Geneva: Qatar reaffirmed its commitment to playing an active international role and continuing its mediation efforts, which have contributed, through its UN-sponsored hosting of meetings of special envoys on Afghanistan and priority working groups, to strengthening international consensus on key is»»»

Geneva: The State of Qatar reiterated its firm and supportive stance on the unity and territorial integrity of Sudan, and the right of its fraternal people to live in dignity, security and stability, and rejected any form of interference in its internal affairs, voicing deep concern over the contin»»»

On February 20, citizen L.K., 71, filed a complaint with the Department of Internal Affairs of Sverdlovsky district in Bishkek. He claimed that unknown individuals, posing as employees of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic, stole 12 million soms from him through fraud »»»

During Ramadan, hearts grow softer and communities draw closer, as they get together in shared meals and prayers. It is a time when generosity becomes a responsibility and extends beyond families and neighbourhoods to touch lives that are not in the spotlight. This year, Apparel Group and Steve Mad»»»

Wellington: Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has moved to Australia after a stint in the United States, national broadcaster RNZ said, joining record numbers of her compatriots moving across the Tasman. Ardern won international acclaim for her handling of the pandemic, although her »»»

The ISIS extremist group has intensified its lone wolf attacks against security forces and the army in Syria, especially in its eastern provinces, such as Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. Al-Ikhbariah Syria reported that the attacks intensified after the state’s security and political achievements across the »»»

New York, Feb. 27 (SANA) U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said Friday that the detainees and captives exchange carried out in Syria’s southern province of Sweida was an important step toward stability. In a post on X, Barrack said the United States helped facilitate the swap, which was cond»»»

South Korea on Friday decided to allow Google to transfer government-supplied high-precision map data to its overseas facilities. This 2016 file photo shows Google's logo at its corporate headquarters in Seoul. File Photo by Yonhap The government on Friday decided to allow global tech giant Google »»»

Doha: Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) organised the Family Fun Run in partnership with the Qatar Sports for All Federation, as part of the 12th edition of the Ramadan Sports Festival 2026, hosted at Aspire Park amid vibrant Ramadan-inspired community spirit. The race was held from 9pm to 11pm, drawing»»»

Police officers in Chui region detained a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a man in the village of Chaldovar. According to the press service of the regional police department, the incident was reported at 1.06 p.m. on February 26. The investigative team that arrived at the scene discovered the body»»»

Dubai: The South Korean government is taking strong action to stop hotels, guesthouses, and restaurants from overcharging visitors during major events like concerts. Any business that cancels confirmed bookings without a good reason or charges more than the listed price can now face immediate suspe»»»

Melania Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting next week, her office has announced, in the first such appearance by a US first lady. "First Lady Melania Trump is set to make history at the United Nations, taking the gavel as the United States assumes the Security Council Presidency t»»»

Iran is weighing economic incentives to entice US President Donald Trump as nuclear negotiations with Washington continue, the Financial Times has reported. Talks in Geneva on Thursday mark a third round of indirect US-Iran contacts using Omani mediation, at a time when Washington is simultaneously»»»

Airports of Kyrgyzstan JSC announced the launch of a new scheduled flight between Tashkent and Osh by Centrum Air. Flights are scheduled to begin on April 1. Flights will be operated regularly twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, on modern Airbus A320 aircraft. Flight duration is 1 hour and 1»»»

Doha: The Mahaseel Festival continues its activities in Katara Village, located in the southern part of the Cultural Village, amidst a vibrant Ramadan atmosphere and a remarkable turnout of visitors. The festival offers a comprehensive experience that blends heritage and family-oriented elements, t»»»

Doha: Qatar continues to strengthen its footprint in artificial intelligence as consumer and organisational uptake accelerates across the Gulf, according to the latest AI Adoption Index released by Cybernews. The comprehensive study, which tracks downloads of the 100 most popular AI applications ac»»»

