At 23, Noor Elakhdar is not just finishing marathons – she is changing perceptions. An artist and athlete of determination, Noor took on the ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon for the third time on Saturday, turning one of the UAE’s biggest sporting stages into a powerful platform for inclusion. Born in Saud»»»

Tunis, Dec 13 (TAP) – A mixed maritime line (passengers and freight) between Livorno, Italy, and La Goulette should soon be launched, following a Tunisian proposal presented during a working session held on December 11 in Livorno.President of the...»»»

Dubai: flydubai, the Dubai-based carrier, inaugurated its first direct service to Riga, the capital of Latvia, marking the start of its three-times-weekly service between Dubai International (DXB) and Riga Airport (RIX). The inaugural flight landed in Riga to a warm reception by airport officials, »»»

BEIRUT (Sputnik) - An attack on the joint forces of Syria and the United States near the city of Palmyra has left several troops injured and one Syrian dead, the Syria TV broadcaster reported on Saturday. US helicopters reportedly intervened to evacuate those wounded in the shooting and take them t»»»

Doha, Qatar: Ici C’est Paris Park by Qatar Airways will be open to the public on 14 December from 5 pm to 10 pm, and on 15 December. 16 and 17 December from 3 pm to 10 pm. Designed as an inclusive, family-friendly, and intergenerational space, it invites residents, visitors, families, and football »»»

The EuroMillions jackpot has been won by a player in Ireland for the second time this year. The jackpot was worth €17m (£14.9m) and there was just one winning ticket. The winning ticket was bought in the Ulster region, the National Lottery has confirmed. The ticket matched five numbers and two Luck»»»

Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the Eastern European country. Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is also among those who have been freed following talks in Minsk with US President Donald Trump»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE is expected to experience light to moderate rainfall this week. It is expected to be occasionally heavy, and is forecast to hit various parts of Abu Dhabi and other emirates from Saturday, December 13, through to Friday, December 19, 2025. Authorities have urged the public to tak»»»

The new world order takes shape through pressure, rivalry, and the rise of several commanding powers, not through declarations of equality. Multipolarity emerges as a harsh contest of sovereignty in which only civilization-states with real strength shape events and the rest are pulled into the orbi»»»

Ukraine’s government has no active candidates for the vacant post of energy minister, Reuters reported on Friday, citing sources, more than a month after a major corruption scandal forced the dismissal of the previous official. Last month, Ukraine’s Western-backed anti-graft agencies announced the »»»

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani received UN Secretary General António Guterres on Saturday, as he said that Iraq emerged victorious over terrorism thanks to the sacrifices of its people. In a joint press conference with Guterres in Baghdad, Al-Sudani said the last parliamentary electio»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday that he had always advocated for mending ties with Russia, and would ask the Foreign Ministry to revive Slovak-Russian committees for economic cooperation as soon as possible. "I am one of those who has called for and will call f»»»

Devastating floods and landslides have killed 1,006 people in Indonesia, rescuers said Saturday as the Southeast Asian nation grapples with the huge scale of relief efforts. The disaster, which has hit the northwestern island of Sumatra over the past fortnight, has also injured more than 5,400, the»»»

Tunis, Dec. 13 (TAP)- Minister of Trade and Export Development Samir Abid had a coordination meeting on Saturday with a visiting delegation from China's Wuhan Yangluo Port Service company.The meeting was attended by CEOs of structures under the...»»»

