Seoul: Google Maps could soon work properly in South Korea after Seoul agreed Friday to share data with the popular app, but restrictions will stop sensitive military sites being revealed. South Korea sits alongside the likes of China and Russia as one of the few places in the world where Google Ma»»»

Kyrgyzstan and Romania have reached an agreement to eliminate double taxation, the press service of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce reported. According to the ministry, official delegations from both countries held negotiations in Bucharest on a treaty to eliminate double taxation on income ta»»»

Dubai: For those already following Punch the Monkey, you know the internet has been obsessed with the little Japanese macaque and his oversized orangutan plush. But here’s something you might not have noticed: typing “Punch the Monkey” into Google triggers a playful Easter egg. Unlike Google’s typi»»»

POLITICS The April 19 parliamentary elections and the appointments of caretaker ministers and regional governors are given prominence in the news media on Friday. On bTV, sociologists Boryana Dimitrova from Alpha Research and Parvan Simeonov from the Myara polling agency noted that the election cam»»»

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam discussed on Friday the general situation in Lebanon, with particular focus on developments in the country’s South and Bekaa amid ongoing Israeli attacks. Lebanese Presidency reported the meeting at Baabda Presidential Palace, noting tha»»»

A drone jammed by the Swedish military after it was spotted near a French aircraft carrier docked in Malmo was "probably" Russian, Swedish defence minister Pal Jonson has said. The French military said the drone was spotted seven nautical miles (13km) from the Charles de Gaulle carrier, which has n»»»

The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre has announced that 371,050 people benefited from the “Our Fasting Guests” iftar initiative during the first week of Ramadan. For Ramadan prayer timings, click here. According to the Centre, 204,130 fasting individuals were served at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in »»»

Washington, United States: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani met President Donald Trump on Thursday to urge him to release $21 billion in federal grants to build 12,000 affordable housing units and infrastructure. Mamdani posted an image of himself at the White House presenting Trump with a mock newspa»»»

Abdilashim Ormonov has been appointed Rector of the Abdullah ibn Abbas Islamic Institute in Razzakov, Leilek district, Batken region. The corresponding order was signed by the Supreme Mufti of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan, Abdulaziz Zakirov. Acting Chief Imam-Khatib of Leilek district, Kubatbek Abdygapar »»»

The transaction, initially announced in April 2025, was finalized today after the European Central Bank (ECB) granted regulatory approval in mid-February 2026. “Closing the deal marks an important milestone not only for our organization, but also for the banking sector in the SEE region. Advent’s g»»»

Parliament Friday ratified in two readings at a single sitting the Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, of the other part. According to the sponsor, the Council of Minis»»»

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who had visited earlier this month several war-hit southern cities and towns, said that the state has returned to south Lebanon "to stay". He vowed, in a televised interview Thursday, to visit the south again and to secure all means of subsistence for its residents. Sala»»»

The premiere screening of a documentary Ala-Too: In Pursuit of Disappearing Glaciers took place in Bishkek on February 26 at the American University of Central Asia. The film was created by journalists from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, Munara Borombaeva (Bishkek) and Madina Ashilova (Almaty). Accordi»»»

Shrinking supply and rising rents create opportunity for Poleczki Park For years, Warsaw has been the undisputed leader of Poland’s commercial real estate market. The capital continues to attract investors, global companies are choosing it for their regional headquarters, and demand for modern offi»»»

Łódź blends six centuries of history with forward-looking urban development. Today, it stands among Poland’s most innovative cities. The key to becoming a city of the future is implementing strategies that create multifunctional, people- and environment-friendly areas aligned with regeneration and »»»

In Dolne Miasto, one of Gdańsk’s most desirable historic districts, Esencja and Jaskółcza introduce premium investment apartments that combine modern design, strong investment potential, and proximity to the Old Town. Both projects offer exclusive investment apartments designed for discerning buyer»»»

