Doha, Qatar: The Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding has announced that nominations for its 12th edition are now open and running until March 31, 2026. The Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding is an independent worldwide translation award»»»

London: The Palestinian embassy in the United Kingdom was inaugurated Monday, more than three months after London recognized the State of Palestine. Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot, who was head of the Palestinian diplomatic mission, said that today is a historic moment: the opening of the Stat»»»

New York: General Motors reported a dip in fourth-quarter US auto sales Monday, reflecting a sharp decline in electric vehicle transactions amid a slowing car market. But the US auto giant also achieved an annual sales increase with growth in pickups and crossovers as evidence of continued resonanc»»»

Wegovy, previously available only as an injection, as pictured, is now also available in pill form. File Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard/EPA-EFE Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk announced Monday that a new pill-version of its GLP-1 weight-loss drug is now "broadly available" at U.S. p»»»

1 of 2 | Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, arrive at the Wall Street Heliport during their transport to the federal courthouse for their arraignment in New York City on Monday. Photo by EPA Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Since the U.S. detention of President Nicolás Maduro, »»»

Ten people were convicted in Paris Monday for cyber-bullying France's first lady Brigitte Macron. File Photo by Teresa Suarez/EPA Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A Paris court found 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France's first lady Brigitte Macron, wife of President Emmanuel Macron. They were accused of spread»»»

In violation of Lebanese sovereignty, the Israeli occupation army bombed residential buildings in South Lebanon and Western Bekaa. The targeted areas included Anan in Jezzine, Al-Manara and Ain al-Tineh in the Western Bekaa, and a residential building in Kfar Hatta in the Sidon district. The Israel»»»

A French dance teacher and self-proclaimed "hypnotherapist" went on trial Monday accused of drugging and sexually abusing women while filming the assaults. The case follows a high-profile trial that shocked France in 2024, in which Dominique Pelicot admitted to drugging his wife for almost a decade»»»

Glowing MSM reports on the operation to capture Maduro attribute success to the US military’s super-duper high-tech weapons, advanced tactics and painstaking planning. But there are other, potentially far more plausible explanations, says Egor Lidovskoy, director of St. Petersburg’s Hugo Chavez Lat»»»

Tunis, Jan. 5 (TAP) - Tunisia places protecting citizens’ purchasing power and controlling price trends at the top of its developmental priorities for the coming period. Official forecasts target inflation stability around 5.3% in 2026, the...»»»

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the developments in Venezuela following a US military operation that resulted in the detention of President Nicolas Maduro last Saturday, warning of the risks of escalating instability within the country and its potential r»»»

The Pentagon says it is taking steps to demote Democratic Senator and former Navy Captain Mark Kelly, with a reduction in pension, over a video the department described as "seditious". "Senator Mark Kelly - and five other members of Congress - released a reckless and seditious video that was clearl»»»

On Monday morning, a handcuffed, jumpsuit-clad Nicholas Maduro stepped off a military helicopter in New York City, flanked by armed federal agents. The Venezuelan president had spent the night in a notorious federal jail in Brooklyn, before authorities transported him to a Manhattan courthouse to f»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has announced that students and their guardians can access the results of the first academic term for the 2025–2026 academic year through the 'Maaref' portal. The results will be available for students from the various educational cycles up to th»»»

Israel killed at least two Palestinians including a girl, and wounded four others including other children, in an airstrike on Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, officials at the city's main Nasser Hospital said. The Israeli military said the strike, carried out in an area controlled»»»

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on Iran to respect demonstrators' right to "protest peacefully," with the country in the grip of unrest over high prices and economic stagnation. The Secretary-General "underscores the need to prevent any further casualties," his spokesman Step»»»

Bulgaria’s crypto scene is finally maturing. The era of loose oversight and messy experimentation is ending, replaced by strict EU alignment and clearer ground rules. With the MiCA deadline looming and euro adoption on the horizon, the market is ditching speculative hype for real-world utility. Tod»»»

