London, UK: US oil giant ExxonMobil said Tuesday it was closing an ethylene gas plant in Scotland, possibly affecting more than 400 jobs, due to what it said were difficult economic and policy conditions in Britain. The Fife Ethylene Plant north of Edinburgh will close in February 2026, the company»»»

ISLAMABAD, Nov 18 (KUNA) -- A series of security operations in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province bordering Afghanistan killed at least 38 militants.Pakistan military's media wing Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that at least 15 militant»»»

NEW YORK, Nov 18 (KUNA) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed the adoption of the resolution on Gaza Strip by the UN Security Council as "an important step in the consolidation of the ceasefire." In a press release on Tuesday, the Secretary-General encouraged all parties to abide by the r»»»

Five of 24 suspects appeared in court Tuesday in connection with a phone scam ring and were ordered detained, including the alleged ringleader. The suspected deputy was released, while the remaining defendants were freed under restrictions. The other 20 suspects are scheduled to testify Wednesday. »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Table Tennis League for Men for the 2025-2026 season kicked off Tuesday with the participation of nine clubs. The first round of the tournament saw four matches held at the Training and Preparation Center in Ras Abu Aboud. In the first match, Qatar Club defeated Al Ahli 3-0. »»»

Abu Dhabi: Lee Jae Myung, President of the Republic of Korea, and President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, held a summit meeting at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE. The two leaders valued the steady expansion of the Republic of Korea-United Arab Emirates coopera»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Social and Cultural Center for the Blind (QSCCB) organized a lecture on psychological support for families of persons with visual impairments, marking World Children's Day 2025, at the center's premises. The lecture, delivered by Dr. Tarek Al Aisawi, Advisor to the Qatar Soci»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received participants of the UAE Government Leaders Programme 2025, which aims to build distinguished Emirati leaders. During the meeting at Qasr Al Bahr, Sheikh Mohamed expressed his best wishes to the participants for »»»

Tunis, Nov. 18 (TAP) - The Major Projects Committee, which met on Tuesday at El Kasbah, chaired by Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri, approved the immediate launch of procedures for the reconstruction of the main building of Hedi Chaker...»»»

Vigils are being held for the five young people who died in a crash in County Louth in the Republic of Ireland at the weekend. Chloe McGee, 23, and Shay Duffy, 21, both from Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; Alan McCluskey, 23, from Drumconrath, County Meath; Dylan Commins, 23, from Ardee, County Lo»»»

Prime Minister Donald Tusk reported that two Ukrainian citizens cooperating with Russian intelligence were identified as perpetrators of two sabotage attacks on the Warsaw–Dorohusk railway line. Explosive damage and tampered tracks forced an emergency stop of a train with 475 passengers, and the in»»»

Poland’s commercial real estate market recorded €2.6 billion in transactions in the first nine months of 2025 and is on track to exceed €4 billion for the year, according to BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland. The outlook is supported by stable ECB rates, new investor interest, and long-term economic d»»»

JPMorgan deputy CEO Daniel Pinto warned that AI-sector valuations may be overheated and due for a correction that could ripple across the broader market, including the S&P 500. He argued that current prices assume productivity gains that may arrive more slowly than investors expect. Alphabet CEO Su»»»

Poland’s Innovate Poland program aims to mobilize private and institutional capital for tech start-ups, but insurers say meaningful participation will require tax incentives to boost long-term retirement saving. Modeled on France’s Tibi plan, the initiative will receive up to PLN 4 billion in its f»»»

Growing wealth among Poles is boosting demand for investment products, and ING plans to capitalize on this trend. The bank will take full control of Goldman Sachs TFI for PLN 396 million, strengthening its long-term strategy to expand in asset management and private banking. ING’s 2035 plan targets»»»

The National Bank of Poland expects strong demand for housing loans to continue through Q2 2026, driven by the interest rate cuts introduced in May 2025. After recovering to 7–9% y/y growth in recent quarters, mortgage lending is forecast to stabilize at around 7% y/y in the near term. From late 20»»»

