Bulgaria’s National Assembly is set to debate a draft decision on a motion of no confidence against the Council of Ministers, led by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, over what the opposition describes as the government’s failure in economic policy that has triggered some of the largest protests in »»»

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Doha, Qatar: The Shura Council held official discussions yesterday with the Shura Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which addressed the path of parliamentary relations between the two sides and ways to enhance them, and the development of joint action mechanisms in various regional and global»»»

Dubai: When their wedding photos were posted online, the jubilant groom Rishabh Rajput didn’t expect the reaction to turn ugly so quickly. “People were making memes about my skin colour — on my wedding day. How is that okay?” he said on his online account, responding to the backlash. Rajput and his»»»

Dubai: The UAE has once again been ranked the world’s most powerful passport, holding the top position for the seventh consecutive year in the 2025 Passport Index by Arton Capital. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.In a year when most major passports lost ground, the UAE»»»

Two commercial banks in Kyrgyzstan have been fined for violation of anti-money laundering laws. The State Financial Intelligence Service reported. The total fines imposed amounted to 293,000 soms. The Financial Intelligence Service noted that these banks violated internal control system requirement»»»

Beijing: A fire that broke out in a residential building in southern China killed 12 people, state media reported Wednesday. The blaze at the four-storey building in Shantou, Guangdong province, erupted around 9:20 pm on Tuesday, and was extinguished just after 10:00 pm, the local fire department s»»»

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order designating one of the country’s most prominent Muslim civil rights groups, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as a “foreign terrorist organization,” becoming the second high-profile Republican governor to do so in recent weeks. CAIR's»»»

A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer has fathered at least 197 children across Europe, a major investigation has revealed. Some children have already died and only a minority who inherit the mutation will escape cancer in their lifet»»»

President Sadyr Japarov today congratulated the people of Kyrgyzstan on Human Rights Day, observed on the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document, approved by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948, became a solid foundation for the modern syste»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree extending the simplified procedure for importing goods by road from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The new validity period for the preferential procedure is set through December 25. The corresponding document, published on the official legal acts web»»»

The price of silver has hit a record high ahead of an expected US Federal Reserve interest rate cut and as demand for the precious metal from the technology industry remains high. Silver crossed $60 (£45.10) an ounce on the spot market, where the precious metal is bought and sold for immediate deli»»»

Dubai: Gold prices in Dubai held unchanged on Wednesday morning, with 24-karat gold trading at Dh506.25 per gram and 22-karat at Dh468.75, according to the latest retail data. (Check latest UAE gold prices here, alongside prices in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and India.) Sign up for»»»

A fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building on Ankara Street in the capital. According to preliminary information, the flames spread across two floors of the building. Eyewitnesses sent a video from the scene. The footage shows thick smoke rising from the windows, residents evacuating, »»»

Participants walk up Market Street in the 55th annual San Francisco Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 29, 2025. Florida on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against three leading medical organizations, accusing them of pushing gender-affirming care medicine policies for profit. File Photo by Terr»»»

Australia's world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue scrolling and posting freely until they are caught. The new law means social med»»»

Washington, United States: The US federal agency tasked with protecting the environment has deleted facts from its website about how human activity drives climate change, media outlets reported Tuesday. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tweaked its pages to focus on the "natural processes" »»»

Australia banned under-16s from the likes of Facebook and TikTok on Wednesday, in a world-first move that will be closely monitored by other countries considering similar measures to offset the harms of social media on children. Australia has become the first country to ban social media for ch»»»

All schools and kindergartens in Kochkor have switched to online operations due to a rise in acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) and influenza. The district education department clarified that the measures are temporary. Fourteen local schools and 32 kindergartens have switched to online lear»»»

The traditional Muras friendship futsal tournament will take place in Bishkek on December 13–14, the Kyrgyz Football Union (KFU) reported. A total of 16 teams composed of representatives from various sectors will participate in the event. The matches will be held at the KFU sports complex and Gazpr»»»

AMMAN — The Jordan Free Zones Investors Commission (JFZIC) reported a "notable" increase in heavy machinery activity at the Zarqa Free Zone, with customs declarations climbing to 997 during the first eleven months of this year, up from 784 in 2024, a 27 per cent rise.In a statement issued Tuesday, »»»

AMMAN — Chairman of the Jordanian Businessmen Association (JBA) Ayman Alawneh met on Tuesday with Turkish Ambassador Yakup Caymazoglu to discuss strengthening economic, commercial, and investment cooperation.According to a JBA statement, Alawneh called for expanding investment partnerships and enha»»»

AMMAN — The Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) underlined that women are playing an increasingly central role in the Kingdom’s industrial sector, with their participation now accounting for 37 per cent of the workforce, totalling more than 42,000 Jordanian women.In a statement issued Tuesday, the Cha»»»

