Dubai: Some of the biggest names in the global social media space are set to descend on Dubai for the 1 Billion Followers Summit, taking place from January 9 to 11, 2026. The sold-out three-day summit will bring together more than 15,000 content creators, 500 speakers, and industry experts whose co»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s Community Development Authority (CDA) has launched the ‘Welcome Winter’ initiative in partnership with Al Madani Men’s Tailoring Group, aimed at providing winter clothing to eligible beneficiaries enrolled in CDA’s social support programmes. The initiative is expected to benefit more»»»

Aldrich Ames, a CIA officer who became one of America's most damaging double agents, has died aged 84. The former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died on Monday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland, CBS News,»»»

Rain continues to douse parts of the Emirates on Dec 7, with Ras Al Khaimah’s Al Huwailat seeing a particularly heavy downpour, reports National Center for Meteorology. In January, UAE is expected to see average rainfall of 11.1mm across the country. Certain areas have been put on yellow alert and »»»

The Saudi-backed presidential council in Yemen has expelled the leader of a separatist group and charged him with treason after he failed to fly to Riyadh for talks. Six other members of the presidency accused Aidarous al-Zubaidi, head of the United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Counci»»»

Dubai: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said it has taken a final investment decision on the SARB Deep Gas Development, a strategic offshore project within the Ghasha Concession aimed at boosting domestic gas supply and supporting exports. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - About 75 people were killed as a result of the US military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, media reported on Wednesday, citing officials familiar with the matter. In particular, dozens of people were killed in a gun battle at Maduro's compou»»»

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Dubai: AD Ports Group has announced a series of senior executive appointments to its Logistics Cluster, strengthening the leadership team under Jochen Thewes, who was recently appointed chief executive of the cluster. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The group said the »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Board of Directors of the Organising Committee for the 21st Asian Games – Doha 2030 held its first meeting today, chaired by HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, President of the Qatar Olympic Committee and Chairman of the Organising Committee’s Board. The meeting comes as part of t»»»

In a statement issued Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration was weighing a number of options to realize what she said was a key foreign policy goal of acquiring Greenland, including using military force. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Jan. 7 (UPI»»»

Civilians were fleeing Kurdish neighborhoods of Aleppo on Wednesday after the Syrian army declared them "closed military zones", amid ongoing fighting with Kurdish-led forces. The Syrian army said that Aleppo's Kurdish neighborhoods will be considered "closed military zones" as of 3.00pm (1200 GMT)»»»

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged calm after a bus driver ran over and killed a teenage boy Tuesday night during a protest in Jerusalem against a law seeking to draft the ultra-Orthodox community into Israel's military. "I call for restraint to prevent the mood from becoming further »»»

Manila, Philippines: An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck off, Wednesday, the coast of Baculin, about 68 km east of the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it expects damage and aftershocks from the quake which occurred offshore. The US Geolog»»»

Dubai Police has honoured Lieutenant Doha Ahmad Muhammad for her professional excellence and inspiring personal journey, highlighting how resilience and determination can be transformed into leadership and success. Lieutenant General Abdulla Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, rec»»»

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Dubai: Greenland, the world’s largest island, has suddenly become a geopolitical flashpoint after US President Donald Trump revived his push to bring the vast Arctic territory under American control. His remarks, coming soon after a dramatic U.S. military operation in Venezuela, have alarmed Europe»»»

Sharjah City Municipality conducted six intensive workshops on rental regulation services in the second half of 2025, benefiting 600 employees from 556 real estate companies and offices across the emirate. The workshops form part of the municipality’s efforts to raise awareness of rental procedures»»»

Dubai: The UAE’s regulated stablecoin ecosystem is gaining momentum after RAKBANK secured in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE to issue an AED-backed stablecoin, while payments firm Network International moved to enable stablecoin payments across merchant platforms through AE Coin»»»

Paris: Snow, ice and high winds brought transport chaos to swathes of Europe for a third day on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and passengers stranded. Airports in Paris and Amsterdam were the worst affected, with the Dutch authorities saying more than 1,000 travellers had been force»»»

Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed two people on Tuesday as Israel said it targeted Hezbollah operatives, a day before a new meeting of the committee monitoring a year-long ceasefire. Israel has intensified its strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon in recent days, saying it has struck target»»»

President Joseph Aoun told visiting U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix that Lebanon welcomes any country's wish to maintain forces in the south after UNIFIL's withdrawal in 2027. "These forces will assist the Lebanese army, which will be increasing its personnel i»»»

Chief of Indian Army, General Upendra Dwivedi, visited the BAPS Hindu Mandir, Abu Dhabi. He was moved by the marvellous architecture and hand-carved sculptures at the pink sandstone temple. General Dwivedi was welcomed by Pujya Brahmavihari Swami, Head of the BAPS Hindu Mandir, and briefed on the t»»»

Power was being restored on Wednesday to thousands of households in Berlin that had been without electricity in freezing temperatures for four days following a suspected far-left attack on high-voltage lines, authorities said. About 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses lost their supply on Saturd»»»

Dubai: In the age of viral videos, even a dance can make international headlines. Footage of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro moving energetically at public events—once even to a speech remixed to a Latin house beat—spread rapidly across social media, drawing millions of views, memes, and»»»

The United Nations said on Wednesday that decades of discrimination and segregation of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israel were intensifying and creating a kind of "apartheid system". Rights chief Volker Turk said there was "a systematic asphyxiation of the rights of Palestinians in the West Ba»»»

