Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday accused protesters of acting ‍on behalf of US President Donald Trump and warned that Tehran would not tolerate "saboteurs" acting as "mercenaries for foreigners" after demonstrators held the biggest nationwide protests in nearly two weeks.»»»

IRBIL, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa emphasized Friday that Kurds are an integral part of the Syrian people and his government is committed to defending their rights.This came in a phone call with leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Masoud Barzani.During the call, they revi»»»

Hundreds of people gather in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana in mid-December amid escalating tensions with the United States, which has deployed military assets in Caribbean waters. The demonstrators also pledged support for now-arrested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Photo by Ernesto Mastr»»»

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends a dinner hosted by President Donald Trump with U.S. tech leaders at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 4. Meta announced deals with three nuclear energy providers Friday to power its AI data centers in Ohio. File Photo by Will Oliver/UPI | License Photo J»»»

Tehran has witnessed its largest anti-government demonstrations in decades, as protests swept through dozens of districts across the capital and its wider metropolitan area of nearly 16 million people. For several hours there on Thursday night, security forces appeared unusually restrained. In area»»»

A majority of the European Union's 27 nations overrode France and backed a long-delayed trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, championed by business groups but loathed by many European farmers. If approved by the European Parliament, the deal will create a vast market of more»»»

Swiss President Guy Parmelin on Friday said the country had been left "devastated" by the deadly Crans-Montana bar fire that killed 40 people during a memoriam service on Friday. Jacques Moretti, co-owner of the bar Le Constellation where the tragedy took place, was taken into custody aft»»»

President Emmanuel Macron says France will vote against the European Union's trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, after farmers rolled into Paris on tractors in a show of anger against the pact. Yet EU nations are still expected to approve the bloc's largest ever free trade accord. Alison »»»

Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended part of the fourth edition of the 1 Billion Followers Summit, the world’s largest summit dedicated to the content creator economy. Also Read: 1 Billion Followers Summ»»»

The primary reason the US targeted Venezuela is because the oil-rich South American country has been willing to export its crude to China, veteran American journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed. Commenting on the US military raid in Caracas and the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, H»»»

The flouting of international norms by the US is making the world more dangerous, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said. His remarks came after US President Donald Trump ordered a commando raid into Caracas to abduct his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, and renewed plans to obtain»»»

Bulgaria is set for a cold and wet weekend on January 10-11, 2026, with widespread cloud cover and precipitation across the country. On Saturday, rainfall is expected in the Upper Thracian Lowland and along the Black Sea coast, while the rest of Bulgaria will see snow. Northwestern regions could fa»»»

A 21-year-old man has gone on trial in Hamburg, charged with committing multiple crimes online, including coercing a 13-year-old to die by suicide on the internet. The man, who used the pseudonym White Tiger, is believed to have been a prominent figure in a group of international cyber-criminals kn»»»

BELGRADE - A total 2.16 mln foreign tourists visited Serbia between January and November 2025, and the majority - 227,928 - came from Turkey, according to figures released by the national statistical office RZS. The number of foreign tourists in the first 11 months of last year was down by 1.8 pct »»»

US forces have seized a fifth tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials said, as Washington continues its efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil. "Once again, our joint interagency forces sent a clear message this morning: 'there is no safe haven for criminals,'" US Southern Command said on X. T»»»

Lebanon on Friday signed a gas exploration agreement for offshore Block 8 with a consortium comprising TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy, and Italy’s Eni, under the patronage and in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, during a ceremony held at the Grand Serail. The agreement was signed on behalf o»»»

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NASA said on Thursday it will return a crew from the International Space Station to Earth within days after an astronaut experienced a medical issue, marking the orbital lab’s first evacuation for health reasons. The agency said the unidentified crewmember is stable and the condition was not caused»»»

A five-year-old girl sustained severe burns after her stepmother allegedly burned her with a hot spatula as punishment for bedwetting in Palakkad district, Kerala. The abuse, reported on Friday, is said to have occurred near Kanjikode last week but came to light only when the child’s teacher notice»»»

Safeguarding elections goes through changes to the Election Code and machines, which certainly must and hopefully will be introduced by the end of the month, Continue the Change Chair and Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria MP Assen Vassilev said in an interview on the Dneven Red podcast of j»»»

Tunis, Jan. 9 (TAP)- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti will participate Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in the 22nd extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of...»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Department of Meteorology has warned of poor horizontal visibility inshore later tonight due to misty to foggy conditions in some areas. In its daily weather report, the department said weather inshore until 6:00 am on Saturday will be cold with some clouds, turning misty to foggy »»»

Doha, Qatar: Poori and Karak, a prominent catering company in Qatar, has announced a temporary transition to card-only payments across all its branches following a significant internal embezzlement case. In a statement, the company confirmed it was subjected to a “major internal theft incident in 2»»»

Authorities have arrested a 28-year-old store manager in Petroupoli, western Athens, for serving alcohol to minors during an operation codenamed “Night Shepherd.” Police said a check at the store found seven minors inside the premises who had been allowed entry and served alcohol. Authorities filed»»»

Luigi Mangione is scheduled to appear in federal court Friday for a pre-trial hearing. Pool Photo by Sarah Yensel/UPI | License Photo Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Luigi Mangione is scheduled to appear in a federal courtroom Friday to begin a pre-trial hearing in the case against him. Mangione, 27, is accused of»»»

