Doha: The Arab Book Award has signed a cooperation agreement with the Oman-based Bait Al Zubair Cultural Foundation, as part of joint societal and cultural efforts aimed at strengthening strategic partnerships between leading Arab cultural institutions and supporting innovative shared cultural init»»»

Dubai: The seventh edition of the UAE SWAT Challenge officially began on Saturday at the Training City in Al Ruwayyah, bringing together elite tactical police teams from around the world to compete in a series of high-intensity challenges. The five-day international event features teams from six co»»»

During a working visit to Issyk-Kul region, President Sadyr Japarov briefed Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, the largest international cryptocurrency exchange, on Kyrgyzstan’s tourism opportunities. The presidential press service reported. During a joint descent and inspection of the infrastruct»»»

Ukraine's Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal on Saturday said Kyiv had requested emergency assistance from Poland after what the state grid operator called a "massive attack" by Russia on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Two power plants in western Ukraine were among the targets hit in the attack. A "ma»»»

The United States wants Kyiv and Moscow to end the nearly four-year war by June, and has offered to host talks between the two sides next week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. If the June deadline is not met, the Trump administration will likely put pressure on both sides to meet »»»

A tiny Bermudan snail once threatened by pesticides, habitat loss and the cannibalistic "wolf snail" has been saved from the edge of extinction after six colonies of the re-wilded molluscs were found to have successfully settled on the archipelago. A tiny snail once thought to have disappeared from»»»

Ooltewah, Tennessee: A former New York Jets first-round draft pick was arrested in Tennessee and charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend. Darron Lee was identified Thursday as the suspect and taken into custody at the scene, according to the Hamilton County sheriff's office.»»»

The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), an affiliate of the Department of Municipalities and Transport in Abu Dhabi, has announced the expansion of its Robotaxi services to include new areas across the emirate. The expansion reflects Abu Dhabi’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its smart mobility netwo»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Culture (MoC) will host the activities of the Tajikistan Cultural Week on Sunday, as part of Qatar's vision to promote civilizational dialogue, expand cultural exchange with various countries, and establish culture as a shared space for human interaction. The Tajikistan Cultur»»»

Colorado Springs: A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nigh»»»

The head of the parliamentary group of Albania’s Democratic Party, Gazment Bardhi, reacted on Saturday after the Constitutional Court upheld the suspension from office of Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Belinda Balluku. In a post on social media, Bardhi said that what he described»»»

Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has decided to establish a new police division dedicated to combating cybercrime, a senior minister said on Friday, as authorities respond to a rise in online offenses. Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala said between 23 and 25 cy»»»

Gaza: The toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza has risen to 72,027 dead in addition to 171,561 injured since October 7, 2023. Medical sources reported that in the past 24 hours, two more people were killed and 25 injured, while many victims remain trapped under rubble and in the streets, unreachable b»»»

Poland is preparing major changes to its investment support system that will significantly affect how companies obtain new projects and operate within the Polish Investment Zone (PSI). Experts are calling for swift decisions, warning that regulatory uncertainty is already discouraging potential inv»»»

Growing geopolitical tensions have turned the Baltic Sea into an area of hybrid threats, including sabotage of infrastructure and GPS signal disruptions, though maritime trade continues without major disruption. Experts stress that the real security challenge lies in ports, which are now part of na»»»

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Lacking in resources and sandwiched between two energy superpowers, the EU has to play some basic geopolitical chess to keep the gas flowing and the lights on. But Brussels can’t even play checkers. EU energy ministers agreed last month to completely halt Russian gas imports by late 2027, ending wh»»»

Global tensions among the world’s major nuclear powers have intensified following the expiration this week of the New START treaty between Russia and the United States, which limited the two countries’ nuclear arsenals, fueling growing concerns that the world may be entering a new nuclear arms race»»»

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Barcelona: Spanish giants Barcelona confirmed their withdrawal from the failed breakaway European Super League project on Saturday, leaving Real Madrid as the only club still involved. "Barcelona hereby announces that today it has formally notified the European Super League Company and the clubs in»»»

New Delhi: The International Cricket Council is in talks with the Pakistan Cricket Board to resolve the boycott of its T20 World Cup match against India on February 15, AFP learnt Saturday. Any clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan is one of the most lucrative in cricket, worth millions of d»»»

The Ministry of Education on Saturday demanded answers from authorities at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki within 48 hours following violent clashes outside the Faculty of Engineering that left more than 300 people detained by police. The ministry requested immediate and full information from »»»

Livigno, Italy: Eileen Gu said her mum fed her snacks and told her to "wake up and get it together" after a shocking first run from China's freeski superstar in the slopestyle qualifiers put her Olympic dream in jeopardy. Double Olympic champion Gu lost her balance on the first rail during her init»»»

Doha, Qatar: David Beckham attended the Art Basel Café Presented by Visit Qatar activation at the inaugural edition of Art Basel Qatar, held at M7 and the Doha Design District in Msheireb Downtown Doha, where Visit Qatar is participating as Lead Partner. During the engagement, Beckham explored the »»»

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held high-level discussions with his Omani counterpart and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the Iranian nuclear file, following a new round of indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran. In a telephone call on»»»

Authorities at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki said they did not grant permission for any party, rejecting reports to the contrary following violent clashes outside the Faculty of Engineering that led to more than 300 police detentions early Saturday morning. In a statement, the university’s r»»»

