Doha: The Ministry of Culture has announced the launch of Darb Al Saai activities on Wednesday in celebration of Qatar National Day (QND). The event features a comprehensive cultural and heritage experience reflecting authentic Qatari identity and the values ​​of loyalty and belonging. The activiti»»»

Despite a formal ceasefire that Palestinian resistance factions have fully upheld, the Israeli enemy has continued its assault on Gaza, committing hundreds of violations that have left more than 1,300 Palestinians dead or wounded since the agreement took effect. The Gaza Government Media Office rep»»»

Damascus, Dec.9 (SANA) Syria’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the First Liberation Day, drawing diplomats from UN member states and senior officials from the international body. Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Olabi, sa»»»

A Cretan pulmonology professor has reported that 20 oncology patient appointments had to be cancelled at Iraklio University General Hospital due to the occupation of Iraklio Airport by protesting farmers. Professor Nikos Tzanakis, of the University of Crete Medical School, linked the disruption dir»»»

Billionaire Andrej Babis has been appointed as the Czech Republic's new prime minister, with his full cabinet expected to take office within days. His appointment followed a key demand from President Petr Pavel - a public pledge by Babis to relinquish control over his vast food-processing, agricult»»»

A factory owner and his former partner have been sentenced to a combined eight years in prison after being found guilty of participating in a criminal gang that kept undocumented migrants locked inside a factory and demanded ransom from their relatives for their release. The two were taken directly»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US special envoy Steven Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner gave Volodymyr Zelensky “days” to come up with a response to a US-proposed peace plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing officials in the kno»»»

Midwest, Northeast to face 'bitterly cold winds' this week. 1 of 6 | A pedestrian bundles up for cold weather in Central Park in 2024. This week, a storm will travel from North Dakota Tuesday afternoon to the Lower Peninsula of Michigan by Wednesday morning and then exit by way of the St. Lawrence »»»

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a travel ban for its citizens to Mali due to current developments in the West African nation. The Ministry has also urged Emirati nationals currently in Mali to leave the country and return to the UAE as soon as possible. Also Read: UAE trave»»»

Pope Leo XIV meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Tuesday. Photo by Vatican Media/EPA Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday, offering prayers for the safe return of Ukrainian prisoners of war »»»

Doha, Qatar: Sheikh Dr. Khalid bin Thani Al Thani, Deputy Chairman of the Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA), hosted a luncheon in honor of H.E. Atheer Dawood Al-Ghurairi, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Iraq, who is visiting the country along with his accompanying delegation. The guests wer»»»

Doha, Qatar: The seventh edition of the Qatar International Art Festival (QIAF) is currently underway at Building 12 in Katara Cultural Village, offering a diverse program ranging from interactive workshops and live performances to international art exhibitions, cultural evenings, an art conference»»»

Damascus, Dec.9 (SANA) President Ahmad Sharaa received a message from Lebanese President, General Joseph Aoun, while passing through Syrian airspace en route to Oman, coinciding with the Syrians’ celebrations on the first anniversary of liberation from the deposed regime. The message read: “Your Ex»»»

Commenting on Tuesday's rallies held by MRF-New Beginning across the country, President Rumen Radev told journalists that Bulgarians are outraged by the arrogance and high-handedness of oligarchs, as well as by the provocations they are orchestrating to discredit the protest of free citizens. The l»»»

Tunis, Dec. 9 (TAP) - Members of the Assembly of People’s Representatives (ARP) and the National Council of Regions and Districts (CNRD) will hold a joint closing session focusing on the 2026 Finance Law starting at 11:00 AM on Wednesday in Bardo,...»»»

Tunis, Dec 9 (TAP)-The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) signed a €10 million senior unsecured loan to Amen Bank, one of Tunisia’s leading private banks.This loan agreement is the first signed under...»»»