An Iranian demonstration blocks a road in Tehran late last month. The protests begun by shopkeepers and traders angry over high prices, inflation and a collapsing currency, have spread nationwide prompting a harsh crackdown, including on the free-flow of information. Photo by Stringer/EPA Jan. 9 (U»»»

The United States added 50,000 nonfarm jobs in December, fewer than had been expected, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs report published Friday. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The United States added 50,000 nonfarm jobs in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' »»»

U.S. President Donald Trump has voiced fresh remarks about the prospects of disarming Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. “They’ve made an agreement that they’re gonna disarm. We’re gonna have to assume that they’re going to, but you know it’s not their nature to disarm, it’s not exactly their »»»

The Serres prosecutor received three reports between 2021 and 2024 concerning the family of a 16-year-old boy now charged with the intentional homicide of a 17-year-old, a local official has told Kathimerini. According to Nasos Papadopoulos, deputy mayor for social welfare and head of the Minors Pr»»»

GENEVA, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- Switzerland on Friday held a national memorial ceremony to honor the victims of the deadly fire in tourist resort in (Crans-Montana) in the presence of several world leaders.During the ceremony which took place in (Martigny) Swiss President Guy Parmelin expressed the nation'»»»

The GERB-UDF parliamentary group will return the government-forming mandate unfulfilled as soon as it receives it from President Rumen Radev on Monday, the group's floor leader and GERB party leader Boyko Borissov said on Friday. "We will receive and return the mandate, but I warn you that the chao»»»

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Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem met with Iranian Foreign Minister Dr. Abbas Araghchi and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of Ambassador Mojtaba Amani. The meeting included a comprehensive discussion on regional and global developments, and their implications for countries»»»

Visitors to Bulgarian post offices can no longer exchange levs into euros anonymously, regardless of the amount. This was confirmed during an inspection at the Shtraklevo post office by Ruse Regional Governor Dragomir Draganov. Anyone using the free currency exchange service at “Bulgarian Posts” mu»»»

Owner of Swiss ski resort bar where 40 died in New Year's Eve fire taken into custody This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. »»»

BANJALUKA - Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujic met with Republika Srpska Justice Minister Goran Selak in Banjaluka on Friday to discuss further advancement of cooperation in the judiciary, experience-sharing and joint activities to help create a more efficient and stable legal system. The parties»»»

Doha, Qatar: QatarEnergy has signed an agreement with the Lebanese government, TotalEnergies, and Eni to enter into an exploration block offshore Lebanon. Under the terms of the agreements, QatarEnergy will acquire 30% of Block 8, while TotalEnergies (the operator) and Eni will each hold 35%. Comme»»»

Tunis, Jan. 9 (TAP)- A regional workshop on the development of smart family farms will take place on January 12-16.The event is organises by the Tunisian Agency for Technical Cooperation (ATCT) in partenership with the Islamic Development...»»»

US President Donald Trump has warned that he could order more airstrikes on Nigeria if Christians continue to be killed in the West African nation. In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times, Trump was asked whether the Christmas Day strikes in Nigeria's northern Sokoto state, targeting Is»»»

A week on from the dramatic raid that captured Nicolás Maduro, details of the intelligence surrounding the operation are becoming clearer, but some mysteries still remain. The mission took months of planning and intelligence gathering. In August the CIA is believed to have sent a team of undercover»»»

Damascus: Syrian President Ahmed Al Sharaa met in Damascus today with President of the European Council Antonio Costa, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and their accompanying delegation to discuss ways to develop cooperation relations between Syria and the European Union. »»»

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has said that, based on his talks with American officials, he can tell that what the U.S. wants for Lebanon is the establishment of an actual state that will sign a peace agreement with Israel. Geagea told Sky News Arabia, in an interview published Thursday, that»»»

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who has been visiting Lebanon since Thursday, Hezbollah said. The two men discussed “the events in the region and the world and their repercussions and impact on all of the region’s countries,” Hezbollah’s Medi»»»

Washington: YouTube rolled out updates to its search filters in a bid to enhance content discovery and improve the user experience. YouTube said in a blog post that one of those updates was a new filter dedicated specifically for shorts, which will help separate shorts content from the other tradit»»»

The number of jobs created in the US grew only modestly in December, as a weak year for the employment market in the world's largest economy drew to a close. Employers added 50,000 jobs in the final month of 2025, according to Labor Department data, which was fewer than expected. But the unemployme»»»

Manila: Rescue teams in Cebu City have pulled 13 people out alive from a massive pile of garbage on Friday, as they race against time to rescue dozens of others. A mountain of trash collapsed outside Cebu City with dozens still unaccounted for — while families are gripped by fear after the heap of »»»

As Ugandans go to the polls next week they are faced with a choice of propelling a leader into his fifth decade in power or backing a candidate seeking to capitalise on the desire for change from some quarters. President Yoweri Museveni, 81, in office since 1986, is aiming for a seventh successive »»»

With the nursing profession expected to shrink by 40% during the next three years, supporters are urging the defeat of a proposed U.S. rule that would limit financial aid available to nurses who seek to further their professional education. Photo by Karola G/Pexels ST. PAUL, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A Trump»»»