MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Larijani said that he believes that Washington has abandoned the idea of a military scenario against Iran. "Washington has understood to the need to pursue a different course with Iran, rather than a military solution," L»»»

Sharjah: The Sharjah Human Resources Department has announced the official working hours for government employees during the holy month of Ramadan, setting a reduced schedule for public sector entities across the emirate. In a circular issued on Wednesday, the department said working hours for the »»»

Libya’s Tripoli based Foreign Ministry announced yesterday the official signing of Libya’s participation contract in Expo Belgrade 2027. The signing took place yesterday at the headquarters of the Government of the Republic of Serbia in the capital, Belgrade. The Foreign Ministry said this move com»»»

REMAX real estate company announced yesterday that it had appointed Arkan Holding Group Libya as the new Master Franchise in Libya. REMAX Libya will be headquartered in Tripoli and led by Region Owners Zyead Ghattour and Alhareth Ghattour, with Regional Director Ali Milad overseeing day‑to‑day oper»»»

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar, represented by the General Authority for Retirement and Social Insurance (Daman), will participate in the extraordinary meeting of the Committee of Heads of Civil Retirement and Social Insurance Agencies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, scheduled to »»»

Tunis, Feb 11 (TAP) - The stock market concluded Wednesday's trading session in positive territory. The benchmark index gained 0.19% to reach 14,641.61 points, on a relatively robust turnover of TND 7 million, bolstered by a block trade valued at...»»»

Tunis, Feb. 11 (TAP) - All northern governorates, namely Bizerte, Greater Tunis, Nabeul, Zaghouan, Siliana, Beja, and Jendouba, have been placed under orange alert by the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) due to the expected weather...»»»

MTA Workers carry shovels as snow falls in Times Square during a major winter snow storm on Jan. 25 in New York City.The United States added 130,000 jobs to start the year while 2025 job gains were revised downward, Wednesday's jobs report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said. File Photo by »»»

Moral scandals have long shaped Western politics, but for decades they functioned as tests of institutional strength and the credibility of ethical discourse. Leaders from Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton, alongside prime ministers and ministers across France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, and the United Ki»»»

Egypt’s Healthcare Authority Chairperson Ahmed El-Sobky discussed prospects for expanded healthcare cooperation with Türkiye during a visit to the Turkish pavilion at the World Health Expo (WHX 2026) in Dubai, as part of broader efforts to strengthen bilateral ties. According to a statement from th»»»

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is set to hold its first regular meeting of 2026 on Thursday to decide the fate of key policy rates – the main indicator of the short-term direction of pound interest rates – amid strong expectations of a cut ranging between 1% »»»

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Wednesday oversaw the swearing-in of a deputy prime minister, several ministers and deputy ministers following a cabinet reshuffle, according to a presidential statement. The reshuffle included the appointment of Hussein Eissa as Deputy Prime Minister for »»»

Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Sherif Fathi, met with Kuwait’s Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Omar Saud Al-Omar – who also serves as Acting Minister of Information and Culture and Chair of the UN Tourism Regional Commission for the Middle East – on th»»»

Tunis, Feb 11 (TAP) - Reported investments in the industrial sector were slightly down 2.12% in 2025, to TND 2,484.3 million compared with 2024, the Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation (APII) indicated in its Economic Bulletin,...»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States has been pivoting away from Europe towards the Indo-Pacific, but it is expected to keep a strong military presence in Europe in terms of both conventional and nuclear forces, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday. "The US over time will pivot more »»»

When clocks struck nine across Tehran on Tuesday, the night skies filled with sound in celebration of the 47th year of the Iranian revolution. We listened from our hotel balcony as chants of "God is greatest" rose from rooftops and roared from windows. Fireworks flared in a kaleidoscope of brillian»»»

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright will meet in Venezuela with interim President and Hydrocarbons Minister Delcy Rodriguez and executives from oil companies, including Chevron and Spain-based Repsol. File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury Department appr»»»

The leaders of Türkiye and Greece voiced their desire to resolve longstanding maritime disputes hobbling ties during discussions in Ankara on Wednesday, as the NATO allies and historic rivals try to build on warming relations. The neighbors have been at odds over a range of issues for decades, prim»»»

The United Nations Development Program began clearing a huge wartime garbage dump on Wednesday that has swallowed one of Gaza City’s oldest commercial districts and is an environmental and health risk. Alessandro Mrakic, head of the UNDP Gaza Office, said work had started to remove the solid-waste »»»

Tunis, Feb 11 (TAP) - Over 200 business meetings were held on Tuesday at the Exporters' House between ten Beninese operators and over 80 Tunisian producers and exporters, within the framework of Tunisian-Beninese B2B Professional Meetings.Organised...»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali met with MMA fighter and world champion Islam Makhachev in Belgrade on Wednesday. Mali said they had "some important plans" and that he looked forward to meeting with Makhachev in Belgrade again. "An interesting and cordial meeting»»»

Damascus, Feb. 11 (SANA) — The Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce held talks with a delegation of Turkish business leaders on expanding economic partnerships and developing avenues of joint cooperation between the two sides. During the meeting, held Wednesday at the federation’s headquarters»»»

Toronto: Canada was reeling after a mass shooting targeting a school in a remote mining town, with nine people gunned down in one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history. Information is patchy, partly because of the remoteness of the location in western Canada, but here is what we know so»»»

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday for talks with acting president Delcy Rodriguez and oil industry executives on harnessing the country's vast crude reserves. Wright is the highest-ranking official in the administration of US President Donald Trump to travel to Vene»»»

President Donald Trump hosted Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday, with the Israeli prime minister expected to press him to widen US talks with Iran to include limits on Tehran's missile arsenal and other security threats beyond its nuclear program. In his seventh meeting with Trump »»»

US federal prosecutors have failed to secure an indictment against six members of Congress who published a video last year encouraging US troops to disobey orders they deem illegal. A grand jury declined to indict the Democratic lawmakers on charges of seditious conspiracy in the case pursued by th»»»

Andes Mountains, Argentina–Chile and Doha, Qatar: A group of Qatari trekkers has completed a historic high-altitude traverse across the Andes, travelling from Argentina into Chile and concluding on the Pacific coast as part of CultuHike, a flagship people-to-people initiative delivered through Year»»»

Tunis, Feb 11 (TAP) - Tunisia and Lebanon are exploring new avenues for economic partnership.Interim President of the Tunisia Investment Authority (TIA) and Director General of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) Jalel Tebib received on...»»»