Supporters of student debt forgiveness demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on June 30, 2023, in Washington D.C. On Tuesday, the Education Department said it reached a tentative agreement to end the SAVE Plan and lift a pause on student loan repayment. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo »»»

Tunis, Dec. 9 (TAP) - Progress in finalising Tunisia’s hosting of the African Centre of Excellence for Inclusive Markets was the focus of a meeting on Tuesday afternoon between Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Abdelhafidh and the Centre’s...»»»

Tunis, Dec9 (TAP) — Tunisia’s external debt-to-GDP ratio continued its downward tajectory in 2024—initiated in 2020—falling to 47.5% from 54.6% in 2023, according to the 2024 External Debt Statistical Report, published on Tuesday by the Central...»»»

A 34-year-old pharmacist, suspected of being a leader in a criminal organization that issued thousands of fraudulent prescriptions causing losses to the country’s main healthcare provider EOPYY of over €400,000, has been remanded in custody following testimony before an investigating magistrate. Hi»»»

US President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday where he is expected to defend his economic record and address voter concerns about the rising cost of living. His trip to the town of Mount Pocono comes as polls suggest public trust in his administration's handling of the econ»»»

An uninhabited island at the centre of a century-old Canada–US territorial dispute is back in the spotlight after a Canadian senator urged Ottawa to assert sovereignty over the piece of land. Senator Jim Quinn from New Brunswick has taken issue with an American boat tour group that describes Machia»»»

Tunis, Dec. 9 (TAP) - UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, praised the achievements of women in Tunisia and the country’s leading role in international forums, particularly within the...»»»

Shells of unknown origin fell in the vicinity of Syria's Mezzah military airport in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, the state-run Al Ekhbariya TV reported. Syria's state news agency earlier reported the sound of an explosion in the vicinity of Damascus and said the matter was under investigation. »»»

GENEVA, Dec 9 (KUNA) -- UN Women's Policy Specialist on Ending Violence against Women and Girls Yeliz Osman warned of the escalating global crisis of online violence against women in the public sphere.In a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, she noted that seven in ten women human rights defenders»»»

London: A legal dispute over the rights to recordings made by the 1960s British-American rock band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, went to trial on Tuesday at the High Court in London. Owners of the estates of Hendrix's British bandmates, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, are suing Son»»»

A federal judge ordered that the grand jury evidence and transcripts from the grand jury hearing of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell be released. File Photo by Anna Rose Layden/UPI | License Photo Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted a Justice Department request »»»

Egypt stressed the need to speed up the formation of an international stability force in Gaza and establish a Palestinian technocratic committee to manage the enclave, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday. During a phone call to discuss the implementatio»»»

A senior Iraqi security official urged his driver to pick up speed as they raced toward Damascus airport. He needed to catch a flight back to Baghdad, while alerts kept lighting up his phone. One message stood out: “The Syrian factions are on their way to the capital.” It was Saturday evening, Dece»»»

The American tech broligarchy is fighting with Brussels Euligarchs again. When can they all just blast off to Mars already? Brussels fined multi-billionaire tech titan Elon Musk’s social media platform X €120 million for failing to comply with its Digital Services Act. Musk replied in part by posti»»»

The European Union risks a severe internal rift if it presses ahead with controversial plans to seize frozen Russian assets without the approval of Belgium, where the vast majority of the assets are held, The Economist has reported. Senior bloc officials could reportedly invoke an EU treaty provisi»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Tuesday her work focused on stepped-up parliamentary diplomacy and presenting all of Serbia's accomplishments on the EU path to countries that were skeptical about them, such as the Baltic, Nordic and Benelux states. "I have always believed »»»

DOHA: Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force 'Lekhwiya' HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani accompanied Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America Kashyap Patel on a visit to the National Command Center (NCC). During the v»»»

Dr Jamal Mohammed Obaid Al Kaabi, Vice Chairman of BRIDGE, led a high-profile session titled “In the Spotlight: Privacy, Risk and Resilience in the Age of Misinformation” at the BRIDGE Summit in Abu Dhabi. The discussion featured Richard Attias, Strategic Adviser to the Chairman of the BRIDGE Allia»»»

