Dubai: Emirates Airline is building what it describes as a fully integrated living environment for its cabin crew, with a new purpose-built village planned at Dubai Investments Park. The multi-billion-dirham development is designed to house up to 12,000 crew members and goes far beyond traditional »»»

A 48-year-old resident of Sokuluk district has been detained in Chui region on suspicion of torturing his own mother, the regional police department reported. According to police, a 67-year-old woman contacted the police on January 3, stating that her son, while under the influence of alcohol, had »»»

Australia's Liberal-National Coalition, the country's main opposition, has split after a row over hate speech laws, casting the future of Liberal leader Sussan Ley into doubt. The centre-right Coalition, which has been on rocky ground since a resounding election loss last year, had been divided ove»»»

DOHA: Legal Advisor to H E the Minister of Interior and General Supervisor of the Police Academy, H E Dr. Abdullah Yusuf Al Mal emphasised that, under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), the Police Academy continues to perform its national mission of preparing qualified officers with»»»

GERB leader Boyko Borissov has said his party will not make further concessions on fiscal policy and will move back toward a conservative budget framework, arguing that the state should redistribute less than 40% of gross domestic product. In an interview with Capital.bg, conducted before President»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 21 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah sent a cable to the Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, congratulating him on the successful surgical procedure.In the cable, His Highness the Amir expressed his sincere congratulations »»»

Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev held a meeting on the implementation of investment agreements in the energy sector approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. According to the ministry’s press service, the meeting was attended by the heads of more than 15 companies c»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Fourth National Human Rights Forum concluded yesterday with a comprehensive set of recommendations aimed at strengthening national efforts to combat drugs through a human rights–based approach. The forum was organised by the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), in partnership wi»»»

The Iryo high-speed train, that collided with an Alvia high-speed train after derailing, remains on the train tracks in Adamuz, Andalusia, Spain, on January 21, 2026. Photo by J.J. Guillen/EPA Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The death toll from Sunday's train crash in southern Spain rose to 43 on Wednesday when a»»»

A foreigner died in a warehouse fire in the capital. The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. According to it, the fire broke out in a warehouse in the Bishkek Free Economic Zone (FEZ) in Leninsky district. Five fire crews and staff of the emergency response center were d»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 21 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed on Wednesday Kuwait's condemnation and denunciation of the Israeli occupation forces' demolition of buildings belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).Kuwait described t»»»

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) announced that the UAE workforce recorded a growth rate of 12.4% in 2025, marking an increase compared to 10.9% in 2024. The Ministry also reported that the private-sector labor market saw a 7.8% growth in the number of companies in 2025, un»»»

A Texas jury has found a police officer who responded to the 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, not guilty of child endangerment charges. Officer Adrian Gonzales was charged with failing to act during the fatal shooting at Robb Elementary School in May 2022, when an 18-year-old gunman shot dead 1»»»

Early in December, Israel’s military chief raised the alarm of the international community, saying the so-called yellow line in Gaza is the country’s new boundary with the enclave. “We will not allow Hamas to reestablish itself. We have operational control over extensive parts of the Gaza Strip, an»»»

The resumption of negotiations between Israel and Syria in Paris earlier this month didn't capture a lot of Israeli media attention at the time, but the issue has returned to the headlines in recent days, after the Syrian army's gains against the Syrian Democratic Forces and an agreement was reache»»»

DAVOS, Switzerland: Let’s get the headline out of the way first. After reading out a long speech from a teleprompter that listed out various domestic accomplishments without once mentioning his recent threats against Denmark, US President Donald Trump, ever the showman, realised what the hundreds o»»»

Mobile money agent Mirembe Tracy laments that her business in Uganda's bustling capital Kampala was paralysed when the government shut the internet during last week's fiercely contested general election. "All withdrawals were disconnected," she tells the BBC, adding that she gets nearly all of her »»»

Greenlanders are expressing relief after Donald Trump said in Davos that he would not use force to take the semi-autonomous territory. But at the same time, they’re not letting down their guard. In fact, Greenland's government unveiled a new handbook on Wednesday offering advice to the population i»»»

The U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan has provided clarifications for applicants for B1/B2 tourist and business visas regarding the new rules and has urged them not to pay the visa bond in advance. According to information published on the embassy’s website, instructions on how to pay the bond will be pro»»»

More than 3,000 power transmission line poles have been upgraded in Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn region, the National Electric Network of Kyrgyzstan (NENK) reported. According to the company, electricity grid infrastructure in the region was modernized last year, with 3,200 reinforced concrete poles installe»»»

The Sharjah civil defence authority continues to carry out its field inspection campaigns across various industrial areas in the emirate, as part of its ongoing efforts to protect lives and property and to enhance preventive preparedness within industrial and commercial facilities. The ongoing camp»»»

Textile production in Kyrgyzstan increased by 9.6 percent. Statistical materials for the last year say. Overall production of textiles, clothing, footwear, and leather goods at current prices amounted to 25.12 billion soms. This represents a 9.6 percent increase compared to the same period in 2024.»»»