BusinessGermanyGermany: Tesla charges trade union member in IG Metall fightMark Hallam with dpa, ReutersTesla's German factory in Grünheide is pressing charges against an external trade union member. The company said he was caught recording a confidential meeting without permission; the IG Metall u»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Defence strongly condemned on Wednesday a trilateral meeting of representatives of Albania, Croatia and the provisional self-government institutions in Pristina, aimed at deepening military cooperation and coordination among the three parties, and noted that the m»»»

Albania’s Parliamentary Committee on Territorial Reform returned to normal proceedings on Wednesday after several weeks of boycott by opposition lawmakers, signaling a temporary easing of tensions inside the legislature. Just a day earlier, opposition MP Luçiano Boçi and other lawmakers had joined »»»

Stormy weather is expected to affect Greece from Wednesday afternoon, with heavy rains and thunderstorms initially forecast for the Ionian Sea and the western mainland, while authorities have placed the regional units of Achaia and Ilia on red alert until Friday due to flood risks. The Athens Natio»»»

Doha, Qatar: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majid bin Mohammed Al Ansari met on Wednesday with HE Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus Thessalia Salina Shambos, who is visiting the country. D»»»

Tunis, Feb 11 (TAP) - The Tunisia Forward movement said that "limiting oneself to theoretical decisions in numerous fields has left them pending, without translating them into concrete achievements embedded within clear programmes, despite the many...»»»

Chief Commissioner Zahari Vaskov, Director of the National Police General Directorate, Wednesday told MPs that a probe had been ordered into the issuance of firearms permits to people found dead in the Petrohan case. Three bodies, identified as Ivaylo Ivanov, Plamen Statev and Decho Vasilev, were f»»»

Bulgaria and Azerbaijan on Wednesday signed an intergovernmental agreement for the construction and renovation of Shusha Park in Veliko Tarnovo, North Central Bulgaria, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release. Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev and the Chair of the State Committee on Urban Planni»»»

President Iliana Iotova on Wednesday nominated Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) Deputy Governor Andrey Gurov as candidate for caretaker prime minister, the President’s press office announced. On Thursday at 10:00 a.m., Iotova will meet with Gurov at the President’s Administration to formally task him »»»

Istanbul, Feb. 11 (SANA) A program aimed at inquiring Syrian business owners and developing practical solutions to challenges facing their enterprises was launched in Istanbul on Wednesday under the theme “Work and Investment in Syria After Liberation – A Realistic Reading of the Post-War Economy”,»»»

Doha: QIA announced on Wednesday that it has joined Apptronik's $520 million Series A-X extension round as a new investor, alongside AT&T Ventures and John Deere. The extension follows Apptronik's $415 million oversubscribed initial Series A raised in 2025, bringing total capital raised to nearly $»»»

Brussels and Kiev have declared war on Budapest, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. His comments come amid reports that the EU is seeking to offer Ukraine a form of 'membership lite,’ despite the opposition of certain member states. According to Politico, EU officials want to relax adm»»»

Tunis, Feb 11 (TAP) - With the launch of the 2026/2030 development plan, Tunisia is embarking on a qualitative transition phase in the housing sector centred on the philosophy of "achieving social justice via economic tools," achieved through...»»»

A train operating on the Kalavryta – Diakopto railway broke down near Niamata, western Greece, prompting an emergency response to evacuate 77 passengers, Hellenic Train said on Wednesday. In a statement, Hellenic Train said it dispatched a backup train to assist. However, due to the severity of the»»»

Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin has named the army agent known as Stakeknife, Freddie Scappaticci, in the Dáil (Irish parliament). Martin named the west Belfast man, who died in 2023, during a Dáil debate on the report of Operation Kenova. The final report of an investigation into h»»»

The Israeli occupation army has acknowledged a breakdown in its management of reserve forces, following months of unchecked spending and what senior officers have described as exploitative practices that turned reserve service into a lucrative enterprise. According to the Israeli outlet Walla, vast»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Justice's Real Estate Registration Department recorded the volume of real estate transactions during January at QR1,732,017,332.According to the Ministry's Real Estate Bulletin for January, 428 real estate transactions were registered that month. January's Real Estate Market I»»»

Vazrazhdane Party leader Kostadin Kostadinov Wednesday commented that President Iliana Iotova's choice of caretaker prime minister is actually the choice of her predecessor Rumen Radev. Earlier in the day, the head of State nominated Bulgarian National Bank Deputy Governor Andrey Gurov for the offi»»»

People in the small Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge have reacted with shock and disbelief after nine people were killed and at least 25 wounded in a shooting at a local secondary school and home. Members of the remote community, 415 miles (667 km) northeast of the western city of Vancouver, spoke of»»»

Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index closed Wednesday's trading higher by 0.98 points, or 0.01 percent, to settle at 11,502.99 points. During the session, a total of 168,625,862 shares were traded, with a value of QAR 477,549,818.509, through 43,212 transactions across all sectors. Shares of »»»