For a few tense hours on Sunday morning, Greek skies turned into a communications black hole. Air traffic controllers for Athens airport were guiding planes toward the runway when the usual radio chatter suddenly vanished – replaced by a piercing whistle. It quickly became clear that controllers ha»»»

Outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov will attend a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris on January 6, the Government Information Service reported Monday. The event is organized at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron together with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. R»»»

The Democratic Party’s sixth “Foltorja” forum has just started marking the start of a new season of protests against the government. Opposition leader Sali Berisha has joined protesters gathered in the square in front of the Prime Minister’s Office. The opening speech was delivered by Democratic Pa»»»

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel would not allow arch-foe Iran to restore its ballistic missile program, just days after US President Donald Trump issued a similar threat. "We will not allow Iran to restore its ballistic missile industry, and certainly we will not allow it »»»

New York: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday pleaded not guilty to all U.S. charges during his first court appearance in New York. "I am innocent, I am not guilty," Maduro told the court, adding that he was seized at his home in Caracas and that he remains the president of Venezuela, acc»»»

Lisbon, Jan.5 (SANA) Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, said Monday that stability in Syria is a fundamental element for the stability of the entire region. “A stable and effective Syria is not only a condition for regional peace, but also a necessity to support social and economic recovery and»»»

Snow and ice forced hundreds of schools to shut in the UK and badly disrupted travel across the country and neighboring France on Monday, grounding flights in some of the coldest weather of the winter so far. The UK's Met Office issued fresh amber weather warnings for Monday and Tuesday for snow an»»»

Egypt has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) with Syria to cooperate on supplying gas for power generation and ‌meeting Syria's ‌petroleum product ‌needs, Egypt's ⁠petroleum ministry ‌said on Monday. The statement said that Syria would receive gas through regasification ships or gas ⁠trans»»»

Riyadh: Qatar's Nasser Al Attiyah has taken the provisional lead in the ultimate category of the 2026 Dakar Rally, the 48th edition of the event, which is being hosted by Saudi Arabia for the seventh consecutive year, with 812 competitors participating. Al Attiyah capitalized on his consistent perf»»»

The European Union's Entry/Exit System (EES) will be applied at Bulgaria's land border control checkpoints as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said in a press release on Monday. The EES will be applied at the Kapitan Andreevo, Lesovo, and Malko Tarnovo checkpoints with Turkiye, the Stre»»»

Toppled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of narco-terrorism after President Donald Trump's stunning capture of him rattled world leaders and left officials in Caracas scrambling to respond. Maduro, 63, pleaded not guilty in New York federal court to four c»»»

New York: Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s ousted leader, arrived at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday under heavy guard, just over 48 hours after being captured by a US military operation in Caracas. His wife, Cilia Flores, accompanied him as the couple faced narcotrafficking and violent crime charges b»»»

Damascus: Israeli occupation forces renewed their attacks today on Quneitra Governorate in southern Syria, opening direct fire on agricultural lands west of the town of Al-Rafid in the southern countryside of the governorate. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing local sources, reported that t»»»

Doha: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) has stepped up surveillance inspections at commercial centers nationwide, coinciding with the back-to-school season. This move is part of MoCI's ongoing efforts to surveil markets and ensure suppliers comply with approved laws and regulations, as w»»»

Traffic restrictions are in effect on sections of the Athens-Thessaloniki-Evzones highway as ongoing farmers’ protests continue in Viotia. The protests have continued for more than a month, with farmers pressing for delayed subsidies and other agricultural support. Police reported that farmers and »»»

The Israeli military launched strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, Lebanese state media reported, after warning it would hit what it called Hezbollah and Hamas targets in four villages. It was the first such warning issued by the Israeli military this year, as Israel continues to stri»»»

A Paris court has found ten people guilty of cyber-harassing the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte, for spreading claims that she is a transgender woman who was born a man, Le Monde reported on Monday. Macron has long been at the centre of legal disputes over online conspiracy theo»»»