Migrants have been pictured arriving in Dover on Saturday after the longest period without any small boat crossings in seven years. Photos appeared to show dozens of migrants wearing life jackets being brought in to Dover, Kent, aboard a Border Force vessel. Before the weekend, no migrants had made»»»

BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (KUNA) -- The visiting United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday affirmed that the international organization would continue to support Iraq to ensure its stability and prosperity.Guterres, currently on an official visit to the country to attend the formal announ»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has recently organised a training workshop for around 90 health service providers from the Primary Health Care Corporation working in government schools, to strengthen their readiness to manage asthma cases within the school environment and equip th»»»

The United Nations announced that Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank has reached a record high this year since UN monitoring began in 2017, according to a report issued by Secretary-General António Guterres. Guterres stressed that these developments further entrench the Israeli »»»

At present, the issue of European Union enlargement is not among the top priorities, although efforts are being made. The EU currently has to deal with a number of internal as well as external challenges, said MEP Kristian Vigenin from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/Bulgarian »»»

Hong Kong: An exhibition by the Franco-Chinese artist Zao Wou-Ki opened in Hong Kong on Saturday, the first time his print work has been on display in Asia. Hong Kong's M+ museum is hosting a collection of more experimental prints by the artist, who is considered a master of the lyrical abstraction»»»

Arche Group met with residents of Konstancin to discuss plans for the second phase of the Królewska Papiernia redevelopment, which triggered strong opposition and heated accusations that the developer is ignoring local concerns. The first phase, already approved by the municipality, includes about »»»

An office building on Cybernetyki Street in Warsaw’s Mokotów business district, known as “Mordor,” has changed ownership. Hungary-based Indotek Group has sold the Cybernetyki Office Center, which will no longer serve a traditional office function. The property offers more than 7,800 square meters o»»»

Panattoni has completed a major transaction on the German market, selling the fully leased Panattoni Campus Berlin Zentrum to DWS Group, one of the world’s largest asset managers. The complex covers about 36,500 square meters and combines logistics, light manufacturing, and business space in a sing»»»

In 2025, Poland’s office market struggled with historically low new supply, shrinking available space, and cautious investment capital, according to Karol Wyka, Managing Director of Office Leasing at Newmark Poland. Only about 90,000 square meters of new office space entered construction nationwide»»»

Interest in mortgage loans in Poland is rising again, driven by recent interest rate cuts. According to data from the Credit Information Bureau (BIK), the value of mortgage loan inquiries increased by 50.3% y/y in November 2025. Just over 37,000 people applied for home loans, marking strong annual »»»

mPay has signed a mutual non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with UniCredit and Vodeno to enable advanced analyses and the exchange of information needed to assess potential cooperation in financial services. According to the company, the NDA is the first step in evaluating a partnership based on the Ba»»»

S&P Global Ratings warns that pressure on Poland’s credit rating could increase if the country’s medium-term economic growth outlook deteriorates significantly, especially alongside rising macroeconomic imbalances or external shocks such as spillovers from Russia’s war against Ukraine. The agency n»»»

Creotech Instruments’ project titled “Research on an innovative satellite system for high-mass payloads” has received a positive evaluation from the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development and was recommended for up to PLN 26.24 million in funding under the European Funds for a Modern Economy (FEN»»»

Orlen plans to build a nationwide network of bioLNG refuelling stations in Poland under its LAPIS project. In the base scenario, the network will consist of 21 stations, with the final number adjusted to market conditions. The first bioLNG station is scheduled to open in Płock in the second half of»»»

Paris, France: Gondolas floated above a cityscape in the southeastern suburbs of Paris Saturday as the first urban cable car in the French capital's region was unveiled. Officials inaugurated the C1 line in the suburb of Limeil-Brevannes in the presence of Valerie Pecresse, the head of the Ile-de-F»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 13 (KUNA) -- Oman's Ambassador to Kuwait Dr. Saleh Al-Kharousi extolled on Saturday Kuwait's role in placing the "Diwaniya" on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.In a statement, Al-Kharousi said Kuwait's success in listing Diwaniya in this int»»»

Umm Al Quwain: A 10-year-old boy died after being involved in a traffic accident while riding an electric scooter in Umm Al Quwain, police said. According to Umm Al Quwain Police, the incident occurred on Thursday night at around 10pm on King Faisal Street, when the child was struck by a car while »»»

