Washington’s recent openness toward Damascus is increasingly colliding with Israel’s assertive on-the-ground approach, highlighting a widening rift between the two traditional allies over the future of Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The United States now appears to be pushing»»»

Dubai: A Saudi court has ruled that a government body must cover the medical costs incurred by a private hospital after an illegal resident, admitted in a critical emergency, later died while receiving treatment. The court found that the hospital fully complied with medical regulations by providing»»»

Farm Sense AD, a long-standing agribusiness company based in the Dobrudja region, has initiated bankruptcy proceedings in the Sofia City Court. The request was filed on November 20, 2025, marking a difficult moment for a firm with more than three decades in the grain sector. Over the years the comp»»»

Dubai: A man has been ordered to pay Dh70,000 in compensation to a medical centre after he damaged a high-precision eye-examination device during a routine visit. The Abu Dhabi Civil Family and Administrative Court ruled that the man was liable for the cost after entering the eye-testing room witho»»»

Doha, Qatar: Vodafone Business has announced the launch of enhanced features on its MyVodafone Portal, empowering businesses to manage their digital services with greater simplicity, transparency and control. The enhanced portal reflects Vodafone Business’s ongoing commitment to supporting the digi»»»

After three consecutive interest rate cuts, investors now confront an uncertain US monetary policy outlook for the year ahead, clouded by persistent inflation, data gaps, and an impending leadership change at the Federal Reserve. The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter-percentage poi»»»

The Parliamentary Committee on Energy adopted the 2026 State Budget Bill at first reading on Thursday with 11 votes in favour, four against and one abstention. In view of the euro changeover on January 1, 2026, all budget documentation has been prepared in euro, using the official conversion rate u»»»

Washington, Dec. 11 (SANA) U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson expressed his gratitude to the House of Representatives for approving the full repeal of the Caesar Act as part of the Department of Defense budget for 2026. Wilson said Wednesday in a post on the X platform: “Grateful that the House of Represe»»»

Washington, Dec. 11 (SANA) The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday by a majority to repeal the sanctions imposed on Syria under the “Caesar Act,” which was enacted in December 2019 to penalize the former regime for war crimes committed against the Syrian people during the years of the upr»»»

Warning: This article contains disturbing details from the start. A group of children spotted Adel's body on their way to school, just as his parents were heading to the police station to report him missing. A grotesque, charred silhouette, reclining, with one knee raised, as if lounging on one of »»»

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan (MFA) issued an official statement regarding the Constitutional Court’s decision on the death penalty. The ministry noted that the recent rise in cases of the murder of children and women under aggravating circumstances has deeply shocked the entire cou»»»

A Japanese chess association has apologised to a prominent 'shogi' player who criticised a rule that bars pregnant players from title matches around their expected due dates. Under the current rules of shogi - a game similar to chess - such players are replaced, meaning they forfeit all competition»»»

Larry Page has surged to No. 2 among the world’s richest for the first time. And for the first time, the Google co-founder overtook Oracle’s Larry Ellison to become the world’s second-wealthiest person. Page has an estimated net worth of $262 billion as of December 1 (up $30 billion a month earlier»»»

Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a lawmaker from Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN), plans to submit a bill that would allow "maisons closes" to reopen in France for the first time since 1946, albeit run as cooperatives by sex workers themselves. Prostitution is technically legal in France, al»»»

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican serving a House district in Kentucky, announced had introduced a measure to remove the U.S. from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican serving a House district in »»»

Dubai: Dubai has introduced a citywide contactless hotel check-in system that lets guests complete registration before they arrive. You upload your ID, add a biometric scan, and confirm your details on your phone. Once registered, your information remains valid until your ID expires. Future stays r»»»

WASHINGTON: Oil companies offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in the first of 30 sales planned for the region under Republican efforts to ramp up US fossil fuel production. The sale came after President Donald Trump's administration recently announced plans t»»»

Portugal is facing severe disruption to transport, flights, hospitals, schools and other public services on Thursday, as the two main union federations stage a general strike over unprecedented labour reforms. The last time the CGTP and the generally less militant UGT joined forces was during the e»»»

In a McDonald's by a lake surrounded by mountains, in the centre of the Swiss city of Lugano, a customer orders coffee. "Can I pay with bitcoin?" he asks, and the person behind the counter holds out what looks like a credit card payment terminal. It is in fact a machine for paying by crypto currenc»»»

A French mother whose 15-year-old son died by suicide has launched a legal fight against some of the world’s biggest social media platforms, alleging their algorithms flooded him with self-harm content that drove him into a “downward spiral”. This comes as France is considering a possible ban on so»»»

Cars move slowly out of downtown St. Louis in 2013. This week, travelers across wide parts of the nation could experience visibility problems as snow squalls threaten to affect parts of the Midwest, Appalachians and the Atlantic coast. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo Snow squalls »»»

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took a tour of CECOT in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March. This week, the Department of Homeland Security signed a contract to buy six planes with which to deport people. File Photo by Tia Dufour/U.S. Department of Homeland Security | License Phot»»»

Rushed out in under three weeks, Nicolas Sarkozy's new book "A Prisoner's Diary" has plenty of colour about what it's like for a former president to find himself in the isolation wing of a French jail. We learn that prisoner number 320535 had a 12 square metre cell, equipped with a bed, desk, fridg»»»

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will see his travel budget cut in the new defense spending bill if he doesn't release footage of boat attacks near Venezuela. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on the bipartisan $900 »»»

Paulinho da Forca, who led negotiations on the proposed law, is seen after Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies in Sao Paolo passed the bill that seeks to reduce the sentences of former President Jair Bolsonaro and others in the attempted coup, Photo by Andre Borges/EPA Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A legislative shift»»»