Tunis, Dec. 9, (TAP) – The Tunisian Navigation Company (CTN) announced on Tuesday the opening of reservations, starting December 16, 2025, for the Marseille and Genoa routes for the 2026 season.The company clarified in a statement that reservations...»»»

New Delhi: From Argentine cuarteto dancing to Yemeni musical poetry, Italian cooking and India's Hindu festival of lights Diwali, UNESCO is weighing 68 nominations to add to its intangible cultural heritage list. The United Nations cultural agency, meeting in the Indian capital New Delhi from Tuesd»»»

Dubai: Kuwait’s Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for 15 men and women linked to the high-profile “Ya Hala Draws” case, ordering that all defendants be transferred to the Central Jail pending trial as investigations continue, Al Seyassah daily reported. The case centres on allegations of wi»»»

The Islamic Jihad Palestinian resistance group announced on Tuesday it has closed the case of Israeli captives held with its operatives, as Hamas and the Red Cross resume search for the body of the last hostage in Gaza. In a statement, Spokesman of Islamic Jihad’s Al-Quds Brigades military wing, Ab»»»

The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has allocated additional funds to increase the salaries of employees of scientific institutions. The order was issued in accordance with the presidential decree of October 13, 2025 and the provisions of the Budget Code. According to the document, the Ministry »»»

The defence ministers of Bulgaria and Montenegro, Atanas Zapryanov and Dragan Krapovic, discussed bilateral and regional cooperation in the field of defence and joint activities within NATO on Tuesday as announced by the press centre of the Ministry of Defence The meeting was held at the Ministry o»»»

The digital euro is a crucial tool for strengthening Europe’s financial and strategic independence and will complement physical cash amid the rapid digitalisation of payments. This is stated in a joint position by Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), an»»»

Kaufland Romania is introducing a new shop-in-shop format for its PARKSIDE DIY range, extending the space allocated to the brand in several stores. Dedicated PARKSIDE zones, between 25 and 50 square metres, have been set up in an increasing number of locations, offering customers year-round access »»»

Jakarta: A fire in a building on Tuesday in Indonesia's capital killed at least 20 people, police said. Police said the fire started in the afternoon when a battery on the first floor of a seven-story office building in central Jakarta exploded and the fire spread to the upper levels. "As of now, 2»»»

Dubai: Malayalam actor Dileep, recently acquitted in the high-profile sexual assault case of a prominent actress, has indicated that he is weighing legal action against “those who conspired to falsely implicate him.” Dileep, who faced charges as the eighth accused in the case, was cleared of all ch»»»

Dubai: A 150-day ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia has collapsed into the region’s worst border fighting in years, reviving a century-old territorial dispute that neither diplomacy nor military power has fully resolved. The latest clashes — which have now left at least 10 people dead and forc»»»

Advances by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan could trigger another exodus across the country's borders, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, told Reuters. The RSF took over Darfur's city of el-Fasher in late October in one of its biggest gains of the 2-1/2-year war with Suda»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the pope near Rome on Tuesday as he continued to rally European support for Ukraine while resisting US pressure for a painful compromise with Russia. Answering reporters’ questions in a WhatsApp chat, Zelenskyy reaffirmed his firm refusal to cede any»»»

Security has been tightened across Tanzania with police and military seen patrolling major cities ahead of anticipated anti-government protests called to coincide with independence day. By midday, however, no demonstrations had begun. Residents in Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mbeya, Mwanza and several ot»»»

CAIRO, Dec 9 (KUNA) -- Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmad Abul-Gheit condemned on Tuesday the Israeli occupation's raid and assault on the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), deeming it a heinous act.In a stat»»»

A shipment of 6,480 kilograms of fish products transported from the Islamic Republic of Iran was prevented from being illegally imported into Kyrgyzstan at Ak-Tilek checkpoint in Chui region. The Ministry of Agriculture reported. According to the ministry, the heavily loaded vehicle carrying the go»»»