X8 Cloud CEO Juan Carlos Dueñas said the company selected Paraguay for its artificial intelligence data center because of its abundant hydroelectric supply and its stable relationship with the United States. Photo by franganillo/Pixabay Asuncion, Paraguay, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. based X8 Cloud announ»»»

ChinaJoy, Asia’s biggest gaming and digital entertainment expo, has made its first-ever international appearance at BRIDGE Summit 2025 in Abu Dhabi. The pavilion brings the scale and spectacle of ChinaJoy’s flagship Shanghai event to the UAE, marking a major expansion into the Middle East gaming ma»»»

Doha-San Francisco: Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar, and Founders Circle Capital (FCC), a leading San Francisco-based, growth stage venture firm focused on investing in scaled, venture-backed businesses, announced that FCC as the latest VC partner t»»»

A joint communiqué issued Tuesday at the conclusion of the Iranian–Saudi–Chinese trilateral meeting called for the “immediate cessation” of Israeli military aggression against Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria. Iran welcomed what it described as the clear and principled Saudi and Chinese positions cond»»»

One by one, the soldiers squeezed through a narrow entrance to a tunnel in southern Gaza. Inside a dark hallway, some bowed their heads to avoid hitting the low ceiling, while watching their step as they walked over or around jagged concrete, crushed plastic bottles and tattered mattresses. On Mond»»»

NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (KUNA) -- India and Bangladesh on Tuesday agreed to release and repatriate 47 Indian fishermen and 38 Bangladesh fishermen along with their operable vessels, on humanitarian grounds."The Indian fishermen who happened to inadvertently cross the International Maritime Boundary Line h»»»

In Pleven, citizens are gathering for a rally in front of the building of the Ivan Radoev Drama and Puppet Theatre in support of the government. The rally was registered with the municipal administration by the regional council of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF). One of the organizers, m»»»

DOHA: Yahya Al Ghassani scored two goals in as many minutes to help seal United Arab Emirates' passage into the quarter-finals of the FIFA Arab Cupas ten-man Kuwait bowed out in spirited fashion at the Stadium 974. UAE's fate was not in their hands but they knew they needed at least a victory to re»»»

Tunis, Dec 9 (TAP) — Interior Minister Khaled Nouri on Tuesday announced the launch of a dedicated platform for the “monitoring and evaluation of activities related to the National Road Safety Strategy.”Speaking at the opening of the 16th session of...»»»

Tunis, Dec 9 (TAP) — The weather overnight Tuesday will be partly cloudy across most regions, with locally dense fog expected in northern areas and eastern parts of central and southern Tunisia toward the end of the night, according to a bulletin...»»»

Sharjah has taken a major step in streamlining its rental market with the launch of a revamped package of rental services on the Aqari platform, reinforcing the emirate’s push towards fully integrated digital government services. Also Read: Sharjah Municipality simplifies attestation of overdue lea»»»

Counter-protests organized by “DPS – New Beginning” have begun in over 20 cities across Bulgaria. The demonstrations are held in support of the Zhelyazkov cabinet under the slogan “No to Hate.” Party members and activists say the initiative aims to counter growing political tension, which they attr»»»

The parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee on Tuesday voted, 12-8 with no abstentions, to approve Bulgaria's 2026 State Budget Bill on first reading. This is a second version of the country's annual financial plan, after the first one was withdrawn by the Council of Ministers on December 2. Bud»»»

Starbucks workers and union members in England, Scotland and eight other countries are protesting on Wednesday in support of striking US employees, the company's US union told the BBC. Starbucks Workers United last month launched a strike, which the union said has expanded to 3,000 baristas in more»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with GLOBSEC founder and President Robert Vass in Belgrade on Tuesday to discuss key security, geopolitical and economic challenges facing the region. "We exchanged views on the need to bolster the resilience of states in central and southeastern Eu»»»

One of the men charged in the scheme pleaded guilty and faces up to 10 years in prison. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A Texas-based businessman has pleaded guilty and two others have been charged in a scheme to smuggle artificial intelligence technology to China in »»»