Mount Maunganui, New Zealand: West Indies Test captain Roston Chase said Monday he felt he had let his team down with his performances in their 2-0 series loss to New Zealand. New Zealand wrapped up the series victory with a 323-run win on the final day of the third Test at Mount Maunganui, after a»»»

Dubai: Shurooq reported Dh5.8 billion in real estate sales with 96% of units sold across three major projects. More than 4,000 units went to local and international buyers in Maryam Island, Sharjah Sustainable City and Ajwan Khorfakkan. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.»»»

DOHA: His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani witnessed this morning the completion ceremony of the Doha Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language in Katara Hall in the Fairmont and Raffles Hotels in Doha. In a post on his X account, HH the Amir has thanked ev»»»

The Constitutional Court has initiated a case at the request of 51 MPs challenging the constitutionality of a decision of the National Assembly not to adopt a decision rejecting a proposal to hold a national referendum to postpone the adoption of the euro, submitted by President Rumen Radev on May »»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.3806 dinars for one euro on Monday, which is a slight change relative to Friday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is down by 0.1 pct against the euro m-o-m and by 0.4 pct y-o-y and by 0.3 pct relative to»»»

The UK has imposed sanctions against a Kyrgyz company, KIFIKO LLC, published documents say. According to the UK Foreign Office, financial restrictions have been imposed on this LLC, including a ban on providing trust services. The sanctions came into effect on December 18. The company is also subje»»»

At a rail yard near Milton Keynes, a group of men in orange outfits are making final checks on huge slabs of railway track, preparing them so that they are ready to be installed over Christmas and New Year. At a time when many commuters stop work to enjoy celebrations with friends and family, rail »»»

Dubai: The UAE is entering a decisive phase of airport expansion, with more runways, larger terminals and smart infrastructure coming online from Dubai World Central to Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah by the second half of the decade. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Industr»»»

DOHA: The Shura Council held its regular weekly session on Monday under the chairmanship ofSpeaker of the Shura Council HE Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim. At the beginning of the session, the Shura Council praised the great success achieved by the State of Qatar in hosting the FIFA Arab Cup 2025 tou»»»

Dubai: The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is taking Dubai Metro operations to the next level with the deployment of advanced drone technology for tunnel inspections. The initiative, implemented in collaboration with metro operator Keolis MHI, promises faster, safer, and more efficient monitori»»»

The head of the Bulgarian Border Police, Chief Commissioner Anton Zlatanov, Monday reported a 70% decrease in migrant pressure, a huge increase in the number of uncovered crimes related to smuggling, and a record number of busted criminal groups involved in migrant trafficking. He was speaking to r»»»

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced plans to expand the list of trading instruments available on its spot platform. Trading in the new KGST/USDT pair will begin on December 24, 2025, at 08:00 (UTC). An official statement from the company says. At the same time, trading»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 22 (KUNA) - The National Library of Kuwait on Monday hosted the Gulf Cooperation Council Forum - Capitals of Arab Culture, to mark World Arabic Language Day, coinciding with Kuwait being named Arab Capital of Culture and Media for 2025.President of the Global Council for the Arabic Lang»»»

Residents of Izvorovo, a village in Haskovo, are struggling with severe water shortages just before Christmas due to an outdated and failing water supply network, according to bTV. Locals report that water is only available for very short periods, mostly at night when most people are asleep, and th»»»

Thousands of job seekers converged on a small airstrip in Sambalpur district this month for a home guard recruitment exam, transforming the venue into an open-air classroom. According to PTI, more than 8,000 candidates contested just 187 vacancies, highlighting Odisha’s deepening unemployment crisi»»»

Egypt’s stock market closed the week of 14–18 December firmly in the red, as intensified selling by domestic investors pushed indices lower despite sustained foreign buying. The benchmark EGX30 fell 1.39% to 40,926.86 points, marking one of the sharpest weekly pullbacks in December and erasing gain»»»

Nigeria is positioning marine and blue economy start-ups as a new engine of economic growth, following the announcement of a planned $1 billion innovation fund to support early-stage ventures across the sector. Marine and blue economy start-ups typically operate in activities linked to the sustaina»»»

