The EU has reached a free trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, 25 years after talks began and despite opposition from farmers in several European countries. The deal with the Mercosur trading bloc will require the approval of the European parliament within the next few mont»»»

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, attended the fourth edition of the 1 Billion Followers Summit, the world’s largest gathering dedicated to the content creation economy. Organised by the UAE Government Media Office, the summit is»»»

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Fuel subsidies remain on the chopping block as protests continue. People walk down a street blocked by members of the Bolivian Workers' Union in La Paz, Bolivia, on Thursday. Centrist Rodrigo Paz marks two months in office in Bolivia amid a simmering conflict over the decree that withdrew fuel subs»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Araghchi to Al-Manar: US aggression damaged some of our nuclear sites and equipment, yet the enriched substances and the technology can nev»»»

Iran’s supreme leader signaled that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed Trump as having hands “stained with the blood of Iranians” while S»»»

Protests in Iran began days before the new year and have spread nationwide to more than 170 locations in 25 provinces. With increasing discontent over the faltering economy and protesters now chanting anti-regime statements, Gavin Lee welcomes Ali VAEZ, Director of Iran Project & Senior Advisor»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells Al-Manar TV: Sanctions and economic weakness have caused some problems in our country 09-01-20»»»

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Husband and wife movie stars Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors have travelled to Guinea, where the US couple are due to be granted citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African nation through DNA testing. "We are just happy to be here," said Good, best known for the film Think Like a M»»»

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) attends a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the Government Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday. The Iranian foreign minister is on an official visit to Beirut to hold talks with top Lebanese officials. Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA BEIRUT, L»»»

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called anti-government protesters "troublemakers" and "a bunch of vandals" just trying "to please the president of the US". He accused crowds of destroying buildings because Donald Trump said he "supports you". Trump has warned Iran that if it kills »»»

London: World champion Luke Littler has agreed the most lucrative sponsorship deal in darts' history, worth a reported £20 million ($27 million). The 18-year-old Englishman, who earned the sport's first £1 million prize pot after winning a second successive World Championship title at London's Alex»»»

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Ukraine has lost an entire generation in the four-year war with Russia and, if the conflict continues for another two years, it will lose another one. The latest demographic data and international estimates highlight a hug»»»

Ankara, Jan.9 (SANA) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan underlined the importance of establishing security and stability in Syria to ensure the welfare of its citizens. During a joint press conference with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Ankara, Fidan stressed the necessity for the S»»»

Rosie BirchardA majority of EU countries have agreed to sign a deal with the South American trading bloc, Mercosur. The pact links the EU with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay for one of the world's largest free-trade zones. https://p.dw.com/p/56bfoAdvertisementThe EU-Mercosur trade deal cou»»»

Hundreds of Angelenos gather to peacefully protest Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics that are affecting their communities during a rally at Vermont and Sunset in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles on Friday, July 4, 2025. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Avelo»»»

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Six pilot whales are dead and 15 others are stranded on New Zealand's South Island, and volunteers are furiously working to save them. About 55 whales washed up on Farewell Spit Thursday. The spit is a long peninsula of sand that juts out of the north end of the island. It's been la»»»

The United States and Israel have been actively meddling in Iran's internal affairs, including the ongoing protests in the country, says Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. “They are trying to turn peaceful protests into chaos”, Araghchi said during his visit to Lebanon.Protests in Iran began i»»»

GENEVA, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday nearly one in three people has been displaced in Sudan either internally or across borders over the past one thousand days since the outbreak of the conflict describing the crisis as "the largest displacement »»»

Lebanon ’s government on Friday signed a deal with an international consortium to explore gas in an offshore area bordering Israel. The deal for exploration at the so-called Block 8 off the coast of southern Lebanon comes after Lebanon and Israel signed a 2022 agreement over their maritime border. »»»

Senior officials from the European Union visited Syria for the first time Friday and met with Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the latest sign of the country’s improving relations with the West. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council »»»

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi on Friday urged his visiting Iranian counterpart to find a "new approach" to the thorny issue of disarming the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. Lebanon is under heavy US pressure to disarm Hezbollah, which was heavily weakened in more than a year of hostilities w»»»

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday called on the United States to take action in response to Russia's use of a nuclear-capable intermediate-range missile in new attacks on Ukraine. In a press statement, the Ukrainian president said that Russia bombed his country on Thursday night/»»»

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said his risky US gamble on Argentina's currency has paid off. Bessent said American financial support had been repaid and the US no longer held any Argentine pesos in its exchange stabilisation fund. The US had purchased the then-plunging currency last year in a»»»

Iran was largely cut off from the outside world on Friday after authorities blacked out the internet to curb growing unrest, as video showed buildings aflame in anti-government protests raging in cities across the country. Rights groups have already documented dozens of deaths of protesters in near»»»

