Dubai: It is a busy Tuesday morning across the Emirates as the World Governments Summit (WGS) 2026 officially kicks off in Dubai. According to Google Maps real-time data, the influx of international delegates is significantly impacting the usual morning rush, particularly on routes leading toward t»»»

Authorities of Kyrgyzstan have confirmed that they initiated consultations with the European Union following media reports about the possible inclusion of Kyrgyzstan in sanctions measures against Russia. First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Daniyar Amangeldiev told Azattyk that an onli»»»

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is heading to Washington for a high-stakes trip to meet US President Donald Trump, the first in-person meeting between the two after months of escalating tensions and angry rhetoric. Venezuela, drug trafficking, oil, security and US strikes on alleged drug vessels »»»

Share: Lt. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command and chairman of the Cessation of Hostilities Supervisory Committee, speaks during a bilateral engagement with senior Lebanese Armed Forces leaders at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, January 29, 2026. The enga»»»

Dubai: “MS made me stronger. It showed me life from a different lens.” Mariam Al Qubaisi, seated in a wheelchair, says this quietly, without drama, as if it’s simply a fact she has learned along the way. But her journey to this moment has been anything but simple. An Emirati woman living with multi»»»

State Security Service officers detained a resident of Uchkuprik district who was attempting to smuggle psychotropic drugs worth approximately 1,320 billion sums (over 7 million soms) into Uzbekistan. The offender was stopped immediately after crossing the state border, Podrobno.uz reports. The inc»»»

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic commented on the situation with a citizen of Kyrgyzstan previously detained in Iraq. It has generated widespread attention on social media. According to the ministry, information about the detention of A.B. Dzhenalieva began circulating on soci»»»

Dubai: Kuwait deported about 3,500 expatriates last month as part of a nationwide crackdown on residency and labour law violations, local media reported. The deportations were carried out during coordinated operations led by the Ministry of Interior across all governorates, forming part of intensif»»»

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Dubai: Sharjah Police have foiled a document forgery operation run from a typing office in the emirate, arresting a suspect who was caught red-handed with forged documents and tools used in the crime. Police said detectives had just concluded a separate assignment when they received intelligence su»»»

Dubai: Kuwait has dismantled an international cyberfraud and money-laundering network that transferred more than KD100 million since 2023, the Ministry of Interior said. The ministry said the operation, personally supervised by Sheikh Fahad Yousef Al Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister »»»

Cameras will also be deployed to the rest of the department's agents nationwide. 1 of 3 | Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, pictured last month at the White House, on Monday announced that all DHS agents deployed in Minneapolis will start wearing body cameras "effective immedia»»»

Dubai has begun hosting what is set to be the largest edition of the World Governments Summit (WGS) to date, as the three-day global gathering gets underway today under the theme 'Shaping future governments'. With 35 heads of state and government confirmed and thousands of delegates arriving in the»»»

Dubai: The UAE is expected to experience fair to partly cloudy conditions today, with low clouds forming over some eastern areas and humidity increasing overnight and into Wednesday morning along parts of the coast, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said. Also Read: Ramadan timetable leaves »»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump announced the creation of what he called the “US Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve,” describing it as the first-ever civilian stockpile of critical minerals designed to protect American industry during supply shocks. Also Read: Top 10 critical minerals: The h»»»

WASHINGTON: Legal experts say President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax information raises a plethora of legal and ethical questions, including the propriety of the leader of the executive branch pursuing scorched-earth litigation against the very governm»»»

Police in Arizona said Monday they believe the mother of top US news anchor Savannah Guthrie has been kidnapped, after the elderly woman went missing over the weekend under suspicious circumstances. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on Sunday from her home in Pima County, local sheriff Chris »»»

Rescuers praised a teenage boy's "superhuman" survival instincts after he swam four hours through choppy waters off Australia to find help for his family. The 13-year-old boy swam four kilometres (2.5 miles) back to shore to raise the alarm after his mother and two younger siblings were swept out t»»»

NASHUA: Three firefighters were injured when a natural gas leak caused an explosion and fire Monday at a New Hampshire mental health center, but the building's occupants all evacuated safely. About 40 people were in the Greater Nashua Mental Health facility when someone called 911 to report an odor»»»

Bill and Hillary Clinton will testify in a US House investigation surrounding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesman for the ex-president said, heading off a potential vote to hold the couple in contempt. They had originally refused to appear before lawmakers examining how authorities h»»»

Cuba's government on Monday told AFP that it was in "communication" with US President Donald Trump's administration but not yet in formal talks on a deal to end Washington's pressure campaign on the island. "Today we cannot talk about having dialogue with the United States, but it is true that ther»»»

A month ago Donald Trump told Gustavo Petro to "watch his (behind)." On Tuesday, the US president will meet his Colombian counterpart for the first time at the White House. The unlikely encounter comes just weeks after leftist Petro found himself in Republican Trump's crosshairs following the US to»»»

CAIRO: Before the war, the Rafah border crossing was Gaza's only gateway to the outside world not controlled by Israel. It was shuttered when Israeli troops seized it in May 2024. On Monday, the crossing with Egypt reopened in a long-awaited step of the ceasefire deal in the two-year Israel-Hamas w»»»

Multiple AI-generated photos falsely claiming to show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child and his mother, filmmaker Mira Nair, with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his confidant Ghislaine Maxwell, along with other high-profile public figures, were shared widely on social media Mon»»»

Dubai: Indian expats in the UAE have welcomed a game-changing update to gold customs rules following India’s Union Budget 2026 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1. As first reported by Gulf News on Monday, the value cap set for customs duty-free gold allowance has»»»

