Kuwait: Qatar is set to face Oman on Friday, in the opening match of their campaign at the 22nd Asian Men's Handball Championship, which is being held in Kuwait from January 15 to 26, 2026. The tournament serves as a qualifier for the 2027 International Handball Federation Men's World Championship »»»

In a period that has tested both formal education and the entrepreneurial ecosystem, Andrian Brinoveanu and Dacian Neagu emerged as the winning team of Young Lions Design 2026 in Romania, as part of TheAlternativeSchool’s cMBA (#TheAlternativeSchool), supported by Ursus Breweries. They topped 35 ot»»»

A European military mission is arriving Thursday in Greenland to help boost the Arctic island's security following a meeting in Washington between American, Danish, and Greenlandic officials that ended with a declaration of “fundamental disagreement". US President Donald Trump covets the »»»

On Thursday, Parliament approved at first reading amendments to the Waste Management Act tabled by the Council of Ministers. A total of 115 MPs voted in favour, 95 against, and nine abstained. The amendments envisage expanding the responsibilities of local authorities related to the management of c»»»

Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem is to deliver a televised speech on Saturday on the occasion of Al-Mab’ath Al-Nabawi. Sheikh Qassem will address the nation during a ceremony held by Hezbollah on the occasion at 13:00 (Beirut time) on Saturday at Al-Mujtaba Complex in Beirut;s souther»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Hungarian government is launching a petition against the European Commission's plan to allocate an extra 90 billion euros ($105 billion) in EU funding to Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday. On Wednesday, the European Commission pledged a limited r»»»

Two weeks after Bulgaria adopted the euro, tensions in the retail sector are growing as many stores continue to return change in levs rather than euros, despite the legal requirement to do so, according to Bogomil Nikolov from the Active Consumers Association, cited by Bulgarian National Radio. Thi»»»

Dubai: A heart-warming video of an Indian teen taking his grandparents to a sky-high infinity pool in Dubai has gone viral, winning praise from viewers for its simplicity and emotion. The video was shared by Youtuber Ankit Rana, who is seen enjoying the rooftop infinity pool with his grandparents f»»»

Dubai: Strengthening the Arabic language as a pillar of identity, knowledge and national progress took centre stage as the Al Habtoor Research Centre (AHRC) celebrated its third anniversary, with Emirati businessman Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor urging renewed efforts to protect and promote Arabic amid r»»»

Doha, Qatar: The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA), in partnership with Al Noor Center for the Blind, launched Thursday the Digital Safety Booklet for Persons with Visual Disabilities, written in Braille. This initiative comes as part of the Agency's ongoing efforts to enhance cybersecurity ind»»»

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London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday said measures announced by Elon Musk's platform X to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from explicit images of real people "must happen immediately". "Free speech is not the freedom to violate consent. Young women's images are not public property, a»»»

Beirut, Jan. 15 (SANA) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Jordanian Prime Minister Jaafar Hassan underscored on Thursday that Syria’s security and stability are vital to the entire Middle East. The Jordanian News Agency, Petra, reported that during talks in Beirut, the two leaders reviewed regional»»»

Dubai: Wondering if your university degree will be automatically recognised by UAE authorities? The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR), which has launched a groundbreaking automatic recognition initiative, has released a list of higher education institutions whose degrees»»»

Dubai: Mashreq has launched an instant, fully digital home loan pre-approval service aimed at speeding up and simplifying the mortgage process for homebuyers in the UAE. The new offering allows eligible expatriate residents to receive a verified assessment of their borrowing capacity before committ»»»

Kurmanbek Sokeev has been dismissed from his position as Deputy Chairman of the State Penitentiary Service and Head of the Department of Security and Escort. The order was signed by Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev. The Cabinet of Ministers has not yet officially announced th»»»

Members of Parliament of Kyrgyzstan approved in the first reading of the draft law «On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts Concerning Road Safety» at a meeting today. The amendments were initiated by the Cabinet of Ministers. According to Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Oktyabr Urmambetov, t»»»

Doha, Qatar: The volume of real estate trading in sales contracts at the Department of Real Estate Registration at the Ministry of Justice during the period from January 4-8, 2026 reached QAR 314,535,182. Meanwhile the total sales contracts for residential units in the Real Estate Bulletin for the »»»

Épalinges, Switzerland: The Cell Production Centre at Lausanne University Hospital is working flat out trying to grow new skin for badly-burned survivors of Switzerland's New Year fire tragedy. The centre, with its skin production facility, is the only one of its size in Europe. "There is a lot of »»»

Madrid: A record 97 million foreign tourists visited Spain in 2025 as the economically vital sector set a new benchmark for the second year running, the tourism minister said on Thursday. The first estimation represented a 3.5-percent increase on the 2024 figure of 94 million, while spending climbe»»»

Dubai An Air India Airbus A350 suffered damage to one of its engines on Thursday after it sucked in an unsecured baggage container while taxiing in dense fog at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, forcing the aircraft to be grounded and triggering a probe by aviation authorities, Indian me»»»

Human Rights Watch on Thursday criticized the Syrian government for what it says is the lack of accountability on perpetrators of sectarian violence and killings on all sides in clashes between government-backed armed Bedouin clans and Druze militias in a southern province in July that killed hundr»»»

Syria's military said it would open a corridor Thursday for civilians to evacuate an area of Aleppo province that has seen a military buildup following intense clashes between government and Kurdish-led forces in Aleppo city. The army's announcement late Wednesday — which said civilians would be ab»»»

The United States said that it is moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan that involves disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs in Gaza under American supervision. President Donald Trump's»»»