Kyrgyzstan’s consolidated budget for 2025 has reached a historic high, the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev reported. According to the Ministry of Finance, the total budget amounted to 1,090,600 trillion soms, marking the first time in the country’s history that»»»

The National Commission on the State Language and Language Policy has developed a draft Program for the Development of the State Language in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2026–2028. The document has been submitted for public discussion. The draft program outlines the following priority areas: «The priori»»»

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning (MRF – New Beginning) has proposed a set of measures to curb the illegal fuel market in response to newly released data showing that losses to Bulgaria’s state budget from unpaid excise duties and taxes on illegal fuel reached nearly BGN 600 mill»»»

Bulgaria is the first EU Member State with which the United States has held a strategic dialogue under the current administration of President Donald Trump, Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev said Tuesday in his welcoming remarks to Christopher Smith, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Eastern Europe a»»»

The European Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation to determine whether Google has violated EU competition rules through its use of content from web publishers as well as material uploaded to YouTube for the development and training of its artificial intelligence systems. The pro»»»

The stable democratic regime, the population of 19 million including 8 million active workers, the strategic geographical position, the Schengen, EU, and NATO memberships, the process of joining the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), natural resources, as well as the und»»»

Kenya dispatched a new contingent of police officers to Haiti on Monday, moving to reinforce an overstretched multinational mission that has struggled to contain the country’s powerful armed gangs. The deployment comes as Haiti remains mired in a profound political and security crisis, with large s»»»

Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide, with 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza. In its annual report, the Paris-based media freedom group said the total number of journalists killed reach»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump in the United States on December 29, a spokeswoman for the premier's office told AFP on Tuesday. It will be Netanyahu's fifth visit to meet Trump in the U.S. since the start of the year and comes after the prime minister sai»»»

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: "I have now learned to choose what is right for me,” Dakota Johnson says, her voice steady and unapologetic. “There were times when I was persuaded to do something that, in retrospect, wasn’t right for me. But that’s part of the experience. Now I’m focused on how I can grow as»»»

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria in December 2024 created major political, security and economic changes in Lebanon. Beirut also rid itself of what remained of Damascus’ influence - after Syria withdrew its forces from Lebanon in 2005 following 30 years of military and political he»»»

Dubai: A fresh wave of self-made entrepreneurs pushed the number of new billionaires to its highest point since 2021, driven by widespread business creation across a diverse set of industries, according to the new UBS Billionaire Ambitions Report 2025. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Che»»»

The State Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance under the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic is actively conducting raids and outreach efforts at livestock markets and large farms. Specialists remind: transporting animals into th»»»

Flights to and from Iraklio Airport on the Greek island of Crete resumed early on Tuesday, aviation officials said, after farmers who had been blocking the terminal ended a protest. Three flights were cancelled and several others delayed after a group of farmers threw stones at police and stormed o»»»

The European Investment Bank (EIB) released the EIB Investment Survey 2025 – Romania overview, showing that 78% of Romanian firms invested in the past year, up from previous editions, but still below the EU average of 86%. Looking ahead, 44% of Romanian firms plan to focus their investment on expan»»»

The UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR) welcomed a delegation from the ministries of higher education and scientific research of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. This visit was part of the implementation of the outcomes of the 24th Meeting of the Minis»»»

Prague: Andrej Babis, a billionaire supporter of US President Donald Trump, returned to power as Czech prime minister on Tuesday, signalling a possible end to Ukraine aid and potentially rockier ties with the European Union. Babis’s ANO movement, which won October parliamentary elections, teamed up»»»

Judges at the International Criminal Court sentenced a leader of the feared Sudanese Janjaweed militia to 20 years imprisonment Tuesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the catastrophic conflict in Darfur more than 20 years ago. At a hearing last month, prosecutors sought a l»»»