Share: No stranger to controversial remarks, Barrack said last September, “there is no Middle East. There are only tribes”. Recent remarks by US envoy Tom Barrack where for many Lebanese he seemed to advocate the integration of Lebanon into Syria prompted an angry reaction from Lebanese Parliament »»»

Friday morning in Bengaluru’s Girinagar began like any other — until the bird got away. Arun Kumar, a 32-year-old businessman, was simply trying to do what any devoted pet owner would: bring his macaw back home, reports NDTV. The brightly coloured parrot, reportedly worth Rs250,000 (Dh10,250), had »»»

Police investigators have outlined the alleged operation of a criminal organization accused of illegally collecting agricultural subsidies from the state payment agency OPEKEPE, according to an official statement. Authorities said a criminal case has been compiled against 16 arrested suspects, with»»»

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KUWAIT, Dec 13 (KUNA) -- Six fire squads on Saturday put out a fire that broke out at premises of a company for plastic treatment in Amghara, Kuwait Fire Force said in a statement.The firefighters had scrambled to the scene immediately after receiving the alert and managed to contain the blazes, th»»»

Damascus, Dec.13 (SANA)Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Saturday that recent developments in Syria marked a significant turning point, emphasizing that Turkey stands with the Syrian people and shares their aspirations for freedom and stability. Speaking at the East Forum in Istanbul, Fidan»»»

Tunis, Dec. 13, 2025 (TAP) – "International financial institutions will continue supporting Tunisia through available funding mechanisms, particularly in the field of renewable energy," said Country Head for Tunisia and Libya at IFC - International...»»»

“The taking of Seversk is a catastrophe for Ukraine’s armed forces, as it will allow [Russia] to advance on Kramatorsk and Slavyansk,” the last major heavily-fortified agglomeration in the Donbass under Ukraine’s control, military expert Evgeny Mikhailov says. According to Mikhailov, Seversk’s libe»»»

CPD plans to carry out parallel investments next year in commercial real estate in Poland and residential rental projects in Florida, the United States, CEO Rafał Kijonka told ISBnews. After approving its 2026 financial results, the company intends to introduce a dividend policy with progressively »»»

EU finance and economy ministers approved changes to Poland’s National Recovery Plan (KPO) on Friday, bringing the revision process to a close. After amendments adopted by the Polish government in late September, the KPO now includes 57 investment projects and 54 reforms. Poland is set to receive a»»»

Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the Central Transport Hub (CPK) will be renamed “Port Polska,” arguing that the previous name had been “disgraced” by his predecessors and carried negative associations. The decision, unveiled at a government conference, has sparked strong criticism from Ry»»»

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BERLIN, Dec 13 (KUNA) -- The German Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned Israeli occupation's plans to build over 750 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank.A statement by the ministry said the settlement construction not only violates international law and relevant UN Security Council re»»»

Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia: Cambodia suspended all of its border crossings with Thailand on Saturday, as the two countries remained locked in a deadly military conflict. "The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to fully suspend all entry and exit movements at all Cambodia-Thailand border cross»»»

Germany will host US and Ukrainian delegations over the weekend for talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine, ahead of a summit with European leaders and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Berlin on Monday, a German official said on Saturday. A US official said overnight that President Donald Trump's envoy St»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police have urged motorists to exercise extra caution on the roads as rainy and unstable weather conditions are expected across the emirate. Drivers have been advised to strictly adhere to traffic laws, reduce speed, maintain a safe distance from other vehicles and remain fully attenti»»»

In the absence of a budget, a new National Framework Agreement cannot be signed and the previous one will remain in force, said Dr. Nikolay Branzalov, Chairman of the Management Board of the Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA). He was speaking to journalists ahead of the start of the 79th extraordi»»»

Kyiv, Ukraine: US President Donald Trump's special envoy will meet with Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders in Berlin this weekend, the White House said, as Washington presses for a plan to end Russia's war with Ukraine. A White House official confirmed to AFP on Friday that Trump's envoy»»»