Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is set to offer 300 premium number plates for private cars, classic vehicles, and motorcycles in its 82nd online auction. Plates will feature 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-digit combinations and cover a range of letter codes, including H, I, K, M, N, O, P, Q, R»»»

Abu Dhabi : Member states of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue (ADD) convened in Dubai for the Eighth Ministerial Consultative Meeting to discuss enhancing workforce skills, productivity, and governance of labour mobility between sending and receiving countries. The meeting focused on a forward-looking vision»»»

Dubai: Campaigners are rallying to save Veeraswamy, Britain’s oldest surviving Indian restaurant, by taking a petition to the gates of Buckingham Palace in the coming weeks, urging King Charles III to step in. Founded in 1926 and still operating from its original home at Victory House on London’s R»»»

The director of the new documentary on US First Lady Melania Trump has appeared embracing a young woman in images released by the US Department of Justice on Friday. Brett Ratner, who also directed the Rush Hour films and X-Men: The Last Stand, can be seen sitting on a sofa beside the late sex offe»»»

Politicians, public figures, and citizens paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the communist regime at the Memorial to the Victims of Communism, located next to the temple of Bulgarian Martyrs, near the National Palace of Culture in Sofia on Sunday. Bulgaria marks the Day of Gratitude and H»»»

Bulgaria is expected to post economic growth of over 3% in 2025, one of the highest rates in Europe, but this is still not sufficient, outgoing Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth Tomislav Donchev told Bulgarian National Radio on Sunday. According to him, in the medium and l»»»

A 44-year-old man was killed early Sunday after his car crashed into a highway side barrier in northern Greece. The fatal accident occurred on an exit ramp of the Thessaloniki-Edessa highway. Traffic police have launched an investigation to determine the exact cause of the crash.»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Europe has tried and is still trying to drive a wedge between Russia and the United States, seeing in the policy of US President Donald Trump a certain tilt in favor of Russia at the expense of Europe's interests, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday. "It's hard »»»

Roccaraso, Italy: The buses from Naples arrive in a steady stream, unloading thousands of people in brightly-coloured ski outfits into the small town nestled in the mountains of central Italy. Every weekend during winter, Roccaraso's streets are filled with day-trippers, its small slopes packed wit»»»

Iraq's parliament has again postponed the election of the country's new president, state media reported on Sunday, amid intense political horse-trading and US pressure over the new prime minister. It was the second time parliament has delayed the presidential vote, which had first been due last wee»»»

Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, has approved a Dh500 million development plan for the Umm Suqeim Beach master plan, a major public-realm project designed to enhance Dubai’s coastal infrastructure and quality»»»

South American Champions Argentina face European Champions Spain in the ‘Finalissima’ at Lusail Stadium, alongside a series of international showpiece matches as part of The Qatar Football Festival, from March 26-31, 2026. Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways Holidays has launched exclusive fan travel packag»»»

Gaza's main border crossing in Rafah will reopen for Palestinians on Monday, Israel said, with preparations underway at the war-ravaged enclave's main gateway that has been largely shut for almost two years. Before the war, the Rafah border crossing with Egypt was the only direct exit point for mos»»»

Dubai: Ramadan is coming sooner than you think, and many UAE residents are already preparing to give back. Whether you’re donating food boxes, sponsoring iftar meals, or contributing towards Eid clothing for children, there are several official, registered charities across the UAE running Ramadan c»»»

KUWAIT, Feb 1 (KUNA) - His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signed a decree on Sunday, reshuffling the cabinet.The Amiri decree changed the title of the following cabinet member, Omar Saud Al-Omar, to Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology.The decr»»»

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said that US President Donald Trump was an effective leader who was genuinely seeking peace, but that Moscow ‌had seen ‌no ‌trace ⁠of nuclear ‌submarines Trump said he moved to Russian shores last year. Speaking to Reuters, TASS and the»»»

