At least 39 people have died and dozens more have been injured after two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain, the country's Civil Guard has said. The accident near the city of Córdoba, in southern Spain, has been described by local officials as Spain's worst rail crash in more than a decad»»»

Iran's foreign minister will not be attending the Davos summit in Switzerland this week, the organizers said Monday, stressing it would not be "right" after the recent deadly crackdown on protesters in Iran. Abbas Araghchi had been scheduled to speak on Tuesday during the annual gathering of the gl»»»

Russia launched a barrage of drone strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight on Monday, cutting off power in five regions ​across the country amid freezing temperatures and high demand, Ukrainian officials said. The Ukrainian air force said that Russian troops had launched 145 drones. Ai»»»

Kyrgyzstan’s average GDP growth over the past three years has amounted to 9 percent. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry Bakyt Torobaev said at a meeting with Farid Talishli, the Resident Representative of the Internationa»»»

Makassar, Indonesia: Rescuers in Indonesia recovered on Monday a second body from a chartered plane that had crashed into a mountain with 10 people on board, an official said. The Indonesian Air Transport turboprop plane, carrying three civil servants and seven crew, lost contact with air traffic c»»»

ACDIMA and EIPICO are jointly anchoring Egypt’s most significant push to localise pharmaceutical raw-material production following the inauguration of the Arab API manufacturing complex in the Suez Canal Economic Zone at Ain Sokhna. The foundation stone for the $165 million facility was laid at a c»»»

Gold bar and dollars CAIRO, Jan 18 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the government is working to maximize the added value of gold within the local market and transform Egypt from a raw gold exporter into an industrial hub. Madbouly made the remarks as he chaired on Sunday the first mee»»»

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday spoke to the press on the situation in Greenland, reiterating his opposition to US tariffs on its NATO allies over their pursuit of security efforts on the Danish autonomous territory. He also emphasised the importance of maintaining Britain’s alliances in t»»»

A bill to amend and supplement the Social Insurance Code was presented at a meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC) here on Monday. The revisions are basically intended to introduce a multi-fund model in supplementary pension insurance, Bulgarian Deputy Finance Minister Ki»»»

The new First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Kyrgyzstan, Beknazar Bazaraliev, was introduced to the staff. The corresponding order was signed by Cabinet Chairman Adylbek Kasymaliev. Former First Deputy Minister Talantbek Soltobaev has been dismissed. Transport and Communications»»»

The Egyptian Cabinet has approved creating a Supreme Committee for Medical Tourism on December 20, 2017 with a mission to choose hospitals and human resources to put into place a mechanism to carry out a development plan to expand on medical tourism services in Egypt starting 2018. The Egyptian Cab»»»

A minibus carrying school students collided with a truck south of Johannesburg on Monday, killing 12 pupils, police said. It was the latest in a string of deadly crashes in a country whose modern road network is undermined by rampant speeding, reckless driving and poorly maintained vehicles. The cr»»»

DOHA: Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi has met with Director-General of the National Security Council of Malaysia Nushirwan Zainal Abidin, who is visiting the country. The meeting discussed ways to strengthen and enhance coopera»»»

Caracas: As the first explosions rocked his military base in Caracas, 18-year-old Saul Pereira Martinez sent his mother a simple message: “I love you. It has begun.” It was the night of January 3, and US forces were invading Venezuela to seize the country's then-president, Nicolas Maduro, on the or»»»

Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, is set to arrive in India this afternoon for a historic official visit that underscores one of the most dynamic bilateral relationships in the world, one built on centuries-old cultural ties and powered by modern economic»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join the Board of Peace for Gaza, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. "Yes, indeed, president Putin has also received an invitation through diplomatic channels to join the Board of Peace," Peskov told repo»»»

A technical glitch pushed back the restart of the world's biggest nuclear reactor in Japan, its operator said on Monday, a day before local media reported it would go online. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it would need another day of two to check the equipment at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa »»»

Several key European NATO members pushed back against US President Donald Trump in a joint statement on Sunday, accusing Washington of putting “transatlantic relations” at risk with his threat of tariffs over their position on Greenland. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherl»»»

Abu Dhabi: In 2025, the UAE recorded a series of landmark achievements across the energy, infrastructure, maritime transport, housing and digital transformation sectors, highlighting its ability to balance long-term planning with on-the-ground delivery in support of its vision to build a leading de»»»

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The National Assembly of Republika Srpska elected last night the new Government of Republika Srpska, led by Prime Minister Savo Minić. The new Government has five new ministers compared to the previous one, in the following departments: labor and veterans’ and disabled protection, science and highe»»»

Serbia’s majority Russian-owned oil company NIS has restarted oil processing at its Pancevo refinery after securing a temporary waiver from US sanctions, Serbia’s energy minister said on January 18. Production of petroleum»»»

Bulgaria is heading to snap parliamentary elections after the third and final attempt to form a government failed, President Rumen Radev said on January 16. Radev handed the last mandate to form a cabinet to the Allia»»»

Oslo: US President Donald Trump told Norway's prime minister he no longer needed to think "purely of peace" after failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in a message published Monday. “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer f»»»

Tokyo: A technical glitch pushed back the restart of the world's biggest nuclear reactor in Japan, its operator said on Monday, a day before local media reported it would go online. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it would need another day or two to check the equipment at the Kashiwazaki-»»»