Hungary and Russia need to work together to resist the “external pressures” that they face, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told reporters in Moscow. Peter Szijjarto underscored that Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban is determined to ensure unhindered energy relations between Hungary»»»

A key UN report on the state of the global environment has been "hijacked" by the United States and other countries who were unwilling to go along with the scientific findings, the co-chair has told the BBC. The Global Environment Outlook, the result of six years' work, connects climate change, nat»»»

Nick Docherty is the strategy mastermind behind some of W+K’s most iconic work, with over a decade spent in both the Amsterdam and New York offices. He’s crafted game-changing campaigns for brands like Nike, Heineken, Booking.com, and Bud Light, stacking up effectiveness awards—IPA’s, EFFIE’s, and »»»

Conservative lawmakers have put forward a number of proposals targeting France’s Muslims, including a ban on under-18s wearing hijabs in public, citing the threat from radical Islamists. Critics say the measures violate the very secular rules they profess to defend, and highlight the grow»»»

Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen said Tuesday that the country had begun striking back against Thailand after two days of denying any retaliation, as deadly border clashes between the neighbours flared again. His comments came after a week of renewed fighting that has killed at least 10 people and »»»

Goa Police said Monday that owners of a nightclub were 25 people were killed in a fire over the weekend fled to Thailand mere hours after the blaze began. Photo by EPA Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Police investigating Sunday's devastating Goa nightclub fire said the establishment's owners have fled to Thailand,»»»

IQOS, the smoke-free products brand of Philip Morris International, and Italian design brand SELETTI showcased their global collaboration, Sensorium Piazza, at Dubai Design Week last month. A bold reimagination of the traditional Italian piazza, the installation bridged the physical and digital wor»»»

Pokrovsk has not fallen yet. That is despite President Vladimir Putin's recent claim that Russian forces have taken the city. There is no doubt Ukraine has been losing ground in this key city in the east. For Russia, Pokrovsk is another stepping stone towards its goal of taking control of all of th»»»

Prime Minister Rosen Zhekyazkov stated on Tuesday that energy takes a central role in Bulgaria’s strategic dialogue with the United States. “We are strongly committed to further deepening cooperation with the US in civil nuclear energy, to creating a more sustainable energy market, to strengthening»»»

Consumer prices were 3.8% higher on average in November 2025 than a year earlier. Compared to October, prices were 0.1% higher on average. In 12 months, compared to November 2024 a price increase of 3.2% (0.6% excluding food and beverage serving services) was recorded for food, within which 15.9% f»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States announced plans at a meeting of G7 finance ministers to reduce its support for Ukraine after disbursing the final tranches of the G7 loan agreed upon during former US President Joe Biden's administration, Western media reported, citing an EU diplomat. In 2024, G»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The situation in the Arctic remains challenging with a trend to deterioration, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Aleksandr Moiseyev said on Tuesday. "I must note that the situation in the Arctic region remains challenging with a trend to deterioration. Instead of discussions about »»»

Ukraine's kleptocratic regime has cooked up another theft scheme, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service states. Key details:The plan involves supplying artillery shells for the Ukrainian armed forces under the cover of the so-called Czech shell initiative at inflated prices through the Polish co»»»

Tickets for North Korea's 2026 Pyongyang International Marathon, set for April 5, sold out just a few hours, a tour operator said Tuesday. This 2018 photo shows participants running in the 29th Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon in Pyongyang. File Photo by KCNA/EPA-EFE Tickets for North Korea»»»

Manila: Government contractor Cezarah "Sarah" Discaya voluntarily appeared at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Tuesday (December 9), preempting an arrest warrant expected this week in connection with malversation and falsification charges tied to a nearly ₱100 million ghost infrastruct»»»

France’s social security budget heads into a knife-edge vote on Tuesday that could plunge Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's government into a new political crisis and open a €30-billion gap in funding for welfare, pensions and healthcare.  France's social security budget faces a knife-ed»»»