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Saturday visited several southern cities and towns, stressing that "the right of the people of the South to safety, to their homes, to their land, and to a dignified life is an indivisible national right." "The continuous Israeli attacks constitute an assault on our so»»»

A total of 52 nominations for chair of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) have been submitted by municipal party organizations, with some of the nominees having withdrawn their candidacies, Rumyana Siderova, chair of the Nominations Committee, told delegates at the 51st BSP Congress on Friday. She»»»

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In an extraordinary and unintended crypto giveaway, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb mistakenly sent billions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin to users during what was meant to be a modest promotional reward event, briefly roiling markets and highlighting risks in automated financial system»»»

Hezbollah has replaced a top security official who was in charge of coordination with Lebanon's security agencies after he told the group's leadership that he wants to step down, two officials with the group who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter said. Wafiq Safa had headed Hezboll»»»

Iran-backed groups in the Middle East, including Hezbollah, should exercise the "greatest restraint" if there is regional escalation between Iran and the United States to avoid destabilizing the region, France's foreign minister said. Jean-Noël Barrot made his comments in Beirut, where he arrived e»»»

Dubai: Government schools across the UAE have tightened rules on the types of food students can bring to campus, aiming to curb the spread of sweets, fizzy drinks and other unhealthy snacks that are increasingly affecting behaviour and academic performance. In messages sent to parents, schools said»»»

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Saturday that any open US aggression against Iran would trigger retaliatory strikes on American military bases in the region. Speaking at the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, Araghchi stated, “If the US strikes Iran, we will attack American bases in the region as »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia will formulate its position on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) by analyzing US policy and the broader strategic landscape, Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, told Sputnik. "Washington's lack of interest i»»»

Tokyo: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged Saturday to make Japan "more prosperous and safer", including through tougher immigration screening, in a final appeal to voters on the eve of snap elections. Opinion polls suggest that Takaichi's ruling bloc, led by the Liberal Democratic Party, could r»»»

After three decades in prison over a Rs20 bribery conviction, a former police constable in Gujarat was finally declared innocent by the courts — only to die the very next day. According to an NDTV report, Babubhai Prajapati, 64, spent nearly 30 years behind bars after being convicted in 1996 for al»»»

U.N. peacekeepers patrolling southern Lebanon have faced a dramatic surge of "aggressive behavior" by Israeli forces over the last year, including drone-dropped grenades and machine-gun fire, according to an internal report seen by The Associated Press. The report by one of the 48 nations that toge»»»

Washington, United States: A federal grand jury charged a 33-year-old man with threatening to kill US Vice President JD Vance during his visit to Ohio in January, the Justice Department said on Friday. Shannon Mathre, a resident of Toledo, Ohio, is accused of “making a threat to take the life of, a»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the US wants the war with Russia to end by June, adding that both sides had been invited to the US for talks next week. "America proposed for the first time that the two negotiating teams – Ukraine and Russia – meet in the United States of America, probab»»»

A leading Russian veterinarian and president of Spasi Menya (Save Me) Foundation, Karen Dallakyan, performed surgeries on birds at the Zoo Bishkek rehabilitation center. The press service of Rossotrudnichestvo in Kyrgyzstan reported. He arrived in the republic as part of Missiya Dobro program. «Tog»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran HE Abbas Araghchi, who is visiting Qatar. The meeting discussed the ongoing efforts aimed at de-escalating tensions in the»»»

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched raids across different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem at dawn Saturday, during which they carried out arrests and searched homes. According to local sources, the IOF ransacked homes and kidnaped two citizens during raids in the towns of Dura and Ha»»»

Iran's foreign minister said a fresh round of talks with Washington would take place "soon", while insisting that enrichment was Tehran's "inalienable right" and building trust would take time. Abbas Araghchi said the first round of talks in Oman on Friday had been a "good start". "(Nuclear) Enrich»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Interior has reminded that vehicles owners in Qatar that using private vehicles for any purpise other than those mentioned in the vehicle permit is a traffic violation. In a social media post, the ministry said, "Using private vehicles for purposes other than those spec»»»

Dubai: Astronomy enthusiasts are turning their attention to 17 February 2026, when a rare and visually striking annular solar eclipse will take place, transforming the Sun into what scientists describe as a luminous “ring of fire”. The phenomenon will occur when the Moon passes directly between the»»»

Atanas Zafirov has resigned as Chair of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), announcing his decision at the party’s 51st Congress on Saturday. “Today I am taking a step back. I am giving up the position of first among equals that you entrusted to me, but this does not mean I am withdrawing from pol»»»

On Saturday morning, the final group of the 34th Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition departed for Livingston Island on a flight route Sofia – Rome – Buenos Aires – Santiago – Punta Arenas, the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute (BAI) said. The group includes Prof. Razvigor Darlenski, MD, PhD, a dermatologist»»»

The US Embassy in Poland announced that it would cut ties with Polish parliamentary speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty after he said US President Donald Trump does not deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. On Monday, Czarzasty denounced Trump’s tariff policies and his plan to annex Greenland from Denmark. He als»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, met today, February 7, 2026, with HE Dr. Abbas Araqchi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who is currently visiting the country. During the meeting, they r»»»