Lebanon’s government has submitted a long-awaited financial gap law, committing to the recovery of the majority of bank deposits as part of a broader effort to resolve the country’s deep-seated financial crisis. In a televised address last week, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the draft law provide»»»

Egypt has begun building a major vaccine and pharmaceutical manufacturing complex in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), in a move that underscores the state’s push to link health security with export-led industrial growth. The project, developed by Genfex Egypt Pharmaceutical Industries (also r»»»

FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinCopy URL KBR, Inc, a global engineering and technology firm, has been awarded a contract by Fikrat Al-Tadweer to supply its PureMSM green methanol technology for what will become Saudi Arabia’s first large-scale biomethanol production facility. The project is designed»»»

The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional financing arm of the African Development Bank Group, has secured a record $11 billion from 43 partners for its 17th Replenishment (ADF-17)—the largest funding round in the Fund’s history—despite tightening global fiscal conditions and declining a»»»

Remittances from Egyptians working abroad rose sharply by 42.8% year-on-year to $33.9 billion between January and October 2025, compared with $23.7 billion in the same period a year earlier, according to data released on Sunday by the Central Bank of Egypt. On a monthly basis, remittance inflows in»»»

Egypt has granted a manufacturing license enabling Deli Group’s local subsidiary, Deli Egypt, to establish an EGP 8.8 billion industrial complex in the 10th of Ramadan City, one of the country’s largest and most strategically located industrial zones. The approval was confirmed in a cabinet stateme»»»

The Industrial Research Centre in Tajoura, Tripoli, organized a workshop yesterday, on the reality of local industries and supporting exports and imports under regional agreements, under the slogan “Industry, Quality, Trust.” The workshop was attended by the Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed A»»»

Dubai: The UAE Ministry of Education has clarified that meeting the new age cut-off requirement alone will not guarantee school admission for students from the 2026-2027 academic year onwards. The ministry made this crucial clarification while presenting answers to frequently asked questions regard»»»

A high-level Turkish delegation will visit Damascus on Monday to discuss bilateral ties and the implementation of a deal for integrating the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into Syria's state apparatus, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said. The visit by Türkiye’s foreign and defense mi»»»

Japan's flagship H3 rocket failed to launch a geolocation satellite into orbit on Monday due to engine failure, the country's space agency said. The second-stage engine "terminated prematurely" after the rocket blasted off at 10:51 am (0151 GMT) from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan, »»»

Misrata Free Zone (MFZ) reported yesterday that the Chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy expressed great interest from Chinese companies and institutions to enter and invest in the MFZ, and their desire to benefit from the promising potential it enjoys at various levels. ‎ ‎The report follows t»»»

The Danish foreign minister said Monday his country insists that everyone, including the United States, must respect “the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark” after US President Donald Trump ‍ announced the appointment of Louisiana's governor as the US ‌special envoy to Greenland. Trump»»»

Protests have erupted across northern India after the Supreme Court redefined the Aravalli hills - one of the world's oldest geological formations spanning the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, and the capital, Delhi. Under the new definition, accepted by the court following federal government»»»

Dubai: It was a soggy, chaotic Friday in Dubai when Bollywood’s IT couple, Kartik Aaryan and Ananya Panday, touched down to promote their new rom-com, hitting UAE cinemas on December 26. Rain poured relentlessly, the streets gleamed like Korean glass-skin, and I low-key wondered if my car would sur»»»

Sydney: Australia is reckoning with its deadliest mass shooting in decades after a father and son opened fire on crowds gathered for a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach. Using newly released police allegations, witness testimony, and official statements, AFP pieced together a timeline of the December »»»

The 4th People’s Kurultai will be held in a new format, Esengul Isakov, a delegate to the 4th Kurultai and Chairman of the Union of Pensioners of Kyrgyzstan, announced on Channel One. According to him, the 4th People’s Kurultai will be held on December 25, and 700 delegates have been elected. «Howe»»»

Israeli bulldozers tore through a four-storey residential building in east Jerusalem on Monday, displacing scores of Palestinians in what activists said was the largest such demolition in the area this year. The building, located in the Silwan neighborhood near the Old City, comprised a dozen apart»»»