AMMAN —The Audit Bureau organised a workshop entitled "The Added Value of Using Mixed Methods in Vocational Education Performance Audits: The Dutch Experience as a Model", presented by international expert Egbert Jongsma from the Netherlands.Audit Bureau President Radhi Hamadeen stressed the import»»»

A small, fixed-wing aircraft made an emergency landing on an interstate motorway in Florida on Monday evening, striking a vehicle and resulting in minor injuries to the car's driver, authorities confirmed. The incident occurred at approximately 5.45pm (local time) on the southbound lanes of I-95 in»»»

Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla on Monday decried vote "theft" after a days-long stall in the ballot count from the November 30 election as tensions deepened amid rival claims of fraud and allegations of US interference. Honduran right-wing presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla»»»

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is due to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Wednesday despite a decade-long travel ban and more than a year in hiding. Her whereabouts are unknown and it is unclear if she will attend. She dedicated the prize partly to US President Donald Tru»»»

A clip from a JD Vance interview resurfaced in recent days, with the claim the US Vice President said it's "totally reasonable to not want neighbours who speak another language." Social media users reminded Vance that he's married to a daughter of Indian immigrants and has biracial children. V»»»

Brazil’s Congress descended into chaos on Tuesday when a lawmaker disrupted a lower house vote on a bill that could cut former president Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year sentence for an alleged coup plot. His lawyers separately asked the Supreme Court to release him for surgery and home detention on humani»»»

Police announced the arrest of a 37-year-old man and seized a cache of weapons in Attica allegedly intended for an assassination, officials said. The investigation began after police received intelligence about drug trafficking in the Kalyvia area. During surveillance, authorities discovered stolen»»»

The national armwrestling team of Kyrgyzstan won medals at the Asian Armwrestling Cup, held in Ajman, UAE. The Armwrestling Federation reported. On the first day, the national team took second place in the overall team standings, behind Kazakhstan. Sveta Esengazieva, Meder Tynystanov, Cholponbai Zh»»»

Nurgazy Kokcholokov has been appointed Vice President of the Volleyball Federation of Kyrgyzstan. Elmurza Satybaldiev, head of the sports organization, announced it at the opening ceremony of the President’s Cup. He introduced the newly appointed Vice President and recalled that he previously serve»»»

Former colonial power France provided logistical support to Benin's authorities as they moved to thwart a coup attempt at the weekend, an aide to French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday as the West African nation battling jihadist insurgents continued to hunt for fugitive soldiers behind»»»

In tonight's edition, M23 fighters are edging close to the key eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Uvira, days after Rwanda and the DRC signed a peace deal in Washington. Also, the ICC sentences notorious Janjaweed militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed in »»»

Israel accounted for almost half of the world’s journalist deaths this year, Reporters Without Borders warned Tuesday, with 29 Palestinian reporters killed in Gaza as the global toll increased to 67. Nearly 220 journalists have died since the beginning of the war in Gaza in October 2023, making Isr»»»

A year after the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, more than 110,000 Syrians are still missing, including several thousand children. Were they killed? Illegally adopted? Their fate remains unclear, but testimonies and official documents now reveal that some children were taken from thei»»»

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday threatened to delay the start of phase two of the Gaza ceasefire agreement until more pressure is put on Israel to cease deadly strikes, open the key Allenby border crossing and allow more aid into the beleaguered territory. Hamas said on Tuesda»»»

Despite the ceasefire signed in October 2025, many Gazans are still unable to return to their homes and land. Among them is our Observer, farmer Amro Abu Rabee, who remains displaced in Deir al-Balah. His farm lies beyond the “yellow line” in territory still occupied by the Israeli army, and s»»»

Every French citizen grows up with the motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. But there’s a fourth pillar that matters just as much: “Laïcité”. If you want to understand France, you need to understand this. France's particular brand of secularism, known as "laïcité", is consid»»»

Cédric Villani is one of France's top mathematicians, working across several fields of the discipline. He's won a number of titles and awards for his work. A professor at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University and member of France's Académie des sciences, Villani is also the author of the new book "»»»

Following the early elections to the Zhogorku Kenesh on November 30, at least 15 criminal cases have been opened. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan reported. According to it, one citizen has been charged with vote-buying, and the case has been sent to court. «Since»»»

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday he was "ready" to hold new elections if security could be ensured for the poll, just hours after US President Donald Trump accused Kyiv of "using war" to avoid elections. Zelensky also said he hoped to send an amended plan to end the war with Russia to W»»»

The EU opened an investigation Tuesday to assess whether Google is breaching European competition laws by using online content to train its generative AI models without paying publishers or even giving them the possibility of opting out of having their data used.  The EU announced Tuesday it h»»»

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, a leader of the feared Sudanese Janjaweed militia, to 20 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur more than 20 years ago.  The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesd»»»

US President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of European countries in a Politico interview published Tuesday, echoing far-right talking points as he branded the continent "weak" and "decaying" due to its policies on immigration. US President Donald Trump deepened his rift with Europ»»»