Bishkek’s waste processing plant has already processed 49,000 tons of waste. Mayor Aibek Dzhunushaliev announced in an interview with Kabar news agency. He called the plant’s launch his most recent source of pride and noted that it was built entirely with private funding. «Bishkek, without spending»»»

President Karol Nawrocki is considering an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to join a newly announced Peace Council, but Warsaw stresses the move must follow Polish law. On Monday, presidential aide Marcin Przydacz confirmed the offer and said the Foreign Ministry had been asked for guid»»»

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UniCredit has re-entered Poland with ETF portfolios aimed at retail savers, positioning itself against XTB and Slovakia’s Finax. With a €100 minimum, clients choose among four risk strategies—conservative, stable, dynamic, and offensive—each available in euro or USD and in an inflation-hedged varia»»»

Elzat Asanova, the winner of the national competition Best Teacher of the Year — 2025, was presented with the keys to a one-room apartment in Bishkek. The press service of the Ministry of Education of Kyrgyzstan reported. The teacher is a mother of five children. Her eldest daughter is in 9th grade»»»

The Tawazun Council for Defence Enablement announced a new package of contracts awarded in favour of the Ministry of Defence on the second day of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition (UMEX) and the Simulation and Training Exhibition (SimTEX) 2026. The package comprised four contracts with a total value »»»

Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, says it will launch more than 5,400 satellites to create a new communications network. Named TeraWave, it will offer continuous internet access around the world, with the ability to move large amounts of data much more quickly than»»»

Mourners gather at a memorial of flowers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Monday, May 30, 2022. Photo by Jon Farina/UPI | License Photo Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A Texas jury on Wednesday found former school police officer Adrian Gonzales not guilty of felony charges accusing him of endangering»»»

Three activists who organised annual vigils to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have gone on trial in Hong Kong, facing charges under the city's controversial national security law. Chow Hang-tung, 40, Lee Cheuk-yan, 68, and Albert Ho, 74, are accused of inciting others to subvert st»»»

Manila: A young Philippine journalist who spent nearly six years in a crowded provincial prison was found guilty of "terror financing" on Thursday (January 22, 2026) in a case rights groups and a UN rapporteur had labelled a "travesty of justice". Community journalist and radio broadcaster Frenchie»»»

Asian stocks rose Thursday while safe-haven precious metals extended losses after Donald Trump rowed back on his threat to hit key European countries with tariffs over their opposition to the US takeover of Greenland. The gains were also fuelled by a surge in regional tech giants as the artificial »»»

CAIRO: Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the war-battered enclave 's deadliest days since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect in October. The United States is t»»»

Whistleblower Aid on Wednesday said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., received a copy of a Department of Homeland Security memo revising its policy on forcible entry of homes, which could face a Fourth Amendment challenge. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Immigrat»»»

United Nations: The Security Council has condemned the terrorist attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul. In a press statement on Wednesday (local time), the members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack claimed by the Islamic State-Khorasan Province. A»»»

Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, is expected to visit the United States soon, a senior US official said Wednesday, marking a shift in relations between Washington and Caracas. The move signals President Donald Trump’s willingness to engage directly with Rodriguez’s government as the »»»

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station (ISS) say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy” during the medical crisis. During their first public appearance since returning to Earth, the four astronauts refused Wednesday to say which»»»

What on earth has the last fortnight been all about? In the wake of a successful military operation in Venezuela earlier this month, a buoyed-up Donald Trump started to ratchet up the rhetoric on Greenland. Day after day, the world was treated to claims of ownership, threats of military action and »»»

Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been found guilty of financing terrorism. Cumpio, 26, was arrested in February 2020 after police and military raided her boarding house in the middle of the night and allegedly found a hand grenade, firearm, and communist flag in her bed. Several thousand»»»

RALEIGH, North Carolina: An 18-year-old pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder and other charges for a mass shooting in North Carolina, acknowledging that he carried out a 2022 killing rampage that left five people dead, including his older brother and a police officer. Austin David Thompson, who was 1»»»

A Republican-led House committee voted on Wednesday to advance contempt of Congress resolutions against former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, escalating a high-profile investigation into the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and setting the stage for potential vo»»»

UNITED NATIONS: President Donald Trump’s ambition for the “Board of Peace” to play a role in global conflicts beyond Gaza appears to be the latest US attempt to sidestep the Trump's Board of Peace poses latest in a series of US challenges to the UN Security Council, raising new questions about the »»»

A new report by professional social media platform LinkedIn shows that while jobseekers currently outpace job openings, a "new-collar" era of work is opening, focused on AI-related skills. In this edition, we speak to LinkedIn's EMEA Managing Director Sue Duke from the World Economic Forum in Davos»»»

Less than 15% of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s most advanced production processes are likely to be based in the United States by 2029, despite Washington’s push to relocate a larger share of the supply chain, according to a leading Taiwanese economist cited by Focus Taiwan. »»»

Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has been invited by US president Donald Trump to join a proposed international body intended to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, according to Japan’s foreign ministry, Kyodo News has reported. »»»

Indonesia has taken another step in its mineral downstreaming agenda with the inauguration of a battery precursor materials facility operated by PT Anugerah Barokah Energi Baru (ABEB) at the Setangga Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan, as reported by Indonesia Business Pos»»»

Indonesia has taken another step in its mineral downstreaming agenda with the inauguration of a battery precursor materials facility operated by PT Anugerah Barokah Energi Baru (ABEB) at the Setangga Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan, as reported by Indonesia Business Pos»»»