Poland is at a critical moment in its digital transformation, balancing rapid technological development with the need to maintain data sovereignty. Although the country has invested heavily in e-services, broadband infrastructure, and innovation, the Polcom report “Barometer of Digital Transformati»»»

Lebanon said Israeli strikes in the country's south killed two people on Tuesday, the latest deadly raids despite a nearly year-long ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. An "Israeli enemy drone strike on a car in the city of Bint Jbeil killed one person", the health ministry said in a statement,»»»

A US federal court has blocked Texas from using its redrawn voting maps in the 2026 midterm election. The decision - which is likely to be appealed before the Supreme Court - said evidence indicates the new districts were "racially gerrymandered". Republicans in the state legislature took the unusu»»»

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) today welcomed the signing of the Unified Development Programme Agreement between the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, considering it an important national step towards strengthening financial stability and unifying development efforts througho»»»

A Lebanese man has gone on trial in Celle, northern Germany, accused of being a member of Hezbollah - a Shia Muslim group whose military wing is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the EU. The 35 year-old man, named only as Fadel Z, in line with German privacy laws, is charged with having pla»»»

Brasilia, Brazil: The Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, a global education and development organisation, in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), successfully concluded a high-level panel discussion titled "Empowering Youth: Bridging Skills, Employment, and Sustainable Pathways" at»»»

Less than half of the water facilities inspected along the Black Sea coast are compliant with regulations and one-third of them violated legal requirements, Environment and Water Minister Manol Genov said here on Tuesday. He analyzed the results of an inspection carried out by his Ministry after th»»»

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Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi has launched a pilot program for autonomous e-commerce delivery vehicles, a new step in the emirate’s efforts to build a next-generation smart mobility ecosystem and strengthen its leadership in digital transformation. The initiative is being rolled out under the supervision of»»»

Washington, USA: Saudi Arabia will invest up to $1 trillion in the United States, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told US President Donald Trump during their meeting at the White House on Tuesday. "I believe, Mr. President, in today and tomorrow, we can announce that we are going to increase that »»»

KUWAIT, Nov 18 (KUNA) -- The Kuwaiti Cabinet on Tuesday endorsed a bill to regulate action in digital trade sector, a key step in modernizing Kuwait's legislative infrastructure. Chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace, the Cabinet consider»»»

Iraq's incumbent Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said Tuesday he had joined the country's main Shiite alliance, the majority bloc that will nominate the next premier. The move by Sudani, who is seeking a second term as prime minister, gives the Coordination Framework alliance of Shiite facti»»»

This publication outlines Taxi Maxim’s origin, operational structure, use of the technology across different countries, and recent milestones of progress. Taxi Maxim is an IT platform emerged in 2003, during the formative stage of real-time dispatching and mobile integration technologies. At that t»»»

KUWAIT, Nov 18 (KUNA) -- Omani Minister of Information Dr. Abdullah Al-Harrasi affirmed that selecting Oman as guest of honor at the 48th Kuwait International Book Fair reflects the depth of relations between the two countries.Dr. Al-Harrasi told KUNA on Tuesday, upon his arrival to participate in »»»

KUWAIT, Nov 18 (KUNA) -- Omani Minister of Information Dr. Abdullah Al-Harrasi affirmed that selecting Oman as guest of honor at the 48th Kuwait International Book Fair reflects the depth of relations between the two countries.Dr. Al-Harrasi told KUNA on Tuesday, upon his arrival to participate in »»»

Dubai: Police in Kuwait have arrested a man who appeared in a widely circulated video smashing the windows of parked cars in Salmiya while in an abnormal condition, according to the Ministry of Interior, Al Anba newspaper reported. The footage, which went viral on social media, showed the man carry»»»

The Tripoli based Libyan government reported yesterday that a high-level government delegation arrived last Sunday (16 November) in Washington DC headed by the Prime Minister’s Advisor for Economic Affairs, Mahmoud Al-Futaisi, Director General of the National Economic and Social Development Board (»»»