President Donald Trump told the Norwegian prime minister in a message published Monday that the world would not be secure unless the US controlled the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland. "The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland," Trump said in the messag»»»

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s popularity has fallen again versus his two military rivals, according to a new survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), as corruption scandals, a Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy system and faltering progress on the battlefield weigh on his i»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister of Canada, Dr. Mark Carney, departed Doha this morning following a state visit to the country. He and the accompanying delegation were seen off at Doha International Airport by HE Saad bin Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, and HE Karim Morcos, A»»»

At least eight more countries say the United States has invited them to join President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, a new body of world leaders meant to oversee next steps in Gaza that shows ambitions for a broader mandate in global affairs. Two of the countries, Hungary and Vietnam, said they ha»»»

The US is acting with impunity and believes its power matters more than international law, the head of the UN has told the BBC. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, António Guterres said Washington's "clear conviction" was that multilateral solutions were irrelevant. What mattered, he continu»»»

Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed train collision the previous night in the south of the country, and rescue efforts were continuing. Video and photos showed twisted train cars lying on their sides under floodlights. Passengers reported climbing o»»»

ALGIERS: Minister of Environment and Climate Change HE Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie met with Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria HE Yacine El-Mahdi Oualid, during his visit to Algeria. During the meeting, the two s»»»

Rescue personnel seen at the site of a fire at Gul Plaza in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday. Officials said Monday that at least 14 people were killed in the blaze. Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA Jan. 19 (UPI) -- At least 14 people are dead following a massive fire that erupted at a shopping plaza in Kar»»»

Eng. Karim Badawy, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, held a bilateral discussion session with Mr. John Chrisman, CEO of the American Apache Company, and his accompanying delegation in the city of New Alamein, where the meeting witnessed a review and exchange of visions regarding plans to»»»

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem's continued refusal to lay down his party's weapons in defiance of the state have sparked outrage in Lebanon. In a televised address on Saturday, Qassem declared that Hezbollah "will not surrender", accusing Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi of "undermini»»»

Germany’s initial deployment of 15 soldiers to Greenland has wrapped up, German Armed Force spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Milevchuk has told Funke media group. He said cooperation with Danish counterparts had been both positive and constructive. On Wednesday, Denmark announced a military exercise on the»»»

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Hong Kong: Gold and silver hit record highs on Monday while most equity markets fell after Donald Trump revived trade war fears by threatening several European nations with tariffs over their opposition to the United States buying Greenland. The US president has fanned already-rising geopolitical t»»»

Abu Dhabi: With improving weather conditions, astronomers have obtained a clearer daytime image of the crescent marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Shaaban 1447 AH, offering a rare and detailed view of the lunar phase. The image was captured earlier Monday from Abu Dhabi by the Al Khatim »»»

The first evaluation of Romania as a full Schengen member confirms the country's professional profile and openness to constructive dialogue in implementing the required measures, Interior Minister Catalin Predoiu said on Friday.The official met on Friday with a European Commission delegation led by»»»

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said on Friday in Iasi that funding for the two motorway endpoints in Moldavia - Iasi-Ungheni and Suceava-Siret - has been approved by the European Commission, with the projects considered essential for regional connectivity and for the defence component."First of all, w»»»

Health Minister Alexandru Rogobete held talks on Friday with his counterpart from the Republic of Moldova, Emil Ceban, focusing on the organisation of medical services, institutions' capacity to support 'genuine' reforms, and how healthcare projects should be designed to deliver "visible and measur»»»

Romania will take part in the 2026 edition of the World Economic Forum in Davos with its largest government delegation to date, including Foreign Minister Oana Toiu, Minister of Investments and European Projects Dragos Pislaru, Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan, and presidential adviser Radu Burnete.Acco»»»

National Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Radu Miruta announced on Friday that 21 Army procurement projects ranging from armored vehicles and drones to ships, helicopters, weapons, ammunition, air-defense systems and radars will be contracted "at a rapid pace" in the coming months.''Roman»»»

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oana Toiu, declared on Friday that the approval by the European Commission of the SAFE plan for Romania represents an "important decision for security and economy" and stressed that the stakes are not only the purchase of equipment, but also investments in industry and »»»

Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of Kyrgyzstan Nurdan Oruntaev, along with inspectors from the State Department of Architectural and Construction Supervision, conducted a raid on construction sites in Bishkek. He also ordered similar inspections to be organized »»»

Requirements for domestic film production in Kyrgyzstan will be tightened. It was announced at a meeting of the Committee on Science, Education, Innovative Development, Information Technology, Culture, Sports, and Youth Affairs of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. According to Deputy Minister of Cultur»»»

Davos, Switzerland: Corporate chiefs and government leaders including US President Donald Trump swarm into Davos, Switzerland this week, joining an elite annual meeting that promotes dialogue and economic progress. The even is being held evren as a domineering tone from Washington has upended the g»»»

BusinessGlobal issuesWEF: Donald Trump set to dominate Davos 2026Ashutosh PandeyWeeks after attacking Venezuela, capturing its controversial leader, and reviving Greenland ambitions, the US president's presence in Davos is expected to raise the stakes at WEF's annual meeting. https://p.dw.com/p/56p»»»

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is widely expected to call for a snap election, less than three months after taking office, in a bid to shore up greater support. Unnamed officials told local media Takaichi would announce the date of the lower house election at a press conference on Monday af»»»