The Tripoli based Libyan government announced yesterday that, in accordance with the Prime Minister’s directives, a comprehensive monitoring campaign was launched yesterday, aimed at controlling the prices of essential commodities. This will be achieved through intensified inspection tours of suppl»»»

Iran's army chief threatened preemptive military action Wednesday over the “rhetoric” targeting the country, likely referring to US President Donald Trump's warning that if Tehran “violently kills peaceful protesters,” America “will come to their rescue." The comments by Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami come »»»

The Syrian army said that Aleppo's Kurdish neighborhoods will be considered "closed military zones" as of 3.00pm (1200 GMT) on Wednesday, creating "humanitarian corridors" for civilians to leave through beforehand. In a statement, the army said that "the Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods wi»»»

The topics of the euro's introduction in Bulgaria and the upcoming snap elections dominate Wednesday's news media. POLITICS On Bulgarian National Radio, political expert Georgi Prodanov said that the big issue for the upcoming elections is not how many votes each party will receive but whether the »»»

Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, has said that “no foreign agent” is running Venezuela in the wake of President Nicolas Maduro’s abduction by United States military forces. Rodriguez, who had been Maduro’s vice president before his abduction, spoke during a televised event on Tuesday, a»»»

Families of the victims of a fire at a Swiss bar on New Year's Eve have expressed shock after officials admitted the venue had not undergone safety checks for five years. Romain Jordan, who represents some of the families, said the "staggering number of breaches and shortcomings in the inspections »»»

A group of European leaders have issued a joint statement defending Greenland as part of Denmark and calling on the US to uphold the NATO state’s territorial integrity. US President Donald Trump has restated his long-held interest in taking over the autonomous Danish territory shortly after Washing»»»

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's top adviser hailed "concrete results" on Wednesday as talks in Paris on ​peace and security guarantees for Ukraine entered their second day, vowing Kyiv's national interests would be protected. Ukraine is seeking strong backing from allies in the event of a ceasefire»»»

The State Agency for Child Protection reported on Wednesday that its National Child Helpline (NCH) 116 111 received 25,356 calls in 2025, with 2,063 of these being reports of children at risk. Most of the calls were related to psychological abuse, psychosocial and moral development, and health risk»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - The US military operation against Venezuela has threatened the stability of the global supply chain and the economic situation in the country, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, the ABC TV channel reported, citing sources famili»»»

Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez insisted Tuesday no foreign power was governing her country, even as US President Donald Trump announced Caracas will be swiftly turning over millions of barrels of oil to the United States. Rodriguez, who was vice president under toppled leader Nicolas Ma»»»

A plot to kill Burkina Faso's military leader, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, has been thwarted, the West African nation has announced. The sophisticated plan had been hatched by Lt Col Paul Henri Damiba, the military officer ousted by Traoré in September 2022, the security minister said in a late-night broa»»»

A Palestinian source told Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday that Cairo will host a delegation from Hamas next week for talks aimed at advancing a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The source, who is close to Hamas, said the visit is expected to focus on the provisions of the second phase of the ceasefire deal,»»»

Iranian Army Commander Major General Amir Hatami issued a stern warning to hostile powers, stressing that any mistake by the enemies would be met with a decisive response, and stating that protests in Iran are none of the business of the US or the Zionist regime. In an address to the students of th»»»

Dubai: A 39-year-old Saudi citizen has died after a jet ski he was riding capsized off the coast of West Java in Indonesia, local authorities said on Monday. The incident occurred at Bubalu Beach in Pelabuhanratu, a well-known coastal tourist destination in Sukabumi Regency, where the man was ridin»»»

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Israeli occupation authorities have cleared the final hurdle ahead of starting construction on an illegal and controversial settlement project near occupied East Al-Quds (Jerusalem) that critics say would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two. An occupation government tender seeking bids fr»»»

Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev has strongly criticized recent experiments with school meal pricing, calling them unacceptable and emphasizing the need for fairness and transparency. The Consumer Protection Commission (CPCo) and Sofia Municipality have launched inspections into the city’s “student meals”»»»

As Bulgaria transitions to the euro, all withdrawn leva banknotes and stotinka coins will be permanently destroyed to prevent any risk of fraud or reuse. Stefan Tsvetkov, chief cashier at the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), explained that the current supply of banknotes in circulation weighs approxi»»»

Dubai: Excitement around Dhurandhar 2 is already building, and fans believe the sequel may once again carry the sonic stamp of Flipperachi, the Bahrain-based singer who shot to fame with the breakout hit Fa9la. While nothing has been officially confirmed, the artist’s recent comments have been enou»»»

An Abu Dhabi labour court has ordered a company to pay Dh159,800 to an employee who worked for the firm for more than 11 years, covering his final month’s salary and end-of-service gratuity. The ruling was issued by the Abu Dhabi Labour Court at first instance, after the employee filed a lawsuit se»»»

Having a young population means a country has a large share of children, teenagers, and young adults relative to older age groups, often reflected in a low median age. This demographic profile can be a powerful asset — or a serious challenge — depending on how well a country prepares for it. Also I»»»

Damascus: Schools and public institutions were shut in north Syria's Aleppo on Wednesday, as sporadic clashes between government troops and Kurdish-led forces continued into their second day, according to state media. Tuesday's clashes, which killed nine people, were the worst between the two sides»»»