After five months – really two-and-a-half decades – of ever-escalating preparations by increasing diplomatic, economic, and clandestine warfare, the US has finally executed a full regime-change invasion in Venezuela. The final attack, focused on kidnapping the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro an»»»

US President Donald Trump's second term is being shaped by his foreign policy ambitions. He's followed through on threats against Venezuela by capturing its president and his wife from their heavily fortified Caracas compound in a dramatic overnight raid. When describing the operation, Trump dusted»»»

AMMAN — The Chairman of the Zarqa Chamber of Commerce, Hussein Shreim, said that the number of certificates of origin issued by the chamber and its office in the Zarqa Free Zone reached 4,280 during 2025.Shreim added that the total value of Zarqa’s commercial exports (re-exports) for 2025 amounted »»»

AMMAN — The Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) has projected the creation of nearly 11,000 new jobs in the industrial sector during 2026, according to its Industrial Outlook Report for the year.The report, cited by Al Mamlka, forecasts a 7.5 per cent growth in industrial exports, alongside a 7 per ce»»»

The prosecutor of the three-member Misdemeanor Court hearing the appeal in the Novartis case has requested upholding the conviction of the two former protected witnesses, Filistor Destembasidis and Maria Marangeli, on charges of false testimony and false accusation. During her closing arguments, th»»»

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday to narcoterrorism charges after his capture, ordered by US President Donald Trump, shocked world leaders and left authorities in Caracas reeling.Maduro, 63, entered a not-guilty plea in a federal court in New York to four criminal cou»»»

Morocco received a record 19.8 million tourists in 2025, up 14% from a year earlier, the tourism ministry said on Monday. Tourism ‌accounts for ‌about ‌7% ⁠of the ‌North African country's gross domestic product and is a key source of jobs and foreign currency. Morocco has opened additional ⁠air rou»»»

Libya’s Air Ambulance Service announced its Annual Activity Report for 2025 today revealing that it had conducted 588 flights from 1 January to 31 December. It said the report comes as part of its ongoing commitment to serving citizens and providing urgent services both within and outside Libya. It»»»

Tunis, Jan 5 (TAP) - The weather Monday night will be partly cloudy over most regions, very cloudy in the north-west, according to the National Institute of Meteorology (INM).The wind will blow south-west relatively strong along the eastern coastal...»»»

French residents gather in support of protesers in Iran in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on Saturday. The protests in Iran have led to increasing violent clashes with security forces, prompting President Donald Trump to threaten intervention if a crackdown continues. Photo by Maya Vidon-White»»»

Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations between the UAE and Türkiye and explored ways to expand cooperation across key sectors that support their share»»»

Glasgow: Celtic on Monday sacked manager Wilfried Nancy after just eight games in charge of the Scottish champions -- during which his team suffered six defeats. Saturday's 3-1 loss at home to rivals Rangers sparked mass protests outside Celtic Park and was the final straw. "Celtic Football Club to»»»

Amsterdam: Snowfall Monday snarled air, rail, and road traffic across the Netherlands, leading to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and the suspension of all trains around Amsterdam. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, one of Europe's busiest hubs, cancelled nearly 500 flights today, adding to the fl»»»

Sofia's Chief Architect Bogdana Panayotova Monday announced in a Facebook post that she is coming down, following months of public frictions with the city leadership over governance and direction of the city’s urban planning policy. In a statement released soon after that, Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev»»»

TREBINJE - Serbian Progressive Party leader Milos Vucevic, who is also adviser to the president of Serbia on regional affairs, said on Monday the opening of a Holy Archdeacon Stefan - January 9 Hospital in Trebinje, Republika Srpska, was a joint victory for the Republic of Serbia, Republika Srpska »»»

The Russian live-action animated children’s comedy Cheburashka 2, which continues the adventures of the beloved fairytale character, was released on January 1. According to kinobusiness.com, The sequel crossed $12 million in ticket sales on its second day.By the close of the opening weekend, total »»»