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (KUNA) -- US President Donald J. Trump said Monday he reached an agreement with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on reduced reciprocal tariff."It was an Honor to speak with Prime Minister Modi, of India, this morning. He is one of my greatest friends and, a Powerful and Respect»»»

GAZA, Feb 2 (KUNA) -- Twelve Palestinian patients have arrived in Gaza Strip from Egypt on Monday night through Rafah border crossing after completing treatment at Egyptian hospitals.After hours of waiting, buses carrying them entered Khan Younis city, south Gaza, to the cheer of their families, wi»»»

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the nations have finalized a trade deal worth more than $500 billion, nearly one year after announcing the start of talks in an Oval Office last February. File Photo by Francis Chung/UPI | License Photo Feb. 2 (UPI) --»»»

A meeting between the United States and Iran is likely to take place in Turkey on February 6, an Arab official told AFP on Tuesday, after Tehran called for the restart of nuclear talks and Washington warned of consequences if a deal was not reached. "A meeting between US negotiators and senior Iran»»»

Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State, have agreed to testify in the congressional investigation into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bill Clinton's deputy chief of staff confirmed the news on social media, writing: "The former President and»»»

Brussels would be "open‑minded" about discussing closer trade ties with the UK, including the possibility of working together on a customs union, the European Commissioner for finance has told the BBC. Valdis Dombrovskis said the bloc was "ready to engage" if the UK wanted to explore the move, an i»»»

Dubai: If you live and work in the UAE and travel back to India regularly, the Union Budget 2026-27 brings clear changes that will show up in what you pay for everyday purchases, medical needs and discretionary spending during visits home. These are the items most likely to affect your wallet: Sign»»»

Dubai: If you live in the UAE and spend Indian rupees for overseas travel, education or medical treatment abroad, India’s Budget 2026 brings immediate relief. The government has cut the upfront tax on key remittances to 2%, reducing how much money gets held back when you make international payments»»»

1 of 3 | Hundreds gather for the "Ice Out of Everywhere" protest at City Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Monday that its January jobs report will be delayed due to a partial government shutdown as Democrats in Congress demand changes to to a Department of H»»»

In the Philippines, few government institutions inspire as much fear — or resentment — as the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BoC). To traders and investors, they are not just regulators but ever-present forces capable of making or breaking a business, wielding immense p»»»

1 of 5 | Marius Borg Hoiby and his mother Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit attend a government party event in Oslo, Norway, in 2022. Hoiby was arrested Sunday on new assault charges. He is scheduled to face rape charges in a trial set to begin on Tuesday. File Photo by Lise Aserud/EPA Feb. 2 (U»»»

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should give evidence about what he knows about Jeffrey Epstein, says a prominent lawyer representing some of the US sex offender's victims. "It's not too late and he does have information he could share," Gloria Allred told the BBC. But the latest emails released by the U»»»

Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX is taking over his artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, as the billionaire takes steps to unify some of his many different business interests. SpaceX on Monday confirmed the deal to acquire xAI, a smaller firm known for its Grok chatbot, posting a memo from Musk »»»

Hanane Djoua Doha Hamad International Airport (HIA) is redefining the travel experience by transforming a conventional transit hub into a vibrant cultural destination. Far beyond its world-class facilities and seamless passenger services, HIA now offers travelers an immersive journey through over 4»»»

QNA Doha The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani visited the “Art Basel Qatar” exhibition on Monday at M7, Qatar’s epicentre for innovation and entrepreneurship in design, fashion and technology, and the Doha Design District in Msheireb. During his tour of the exhibition, HH the Amir »»»

The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani patronised the opening of the 21st International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG2026) at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) on Monday. The opening ceremony featured a documentary highlighting the history of Qatar»»»

Sheikha Moza added, “In this context, it is imperative to contemplate the conditions that will secure the survival and continuity of the Arabic language. No nation rises without mobilising its energies, discourse, horizons, determination, and tools, and through everything that makes this rise a rea»»»

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, on Monday met separately with Executive Vice-President and Chief Global Development, Partnerships and Venturing Officer at Imec Center Max Mirgoli and Director of the Imagine Ins»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser delivered a keynote on recentering ethics in the age of artificial intelligence during the first day of the third edition of Web Summit Qatar, which runs until 4 February. She emphasised the importance of human values, ethics, and acco»»»

Federal immigration agents deployed in Minneapolis, Minnesota will soon receive body cameras, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says. The announcement comes as the government faces a backlash over the deaths last month of two US citizens - Alex Pretti and Renee Good - following a surge o»»»

QNA Doha Qatar is steadily progressing towards establishing itself as a regional and global hub for the digital economy and innovation through investment in human capital, the development of innovation ecosystem, and the enhancement of the ICT sector’s contribution to the national economy, official»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Ooredoo, Qatar’s leading telecommunications provider, has announced the launch of an AI-powered outbound sales calling capability built on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, leveraging real-time GPT voice technology to enhance customer engagement, improve telesales productivi»»»

Microsoft on Monday announced its participation at Web Summit Qatar 2026, where the company will showcase how agentic AI, governed enterprise platforms, and partner-built solutions on Microsoft Azure are helping organisations across Qatar innovate securely and at scale. At the Microsoft booth, visi»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation (QRDI) Council announced the second cycle of the Innovation Pilot Grant (IPG) during the first day of Web Summit Qatar 2026. The announcement was made at the QRDI Council pavilion during a session titled ‘From validation to Marke»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Chairperson of Qatar Foundation Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser has addressed the opening of Web Summit Qatar 2026, as the global technology gathering sees Qatar Foundation’s commitment to human-centered innovation placed in the international spotlight. The third edi»»»