More than half of the Romanians surveyed in the latest poll conducted by eJobs Romania intend to change jobs in 2026, most of them aiming to do so in the first half of the year, according to data from the online recruitment platform.Thus, 40.2% plan to change jobs by mid-year, while 11.7% intend to»»»

Romania is scoring 6.85 on a scale from 0 to 10 in terms of Education, above Bulgaria (6.74), but below Poland (8.3), the Czech Republic (7.97), Hungary (7.38) and Slovakia (6.87), according to the Well-Being Barometer, an instrument that measures the quality of life in Romania through three fundam»»»

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has downgraded to 1.2% the growth outlook of the Romanian economy for 2026, from 1.6% in September, according to the "Regional Economic Prospects" report, published on Thursday by the international financial institution.The growth in 2026 »»»

Motto: “A great tradition can be inherited, but greatness itself must be won.” Sir Winston Churchill In a span of just 30 days, four major international events with the potential to shape the world took place. The first was the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 19-23 January 2026. The »»»

The Constitutional Court of Romania on Thursday released the reasoning for its 18 February decision declaring constitutional the Bolojan Government's new draft law on the reform of magistrates' pensions.Following publication of the Court's reasoning in the Official Gazette, the law will be forwarde»»»

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan gave assurances that Romania will submit feasible projects through the East Invest program.He was asked what chances Romania has to attract funds through the program for the eastern regions of the European Union, given that this program was initially created for the Balt»»»

The world premiere of the multi-part documentary project «Dominic West: Kyrgyzstan» (Beyond the Silk Road) took place at VUE Cinema Leicester Square in London. The press service of the Ministry of Culture, Information and Youth Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. According to the ministry, the »»»

RIYADH, Feb 27 (KUNA) -- Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan tackled with several regional and international counterparts the latest regional developments and efforts exerted to address them late Thursday.The discussions came over the phone between the Saudi foreign minister and the for»»»

The secret of how “super agers” have the mental agility of people decades younger has been discovered, according to The Telegraph. Scientists have found that some elderly people are able to regenerate brain cells twice as quickly as healthy adults of the same age. It has only recently been shown th»»»

Global debt climbed to a record $348 trillion at the end of 2025, after nearly $29 trillion was added over the year in the fastest yearly build-up since the pandemic surge, the Institute of International Finance said in its latest Global Debt Monitor. The jump in 2025 is no longer linked to the pos»»»

Torkham: Gunfire and shelling was heard on Friday on the key Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, as the neighbours engaged in deadly fighting. Incoming shelling was heard from the Afghan side of the border from around 9:30am, before cross-border clashes resumed, while gunfire »»»

The Philippine, US and Japanese militaries conducted joint exercises this week over the Bashi Channel that separates the Philippines from Taiwan, officials said Friday. Aircraft from the three nations patrolled over the Philippines' northernmost Batanes islands in drills aimed at showcasing their "»»»

It is dubbed as a low-cost weapon for a new era of warfare. America has turned the one-way Shahed drones, an Iran-developed "swarm" weapon system, on its head, cloned it, upgraded it, now potentially deploying it back at its creator. The Pentagon has announced that its "kamikaze" drone unit is “rea»»»

DOHA, Feb 26 (KUNA) -- Qatar expressed on Thursday its condemnation of the attacks that took place in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, which resulted in several deaths and injuries.In a statement, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated Q»»»

Poland plans ‌to introduce new legislation to ban social media for children under 15 years of age and will hold platforms responsible for age verification, Education Minister Barbara Nowacka told Bloomberg News in an interview published on Friday. The ruling Civic Coalition will present the draft ‌»»»

Gaza's civil defense ministry said Israeli strikes killed at least five people on Friday. Violence has continued in the Palestinian territory despite a US-brokered truce that entered its second phase last month, with Israel and Hamas trading accusations of violating the agreement. The civil defense»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia calls on Afghanistan and Pakistan to end mutual strikes as soon as possible and to resolve differences diplomatically, Russian Presidential Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Advisor to the Foreign Minister Zamir Kabulov told Sputnik on Friday. Late on Thursday, Afghanistan »»»