Dubai: Dubai's Gold Souk Extension is offering visitors an unusual incentive this winter season: the chance to win a custom gold Mercedes-Benz S-Class 500. Running from December 11 through February 8, the promotion allows shoppers to enter a draw each time they spend Dh 500 or more at participating»»»

Electrical wires in Commerce, California, in August. The average price of electricity in America has increased 13% since 2022, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Mike Blake/Reuters The Egyptian government announced that the electricity interconnection project between Egypt and S»»»

BusinessUnited States of AmericaWhy Trump is backing Bayer in weedkiller cancer battleNik MartinThe Trump administration has diverged from the position of former US President Biden, throwing its weight behind the German chemical giant in its courtroom battle over the pesticide Roundup. https://p.dw»»»

Dubai: This winter, the UAE is celebrating more than just the season. Citizen-owned farms across the country are emerging as unexpected winter hotspots, where visitors can explore lush landscapes, taste fresh produce, and witness the country’s pioneering approach to sustainable agriculture. More th»»»

POLITICS Trud covers the creation in Nessebar of the Treti Mart [March 3, Bulgaria's Liberation Day] Movement, whose founders describe President Rumen Radev as an informal leader, while Radev distances himself in advance from similar formations. Political scientist Pervan Simeonov says on bTV the n»»»

The creation of a national register of personal electric vehicles and their owners is proposed in a bill to amend the Road Traffic Act, according to a statement by BSP–United Left. The proposal was submitted by the chair of the parliamentary transport and communications, Kiril Dobrev (BSP–United Le»»»

Gold jumped past the $4,400-per-ounce level for the first time on Monday, riding on growing expectations of further US rate cuts and strong safe-haven demand, with silver also joining the rally to hit an all-time high. Spot gold was up 1.7% at $4,411.01 per ounce, as of 0822 GMT, having climbed dow»»»

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called on Sunday for Jews in Western countries to move to Israel to escape rising antisemitism, one week after 15 were shot dead at a Jewish event in Sydney. "Jews have the right to live in safety everywhere. But we see and fully understand what is happening, an»»»

News report by Fawaz Karami KUWAIT, Dec 22 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's average oil price recorded USD 71.76 during the first 10 months of this year, compared to an average of USD 82.01 pb in 2024, as reported by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).The report showed a drop in the ave»»»

The mid-December period of 2025 has been marked by a tragic convergence of violence across three continents, shattering the festive atmosphere of Hanukkah and the pre-Christmas season. The events at Bondi Beach in Australia, Brown University in the United States, and a cluster of Germany-related ho»»»

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly witnessed on Sunday the signing ceremony of a contract to manage and operate the historic Continental Hotel in downtown Cairo under the global Indian brand “TAJ.” The agreement, signed at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, marks TA»»»

Deputy chair of the GERB parliamentary group Denitsa Sacheva stated to bTV that Raya Nazaryan has decided not to assume the role of acting prime minister. According to Sacheva, organizing elections requires the utmost impartiality and neutrality, and the position should be filled by someone without»»»

Dubai: K-pop fans, listen up. Two huge stars are set to headline a special one-night-only concert at Dubai Festival City. Chung Ha and Onew will take to the stage as part of the ongoing e& DSF Nights series during the Dubai Shopping Festival. The performanceThe two K-pop idols will perform at Festi»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 22 (KUNA) -- The Rahma Global Society launched the first phase of its emergency shelter project, sending relief trucks carrying approximately 3,000 tents to displaced and affected families in Gaza, along with 1,000 latrines, in cooperation with the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC).The Societ»»»

Carmistin The Food Company has secured financing of approximately EUR 500 million to continue its investment programme in agriculture and the food industry, through a partnership with leading financial institutions. The company, a national leader in poultry meat production and animal feed, is stren»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Reports that Russia is allegedly planning to restore the spheres of influence of the USSR are untrue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. "Well, first of all, we do not know how reliable they are. That is the first thing. We have seen some scattered reports on this ma»»»