At a time when geopolitical and economic changes are accelerating, and global competition for critical minerals are intensifying, supply chains are undergoing a profound reshaping of their traditional rules. This transformation is driven by an unprecedented surge in demand, coupled with mounting co»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent Thursday a cable of condolences to Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia on passing away of Princess Hind bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.His Highness the »»»

KUWAIT, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah sent Thursday a cable of condolences to Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia on passing away of Princess Hind bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. (end) bs»»»

BRUSSELS, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- Kuwait National Guard (KNG) took part in the annual meeting to review the work of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) regional center and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI), held in Brussels with representatives from member and partner countries.In a press »»»

Dubai: Flights to and from Iran were disrupted on Wednesday after a temporary closure of Iranian airspace in the early hours of January 15, prompting cancellations, diversions, and rerouting by several airlines, including flydubai. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.In a »»»

Belgrade: Serbian police charged six people on Thursday after a folk singer, linked to the government, was pelted with snowballs and booed during a performance marking the Orthodox New Year. Police said the accused had hurled "icy snowballs" at Ana Bekuta, who was the partner of a deceased senior p»»»

Revolut, the global fintech with more than 65 million customers worldwide, is today announcing the launch of a new in-app feature designed to protect users from one of the most insidious types of fraud: impersonation scams. The new feature detects when a customer opening the Revolut app is on the p»»»

DOHA: The volume of real estate trading in sales contracts at the Department of Real Estate Registration at the Ministry of Justice during the period from Jan 4-8, reached QR314,535,182. Meanwhile the total sales contracts for residential units in the Real Estate Bulletin for the same period is QR5»»»

The bodies of 32 Cuban soldiers and security personnel killed during the US military intervention in Venezuela are due to arrive in Cuba on Thursday for formal military ceremonies and burials. The Venezuelan government says more than 100 people were killed in the country during the US raid on its c»»»

Bozhidar Bozhanov and Elisaveta Belobradova from the WCC-DB parliamentary group voiced strong concerns about proposed changes to Bulgaria’s Electoral Code, particularly the introduction of new scanners and the closure of the Central Election Commission (CPC). Speaking on NOVA NEWS, they highlighted»»»

Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov issued a statements after it transpired that President Rumen Radev will hand the third government-forming mandate to the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms. “Radev decided to give the third mandate to Ahmed Dogan. I am not surprised by the decision, it is comple»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday a "state of emergency" will be declared in the energy sector, after relentless Russian strikes on heat and electricity supplies during freezing winter temperatures. Story by Liza Kaminov.»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya met Thursday with Secretary of State of the Vatican Cardinal Pietro Parolin and discussed foundation of bilateral relations which were based on mutual humanitarian values.These values are also based on dialogue, understanding and mutual re»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah sent Thursday a cable of condolences to Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia on passing away of Princess Hind bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.His Highness the Amir prayed to»»»

Tunis, Jan. 15 (TAP) – “Tunisia can become a Euro-Mediterranean benchmark for sustainable textiles if it succeeds in achieving the triple digital, ecological and generational transition of its textile sector,” said President of the Tunisian...»»»

One in four Romanian employees were in a psychological risk or burnout zone in 2025, while only 30% reported a genuinely high level of wellbeing, characterised by healthy relationships, autonomy, clarity, and a sense of fairness at work, according to the Romanian Employee Wellbeing Index conducted »»»

Conakry: It's been nine months since Mariam Soumah, a 23-year-old Guinean woman, says she last saw her baby girl Sabina. The mother is in Guinea, while her daughter is -- against her will -- in an orphanage in Belarus. Several months ago, Belarus forcibly deported the young migrant mother to her we»»»

Dubai: Deep beneath Antarctica’s frozen surface, scientists have opened the world’s first global ice archive designed to preserve vital records of Earth’s changing climate as glaciers rapidly melt worldwide. The underground sanctuary, located near the Concordia research station on the Antarctic Pla»»»

A 15-strong French military contingent has arrived in the Greenland capital Nuuk, officials say, as several European states send soldiers there as part of a so-called reconnaissance mission. The deployment, which will also include personnel from Germany, Sweden, Norway and the UK, comes as US Presi»»»

Burgas State University (BSU) and the University of Angers in France will start cooperation in the fields of AI and ecology, BSU said on Thursday. During a working meeting in Burgas, BSU Rector Prof. Sotir Sotirov, and Angers University Rector Prof. Maxime Pontie outlined a plan for the implementat»»»

Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov issued a statements after it transpired that President Rumen Radev will hand the third government-forming mandate to the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms. “Radev decided to give the third mandate to Ahmed Dogan. I am not surprised by the decision, it is comple»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with EU Ambassador to Serbia Andreas von Beckerath on Thursday to discuss Serbia's EU path, implementation of the reform agenda and the EU accession process. "Work on rule of law, on economic reforms and on strengthening institutions remains Serbia'»»»

US President Donald Trump and Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, held a lengthy phone conversation on Wednesday, marking the first known direct contact between the two leaders since the US military captured President Nicolas Maduro. The call, described by both sides as positive and pro»»»

A US military attack on Iran is “imminent,” and could come within mere hours, Reuters has claimed, citing anonymous sources. In recent days, President Donald Trump has issued several threats against the Islamic Republic, which has been gripped by riots since late December. The unrest broke out amid»»»

Dubai: Sharjah is moving to scale up solar power capacity. A new joint development agreement between BEEAH and Masdar outlines a pipeline of utility-scale solar projects across the emirate, adding momentum to the UAE’s clean energy buildout. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Bala»»»