourism cooperation, ex»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov said in an interview with Kabar news agency that large-scale reforms of the country’s law enforcement and security agencies are being prepared. According to the head of state, he had planned to launch the reforms earlier, but they were postponed for various rea»»»

LONDON, Feb 20 (KUNA) -- The UK government's finances witnessed a GBP 30.4 billion surplus in January due to higher tax receipts than spending, said data by the National Office for Statistics on Friday.According to the ONS, this is the highest surplus in any month since records began in 1993, witho»»»

NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (KUNA) -- India on Friday joined the Pax Silica Initiative and signed a joint statement on India-US AI opportunity partnership.A statement from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said that on the margins of the India AI Impact Summit underway in New Delhi, India joined the Pa»»»

Seven months after deadly clashes between Syria's Druze minority and government-backed forces, the spiritual leader of Druze in neighboring Israel said members of the community across the border remained in peril. "They're still besieged -- completely encircled. They aren't allowed to bring in any »»»

The State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (SCNS) released details regarding the detention of a Deputy Minister of Health. As part of ongoing anti-corruption efforts within the healthcare system, authorities uncovered alleged illegal activities by Deputy Health Minister S.R.S.»»»

Abdupata Matkalikov has been appointed Mayor of Manas city. The presidential press service reported. Ernisbek Ormokov previously held this position. Abdupata Matkalikov was born on January 1, 1964 in Jalal-Abad. In 1985, he graduated from the Frunze Polytechnic University in Mailuu-Suu with a degre»»»

New York: Major indexes on Wall Street closed higher at the end of the trading session. The S&P 500 index rose by 48.41 points, or 0.71 percent, to 6,910.30 points. The Nasdaq Composite gained about 207.14 points, or 0.91 percent, to 22,889.87 points. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average cli»»»

Los Angeles, United States: Jake Paul has undergone a second surgery on his jaw after his knockout loss to former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, the YouTuber-turned-boxer said Friday. The two men fought in a controversial Netflix-backed bout in December, where Joshua made hard work of d»»»

Growing cooperation between Mogadishu and Ankara has drawn domestic criticism in Somalia over what some describe as a “one-sided benefit” for Türkiye, prompting Somali authorities to stress that the country’s sovereignty and the rights of its people remain unaffected. The official denial issued on »»»

US Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos revealed on Friday that the US had called on all Sudanese parties to immediately and unconditionally accept a humanitarian truce backed by the United Nations mechanism. Boulos took part in several diplomatic meetings on the sidelines of a»»»

The family of a 19-year-old Palestinian-American man who they say was shot dead by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank have called for accountability over his killing. Nasrallah Abu Siyam was shot near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, becoming at least the sixth»»»

Athletes from Kyrgyzstan will take part in the Asian Cross Country Championships in Japan. The Athletics Federation reported. The race will take place on February 21 in Fukuoka, Japan, starting at 11:45 a.m. Bishkek time. Three athletes will compete for Kyrgyzstan’s national team: Nursultan Keneshb»»»

Washington, United States: US forces on Friday launched a strike against alleged drug traffickers in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people, the military said. "Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations" along an »»»

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, sent an official letter (dated 19 February) to the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Naji Issa, calling for a halt to all spending under Chapter Three of the budget. Specifically, the letter called for the stop of all project financin»»»

Caracas, Venezuela: Venezuelan authorities granted amnesty to 379 political prisoners, a lawmaker overseeing the process said on Friday, after a new mass amnesty law was enacted following the ouster of former leader Nicolas Maduro. "Requests have been submitted by the Public Prosecutor's Office to »»»

Sydney, Australia: Australia suffered a setback Saturday in their quest to win the Women's Asian Cup with goalkeeper Teagan Micah ruled out of the tournament with concussion. The Lyon star was shaping as the frontrunner to be Joe Montemurro's first-choice keeper for the tournament hosted by Austral»»»

After elements loyal to what was known as the Southern Transitional Council attempted to storm the presidential palace in Aden, Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council said it would not tolerate chaos in the city or across the southern provinces, accusing regional forces of involvement in suspiciou»»»