The bodies of a 34-year-old woman and her daughter, 10, have been found inside freezers in an apartment in western Austria. The remains of the Syrian woman and child, who had been missing for several months, were discovered on Friday. The freezers were hidden behind a drywall partition in the flat,»»»

Some of the most groundbreaking ideas in on-demand mobility were born far from major tech centres. The work of Maksim Belonogov falls into this category. Beginning in the early 2000s in Siberia, he and his business partner developed a Maxim technology that turned local ride dispatching into a repea»»»

BELGRADE - The CEO of Serbia's Russian majority-owned oil firm NIS, Kirill Tyurdenev, has told the company's employees he had received from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) a licence approving the start of talks between shareholders and other interested parties about a change of owner»»»

Cairo, Egypt: The Arab League said the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council late Monday to end the war in Gaza reflects an international commitment to rebuilding the territory, which has suffered destruction rarely seen in modern history. In a statement Tuesday, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the secr»»»

Washington: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a red carpet welcome from President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Trump laid on a noisy military flypast featuring F-35 stealth fighters that Washington will sell to Riyadh as Crown Prince arrived at the White House. Cannon fire and a parade of»»»

Britain's MI5 security service issued a new warning to lawmakers on Tuesday about attempts by Chinese agents to collect information and influence activity, its latest accusation that Beijing is trying to spy on the nation's parliament. Lawmakers were told Chinese spies were targeting them by posing»»»

The Irish teacher Enoch Burke has been returned to prison by the High Court in Dublin. Mr Justice Cregan said that Mr Burke and members of his family had engaged in a "deliberate, sustained and concerted attack" on the authority of the civil courts and the rule of law. He said that Mr Burke had ref»»»

Two of five suspects in a high-profile investment fraud linked to the Loutraki casino have been ordered held in custody. The suspects include the alleged ringleader and his deputy, while the other three were released under restrictions. According to Greece’s Financial Crime Unit, the gang targeted »»»

For the third consecutive year, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia has been ranked in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026, which were announced on November 18, said the university's press centre. Sofia University is ranked 814th out of 2,002 universities in Europe, Asia, the»»»

Paris, France: A French court on Tuesday sentenced eight men to between three and 15 years in prison over the deaths of seven people when a boat carrying migrants capsized in the Channel in 2023. Two Iraqis, six Afghans and one Sudanese national went on trial in November accused of running a migran»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia is studying a proposal to introduce financial penalties for individuals or entities that misuse properties belonging to the Ministry of Finance or other government bodies under its oversight within the Kingdom’s holy sites, according to a new report issued by the General Auditin»»»

US President Donald Trump has said he is open to ordering strikes in Mexico to fight drug cartels, regardless of opposition from Mexican authorities. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Trump was asked whether he would consider striking Mexico or sending US troops to tackle drug smuggling. He replied »»»

Tunis, Nov. 17 (TAP) - The Tunisian Embassy in Brussels, in partnership with the Tunisian-Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, organised a Tunisian–Luxembourg Business Forum dedicated to exploring opportunities for economic cooperation and...»»»

At a meeting on Tuesday, the Constitutional Court decided unanimously to review on principle a request by 49 MPs that the Court determine the constitutionality of two articles of the Counter-Corruption Act, as amended by Parliament on July 10, and the rules of procedure of the Counter-Corruption Co»»»

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev conferred with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway to Bulgaria, Hilde Lunde, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday. The meeting was held in connection with the upcoming signing of the Memoranda of Unde»»»

PARIS: On behalf of Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Minister of State for Interior Affairs HE Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Faisal bin Mohammed Al Thani participated alongside Minister of the Interior of the frien»»»

Paris, France: Major websites including social network X and AI chatbot ChatGPT were disrupted on Tuesday after US online services provider Cloudflare said it had been affected by a "latent bug". Web monitor Downdetector recorded disruptions for users of X, video game "League of Legends" and some s»»»