DOHA: Hamad International Airport (HIA) has introduced the Sunflower program, an program that uses a sunflower as a simple, voluntary way for passengers to share that they have a hidden disability. A statement released by HIA explained that by wearing the Sunflower, passengers can quietly signal th»»»

Iran's top security official said Saturday that progress had been made towards negotiations with the United States, even as the Islamic republic's army chief warned Washington against launching military strikes. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the two sides were talking, while keeping the thr»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran was negotiating with the United States, even as the Islamic republic's army chief warned Washington against launching military strikes. "(Iran is) talking to us, and we'll see if we can do something, otherwise we'll see what happens...We have a big »»»

Nabil Safiya had taken a break from studying for a biology exam to meet a cousin at a pizza parlor when a gunman on a motorcycle rode past and fired, killing the 15-year-old as he sat in a black Renault. The shooting — which police later said was a case of mistaken identity — stunned his hometown o»»»

When trading opened on this Sunday, Saudi Arabia’s stock exchange marked more than the start of a routine session. The day signaled a pivotal shift in the Kingdom’s financial history, as the market formally opened to direct foreign investment, positioning it as a destination for global capital and »»»

While Israel’s security forces are celebrating a dramatic collapse in Palestinian terror attacks, a different and far more uncomfortable trend is taking hold in the West Bank. Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians has surged to its highest level in years, leaving villages burned, civilians»»»

Doha, Qatar: Hamad International Airport (HIA) has joined the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program, that uses a sunflower as a simple, voluntary way for passengers to share that they have a hidden disability. By wearing the sunflower, passengers can quietly signal that they may need more time, cle»»»

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has renewed a retroactive demand for compensation from Iraq’s federal government for crimes committed by the regime of the late president Saddam Hussein against the Kurds. The move is widely seen as a calculated bid for leverage as calls grow to scrutinize th»»»

DUBAI, Feb 1 (KUNA) -- Dubai Press Club announced on Sunday that a UAE media delegation will visit Kuwait, aimed at strengthening media cooperation and exchanging expertise between media institutions in the two countries.In a statement to KUNA, the Dubai Government Media Office said the visit comes»»»

Doha, Qatar: First Vice Chairman of the Qatar Chamber, H.E. Mohamed bin Twar Al Kuwari, met on Sunday, with CEO of the Palestinian Trade Center, PalTrade, Ruwa Jabr, and her accompanying delegation. During the meeting, both sides reviewed economic and investment relations between Qatar and Palestin»»»

Taipei: Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has insisted the US tech giant will make a "huge" investment in OpenAI and dismissed as "nonsense" reports that he is unhappy with the generative AI star. Huang made the remarks late Saturday in Taipei after the Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia's »»»

Gaza: A trial operation of the Rafah border crossing began Sunday, marking its first reopening after more than a year and a half of near-total closure. According to Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA), media officer at the European Union office in Jerusalem Shadi Othman said the crossing i»»»

Syria's interior ministry said Sunday that its forces had dismantled a cell that was responsible for recent attacks targeting Damascus's Mazzeh district, saying the weapons came from Lebanon's Hezbollah group. Security forces carried out operations that "targeted a terrorist cell involved in severa»»»

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly highlighted the unprecedented progress Egypt achieved in localizing food industries and processing agricultural crops. He pointed to the ongoing efforts to attract both domestic and foreign investments, which boost the country’s export capacity, improve its competiti»»»

Dubai: From February 1, 2026, all advertisers and content creators in the UAE must hold a valid Advertiser Permit, the UAE Media Council has confirmed. The rule applies to all paid and unpaid promotions on social media, websites, blogs, and other digital platforms. The goal is to ensure a professio»»»

GAZA, Feb 1 (KUNA) -- Health authorities in the Gaza Strip on Sunday warned of a rapid deterioration in the health situation, saying that around 6,000 patients and wounded civilians in "critical condition" urgently require medical evacuation to save their lives.The warning came after official infor»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Public Works Authority, Ashghal, announced a temporary closure on Naga Al Sahla Street, for traffic coming from Gharrafat Al Rayyan Street towards Bani Hajer area. The five hours road closure, in coordination with the General Directorate of Traffic, will start on Friday, February 6»»»