Scheduled shooting drills at the Batmish Firing Range near Sliven will begin on March 2 and will be held until March 31, the Sliven municipal authorities said quoting the 13th Brigade Command on Friday. The drills are planned to happen between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. on March 2, 10, 17, 19, and 26. On Ma»»»

KUWAIT, Feb 27 (KUNA) -- For ancient Arab travelers, the sky was a faithful guide, and a glowing river of stars stretching across the night, inspired wonder and held a special place in their imagination.The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system and Earth. In Arabic, it was named fo»»»

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in India on Friday where he hopes to reset ties and double trade, offsetting the damage from his country's fracturing relations with the United States, said AFP. Carney arrived in the country's financial hub Mumbai, Indian broadcasters reported, where he i»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - British and French paratroopers have completed preparations for a possible peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, The Telegraph newspaper reported. During exercises in France’s Brittany, more than 600 soldiers from the UK's 16 Air Assault Brigade conducted a simulated airborne raid alo»»»

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama convened a cabinet meeting Friday morning, one day after announcing seven changes to his government, including the dismissal of several ministers. The meeting lasted less than 30 minutes and was held without two of the dismissed ministers, Elisa Spiropali and Pirro »»»

Dubai: Dhurandhar skipped UAE cinemas and landed directly on Netflix, but UAE-based actor R. Madhavan believes a film’s true success lies in the lengths fans go to see it on the big screen. In a recent conversation on Sonia Shenoy’s YouTube channel, Madhavan revealed that when the film's theatrical»»»

Racism across Europe is not only about speeches by extremists or headline-grabbing scandals — but also what is repeated and normalised in political discourse and down into everyday life, warns Michaela Moua, the European Commission’s anti-racism coordinator. For nearly five years, Moua, a Finnish f»»»

BERLIN, Feb 27 (KUNA) -- The Verdi trade unions announced on Friday a nationwide public transport strike, bringing daily life to a halt across all 16 German states.In a statement, the unions said the strike began this morning and affected Germany's largest local transport operator, resulting in the»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK Defense Secretary John Healey has ordered an internal investigation into whether US late infamous financier Jeffrey Epstein may have used Royal Air Force (RAF) bases for human trafficking, The Telegraph reported. According to the report, Healey has instructed officials to "lea»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi is scheduled to meet with US Vice President JD Vance and other US officials in Washington on Friday for talks on preventing war with Iran, the MS Now TV channel reported. Following Thursday's talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi sai»»»

Alzheimer's disease researchers say they have developed a way to predict when a unimpaired person may develop dementia symptoms within three to four years through a single blood test. File Photo by EPA ST. PAUL, Minin., Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A team of U.S.-based scientists say they have developed a mode»»»

As wounded anti-government protesters poured into an Iranian hospital during last month’s crackdown, a young doctor hurried to the emergency room to help treat a man in his 40s who had been shot in the head at close range. When the doctor and others tried to resuscitate the man, a group of armed, p»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have taken control of the Krasnoznamenka settlement in the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday. "Units of the Tsentr [Center] group of forces took more advantageous positions, liberated the settlement of Krasnoznamenka, the »»»

Venezuela’s interim leader on Thursday urged US President Donald Trump to lift punitive sanctions and a US oil blockade, calling the nations “friends”, after Washington’s capture and ouster of Nicolas Maduro. Trump ordered the blockade in December, and US forces seized Maduro and his wife, flying t»»»

Dubai: TCL, a global leader in consumer electronics and the world’s No. 1 Mini LED TV brand, as the official Worldwide Olympic Partner, is continuing its efforts to advance performance-driven home entertainment across the UAE, reinforcing how large-screen innovation must go beyond size to deliver t»»»

Dubai Police have cautioned against a rising trend of teenagers riding motorbikes and recreational bikes inside residential neighbourhoods, particularly during the Holy Month of Ramadan and in the hours following iftar. Major General Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Operati»»»

Caretaker Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Hristanov told the press here Friday that a tipoff was received on Thursday potentially linked to national security. He said that he has informed Prime Minister Andrey Gurov but declined to disclose details about the nature of the tipoff. Hristanov was s»»»