US President Donald Trump has said he supports a bipartisan bill in Congress that would authorize him to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia’s trade partners. Trump made the remarks after Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said the president had “greenlit” legislation that would allow tariffs of up »»»

Washington: The exiled son of Iran's late Shah on Friday appealed to US President Donald Trump to intervene urgently as protests persisted in the Islamic republic. "Mr. President, this is an urgent and immediate call for your attention, support and action," Reza Pahlavi wrote on social media. "Plea»»»

1 of 3 | Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (C) calls for federal officials to allow state agencies to investigate the ICE killing of Renee Good during a news conference Friday at Minneapolis City Hall. Photo courtesy of the mayor's office/Facebook Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Barriers went up around Minneapolis' Whi»»»

BELGRADE - Congratulating Republika Srpska on its day, January 9, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday Republika Srpska had been created for peace and therefore remained one of the firm bulwarks of preservation of regional stability, and added that Serbia would always stand with Srpska»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's public debt amounted to 38.34 bln euros at the end of November 2025, accounting for 43.4 pct of GDP, according to figures released by the Ministry of Finance. Relative to December 31, 2024, Serbia's public debt and its share in the GDP were down from 38.87 bln and 46.7 pct, resp»»»

Doha, Qatar: Al Noor Center for the Blind, one of the centers affiliated with the Qatar Foundation for Social Work, has unveiled an interactive Braille mural in M7 Square in the Msheireb area, coinciding with the " Akhlaquna - Thank You Campaign" Initiative. The event comes as part of the Center’s »»»

The European Union will grant Syria around 620 million euros ($722 million) this year and next for post-war recovery, bilateral support and humanitarian aid, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. "After years of devastation under the Assad regime, ‌Syria's recovery and »»»

KUWAIT, Jan 9 (KUNA) - Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs voiced on Friday its deep regret over the damage at the Qatari Embassy's building due to the bombing targeted Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, on Thursday.In a statement, the Ministry renewed Kuwait's principled and unwavering stance, calling for »»»

The MRF - New Beginning parliamentary group held a series of meetings related to the group's bill on maximum price markups of essential products, the group's press service reported on Friday. The bill aims to help the poorest citizens, who are faced with unreasonably high food prices, to be relieve»»»

Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday that she disagrees with US President Donald Trump on Greenland. Speaking at her year-end press conference, Meloni said she disagrees with Trump on many things. "I do not agree with Trump on Greenland," she added. Meloni stressed the need to»»»

Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships launched a week of naval drills with host South Africa off the Cape Town coast Friday as geopolitical tensions run high over the United States' intervention in Venezuela and its move to seize tankers carrying Venezuelan oil. The Chinese-led drills were organize»»»

Gaza: Director of the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip Brigadier General Raed Al Dahshan said that the continued ban on the entry of heavy machinery and equipment is preventing the recovery of approximately 10,000 bodies still buried under the rubble. In a press statement on Friday, he confirmed tha»»»

Singapore: Singapore identified 496 people sleeping rough in a single-night street count conducted in mid-July 2025, according to a government report released on Friday. The report on the Street Count of Rough Sleepers 2025 showed the figure was 6.4 percent lower than the 530 recorded in a similar »»»

Almost 13,000 recently-issued Irish passports will be replaced as they are not fully compliant with international travel standards. The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said 12,904 passports issued in late December and early January were not compliant due to a technical issue with a software upd»»»

The 16-year-old boy accused of the fatal beating of a 17-year-old earlier this week in Serres has been remanded in custody after testifying before an investigating magistrate The minor is being prosecuted for intentional homicide. On Tuesday morning, the victim was found dead in the basement of his»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday urged Kuwaitis who are currently in the Islamic Republic of Iran to exercise extreme caution and avoid gatherings or demonstrations there.In a statement, the Ministry stressed the importance of fully abiding by local authorities inst»»»

As 2026 gets off to a rocky start, Europe finds itself squeezed between brute force and awkward dependence. After the US seizure of Venezuela's leader, President Donald Trump has openly floated using military force to acquire Greenland, part of NATO member Denmark. European leaders insist it will n»»»

Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died in an Alpine bar fire during a New Year's Eve celebration.»»»

Berlin: Germany today called on Israel to reverse its decision to expand settlements in the West Bank, including the E1 project, warning that such steps undermine the chances of a two-state solution and increase the risk of instability. Germany's Federal Foreign Office stated in a press release tha»»»

Britain's future queen, Princess Catherine, marked her 44th birthday Friday with a video about the healing power of nature, almost a year since she revealed she was in remission from cancer. Mother-of-three Catherine, who is married to heir-to-the-throne Prince William, released "Winter", the final»»»