Bulgaria is among the EU countries that experienced a notable drop in the use of renewable energy for heating and cooling in 2024, with the share declining by 1.9 percentage points compared to the previous year. This information comes from the latest Eurostat data on gross final energy consumption »»»

Dubai: Indian expatriate business leaders based in the UAE broadly welcomed India’s Union Budget 2026, describing it as stable, continuity-driven, and strategically aligned with long-term growth. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Their reactions underline support for NRI»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Russia's Security Council Chairman Sergey Shoigu said on Sunday that he intends to discuss important issues of bilateral relations and the global agenda with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. "On the instructions of the Russian president [Vladimir Putin], we will discuss a numbe»»»

Cairo is seeking a role for Egyptian companies in projects to be implemented under Angola’s Lobito Development Corridor, while also coordinating to convene the next edition of the Egyptian–Angolan Business Forum at the earliest opportunity. The move came during a phone call on Saturday between Egyp»»»

Rubelle Banguis, a 35-year-old Filipina expat in Dubai, was eagerly preparing to welcome her first child when her pregnancy took an unexpected and life-altering turn. Pregnancy takes alarming turnDuring her third trimester, she began experiencing pain, redness and noticed a rapidly growing lump in »»»

KUWAIT, Feb 1 (KUNA) -- The KUNA media development center and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) on Sunday launched a training program titled "uses of Artificial Intelligence in news writing and purposeful media content production." The program is being hel»»»

Dubai: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday warned that any US military strike would trigger a wider regional conflict, even as US President Donald Trump said Washington and Tehran were in talks aimed at averting escalation. “The Americans should know that if they start a war, thi»»»

Lieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General of the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai, marked the 18th anniversary of the appointment of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as Crown Prince of Dubai and Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid »»»

"My idea is for the next caretaker prime minister to respond to the expectations of Bulgarian citizens," President Iliana Iotova told reporters in the village of Delchevo, Gotse Delchev Municipality, on Sunday. Iotova said she will announce the appointment of a caretaker prime minister after holdin»»»

Doha, Qatar: Venture capital investment in Qatar reached a record QAR 214 million, representing an 81 percent year-on-year increase, according to the annual venture capital report for the year 2025, issued by Qatar Development Bank (QDB), in cooperation with the MAGNiTT research platform. QDB said »»»

Cairo is seeking a role for Egyptian companies in projects to be implemented under Angola’s Lobito Development Corridor, while also coordinating to convene the next edition of the Egyptian–Angolan Business Forum at the earliest opportunity. The move came during a phone call on Saturday between Egyp»»»

Dubai: The United States on Sunday strongly condemned a wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Pakistan’s Balochistan province and reaffirmed its support for Islamabad, after security forces killed at least 145 militants in nearly 40 hours of operations following assaults that left 17 securit»»»

The chairman of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games has said he "deeply regrets" decades-old flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell - the jailed associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Casey Wasserman's messages to Maxwell, sent in 2003, were among millions of files published by the US De»»»

Severe weather has been affecting large parts of Greece since Saturday night, including the greater Athens area, bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds, with the risk of localized hail. According to the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), adverse weather conditions are expe»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have liberated the village of Zelenoye in the Kharkov region and the settlement of Sukhetskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. "As a result of the active offensive actions, the units of the Sever battlegroup »»»

Paris, France: French car sales in January fell 6.5 percent against the same month last year, extending a run of poor sales in the key European market, an industry group said Sunday. The 107,157 new cars registered in January was one of the lowest figures for the month in the past 15 years, the Pla»»»

Iran's supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a “regional war” in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike Iran. The comments from the 86-year-old Ali Khamenei are the most-direct threat he’s made s»»»