Enas Arbab fled Sudan's western region of Darfur after her hometown fell to Sudanese paramilitary forces, taking only her year-old son with her and the memory of her father, who was killed, she said, simply for working at a charity kitchen serving people displaced by the fighting. The Rapid Support»»»

Abu Dhabi: A public relations manager has been ordered by an Abu Dhabi labour court to repay more than Dh290,000 to his former employer after being found to have misused company funds entrusted to him for business transactions. The Abu Dhabi Labour Court of First Instance ruled that the employee mu»»»

The United States and Iran made progress in talks over Tehran's nuclear program on Thursday, mediator Oman said, but hours of negotiation ended with no sign of a breakthrough that could avert potential US strikes amid a massive military buildup. The two sides plan to resume negotiations soon after »»»

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Donald Trump agreed to release a Columbia University student detained by ICE after he raised her case during White House discussions. Also Read: Nationwide 'ICE Out' protests sweep US against Trump administration's immigration policiesArrest sparks outra»»»

The National Assembly will hold its first regular parliamentary question time with the participation of the caretaker Government, according to the legislature's agenda for this week. Caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov and ministers of Finance Georgi Klisurski, of Foreign Affairs Nadezhda Neynski»»»

Dubai: Dubai gold prices resumed their upward march on Friday morning, adding fresh pressure on shoppers and investors already navigating one of the strongest bullion rallies in decades. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.At 8.30 am, the price of 24-karat gold rose to Dh6»»»

Dubai: A Dubai judicial committee has ruled in favour of dozens of property purchasers in a long-running Falcon City of Wonders dispute, cancelling attachment and enforcement procedures imposed on multiple residential plots and confirming the buyers’ ownership after finding the properties were acqu»»»

Samsung’s development of a solid-state battery using silver as a core material could prove a disruptive moment for the electric vehicle industry, with potentially significant implications for global silver demand. The Sout»»»

Cuba has vowed to counter any further armed incursions after its border guards shot dead four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-registered speedboat whose occupants opened fire on a patrol vessel off the country's northern coastline, an episode that threatens to deepen the already stra»»»

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended the second and final of his state visit to Israel on February 26, 2026, according to a report by All India Radio. During his visit a delegation of Israeli officials was in New»»»

Samsung’s development of a solid-state battery using silver as a core material could prove a disruptive moment for the electric vehicle industry, with potentially significant implications for global silver demand. The Sout»»»

Samsung’s development of a solid-state battery using silver as a core material could prove a disruptive moment for the electric vehicle industry, with potentially significant implications for global silver demand. The Sout»»»

Morning rush hour is gradually building on most main and internal roads in Sharjah and Dubai, according to Google Maps live data. Al Ittihad Road (E11), the main route connecting the two emirates, is heavily congested from Al Nahda in Sharjah all the way to Dubai Police General Headquarters. On She»»»

The new round of negotiations in Geneva comes after the US carried out a massive military build-up in the region and President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to strike Iran if a deal is not reached. FRANCE 24's Shirli Sitbon tells us more.»»»

Iran and the United States were holding another round of indirect talks in Geneva on Thursday (February 26) to try to reach a deal on Tehran's nuclear program and potentially avert another war as the United States gathers a massive fleet of aircraft and warships in the Middle East.»»»

Israel's ambassador to France Joshua Zarka told FRANCE 24 that he "doubts" a diplomatic solution with Iran is achievable, calling for regime change in Tehran. He also said that Palestinian militant group Hamas has "no intention whatsoever of disarming" and denied accusations that Israel is pursuing»»»

What would it take for Donald Trump to call off air strikes against an Iran that’s told Omani mediators that it sees a pathway to compromise over its nuclear program? We’ll delve into where the veteran Tehran's team of veteran negotiators can entice US envoy Steve Witkoff whose red lines sometimes »»»