Israeli occupation demolished 312 Palestinian residential and agricultural structures during the first six weeks of 2026, a Palestinian rights group said Thursday. The start of 2026 has seen a “notable escalation” in Israeli demolitions and illegal settler attacks across the occupied West Bank, the»»»

KUWAIT, Feb 27 (KUNA) -- The price of Kuwaiti oil barrel went up by 22 cents to reach USD 68.70 per barrel on Thursday, compared with USD 68.48 pb the previous day, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Friday.In international markets, Brent crude oil price went down 10 cents to USD 70.75 pb, »»»

The United States has authorized the departure of some embassy personnel and their families from Israel due ‌to safety ‌risks, the ‌US ⁠embassy said in ⁠a post on X on Friday. It said the US embassy ⁠could further ‌restrict ‌US government employees ‌and their ‌families from travelling to certain ar»»»

Jailed Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan said on Friday that peace-related laws were needed for a transition to democratic integration in Türkiye, in a statement read out a year after he called on his PKK to end its decades-old insurgency and disband. Ocalan's call could be taken to en»»»

World Economic Forum (WEF) chief Borge Brende has stepped down from his post over his ties to late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The name of the Davos forum CEO surfaced in the latest trove of Epstein documents released by the US authorities in late January. The fi»»»

At a republican meeting, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov discussed the current situation in the energy sector. He noted that construction of Kambar-Ata-1 Hydropower Plant (HPP) with a capacity of 1,860 megawatts is underway. «Once this hydropower plant is commissioned, becoming the largest en»»»

Dubai: Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has launched new alerts that will notify parents if their teenager repeatedly searches for suicide or self-harm content on Instagram. Why is this happening, and why now, even though Meta has faced accusations of programming their »»»

Dubai: Luxury vehicles once linked to a high-profile case have now been transformed into more than ₱102 million in government revenue, following a series of public auctions conducted by the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC). The sales have carried out nine out of 13 seized Discaya-linked vehicles »»»

MRF - New Beginning have complained to President Iliana Iotova about caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov violating the Constitution by refusing to appear at a parliamentary hearing, Iskra Mihaylova, Deputy Floor Leader of MRF - New Beginning, told journalists in Parliament. On Thursday, the Natio»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Demanding that China join negotiations on nuclear disarmament is unfair, it is not feasible at this stage, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Friday. On Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that any agreement on limiting nuclear weapons must involv»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that he will discuss with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico the situation with Ukraine's blocking of the oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline. "We expect the President of Ukraine to fulfil his obligations towards the Europe»»»

Amina has been fighting to keep alive what's left of her humanitarian lifeline in Yemen. She feels heartbroken to see the aid group she founded years ago falling apart. "I remember how 1,600 poor families were deprived of cash because the Houthis insisted on getting a share of the money," she says.»»»

DOHA: The General Tax Authority has warned of fraudulent messages recently identified as being circulated via email and text messages, impersonating the Authority and containing suspicious links claiming tax refunds or requesting updates to personal information from taxpayers. The Authority confirm»»»

DOHA: Qatar Aluminium Manufacturing Company (QAMCO) Chairman of the Board of Directors Abdulrahman Ahmad Al Shaibi highlighted that QAMCO’s joint venture is ranked among the most efficient and lowest cost aluminium smelters globally while addressing shareholders at the company’s Annual General Asse»»»

DOHA: Gulf International Services (GIS) convened its Annual General Assembly Meeting for the fiscal year 2025, yesterday. Delivering the opening speech, Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al-Thani Chairman of the Board of Directors Gulf International Services said, “The Board of Directors is pleased to reco»»»

In the past, forests around the world were cut down on a massive scale. We lost some of the world’s richest ecosystems, Our World in Data  (OWID) reports. In recent decades, the picture has become more complex. D»»»

In the past, forests around the world were cut down on a massive scale. We lost some of the world’s richest ecosystems, Our World in Data  (OWID) reports. In recent decades, the picture has become more complex. D»»»