Spain begins three days of national mourning on Tuesday for the 40 people killed in a high-speed train crash that the prime minister has vowed to investigate. The crash late on Sunday is Spain's deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of tr»»»

Doha, Qatar: In a milestone achievement, Vodafone Qatar has become the first reseller of Starlink Satellite’s B2B services in Qatar, following a newly formed partnership that expands its advanced satellite connectivity portfolio. Delivering high-speed, low-latency connectivity tailored for business»»»

Sudan continues to face critical gaps in humanitarian nutrition services, exacerbated by ongoing conflict, displacement, and limited access to health and nutrition services, the UN and its partners said on Monday. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), an estim»»»

Doha, Qatar: QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), continues as Diamond Sponsor of Web Summit Qatar 2026. This three-year collaboration reinforces QNB’s role as a key driver of digital innovation and fintech development in Qatar and across the wider MEA r»»»

Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said. With temperatures in the breeding ground increasing 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit (3 degrees Celsius) from 2012 t»»»

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his vice premier and railed against "incompetent" officials in a rare and very public broadside against apparatchiks at the opening of a critical factory, state media said Tuesday. Vice Premier Yang Sung Ho was sacked "on the spot", the state-run Korean Cen»»»

President Rumen Radev is expected to submit his resignation to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. In a televised address to the nation Monday, Radev said this is his "last address as President" of Bulgaria. He said he will be submitting his resignation as head of State on Tuesday and expressed co»»»

An order by President Donald Trump to the US military to invade Greenland would trigger a "war", a Danish politician said. Danish MP Rasmus Jarlov said that if the US military invades Greenland, "it would be a war, and we would be fighting against each other." Also Read: Military aircraft to arrive»»»

A surfer had minor injuries from being bitten by a shark Tuesday in the fourth attack off the coast of Australia's most populous state in three days. The shark attacked the man's surfboard at Point Plomer, 460 kilometers (290 miles) north of the New South Wales state capital, around 9 a.m., officia»»»

Lebanese army chief General Rodolphe Haykal is gearing up for an official visit to Washington in early February, after the US cancelled meetings with him in November. The visit comes at a sensitive time, preceding the Paris conference to supporting the Lebanese army in March. Ministerial sources to»»»

On the evening of January 18, as the lights dimmed at Dubai’s 22nd Global Fusion concert, the music carried a weight far deeper than sound. Just a day earlier, Rohit Walia – the 65-year-old founder of Alpen Capital, its Executive Chairman and CEO, and the soul behind Global Fusion, had passed away »»»

Dubai: Dubai’s gold market opened higher on Tuesday, extending its rally to fresh historic highs as global political tensions lifted demand for safe-haven assets. (Check latest UAE gold prices here, alongside prices in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and India.) Sign up for our daily bu»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has issued a new rule increasing Saudisation requirements to 60 per cent across 18 marketing and sales professions, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development announced, in a move aimed at expanding employment opportunities for Saudi nationals. Also Read: Saudi Arabi»»»

Enhancing sustainable growth and expanding its operations in the real estate sector Doha: SK Holding announced its full acquisition of SK Properties and Ariane Holding, including Ariane Properties and Ariane Assets, in a strategic move aimed at unifying institutional decision-making, enhancing admi»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Shura Council held its regular weekly session yesterday at the Tamim bin Hamad Hall at the Council’s headquarters, under the chairmanship of Speaker of the Shura Council H E Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim. At the outset of the session, Secretary-General of the Council H E Nayef bin »»»

Political analysts broadly agree that President Rumen Radev’s resignation is a calculated step tied directly to his expected entry into electoral politics. According to Dimitar Ganev from Trend agency, the timing leaves no practical window for registering a new political party. Instead, Radev is ex»»»

The Abu Dhabi Commercial Court has rejected a lawsuit filed by a employee seeking to reduce her monthly loan repayments, ruling that the deductions made by each of the four banks involved did not exceed the legally permitted threshold. In its ruling, the court said that while the woman had accumula»»»

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Authorities in Indiana are hunting for a suspect after a Sunday shooting left a state judge and his wife injured. The police in Lafayette, located about 63 miles northwest of Indianapolis, said in a statement Monday that officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 1700 bloc»»»

The Abu Dhabi Labour Court of First Instance has ordered a company to pay Dh113,611 in compensation to a former employee after ruling that he had been dismissed without receiving his legal entitlements following more than two decades of service. The court found that the employee, who had worked for»»»

The Regional Headquarters for Combating Influenza and Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) in Burgas has proposed declaring a flu epidemic across the entire Burgas region, covering all 13 municipalities. Authorities point to the current incidence rates as justification for strict measures to control »»»

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump discussed guaranteeing Kurdish rights in a phone call on Monday, Syria's presidency said, a day after Damascus reached a deal with Kurdish forces including a truce. Sharaa met Mazloum Abdi, head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forc»»»

Doha, Qatar: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani inaugurated the ninth edition of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2026) at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) yesterday. The opening ceremony commenced with the national anthem, followed by a doc»»»

European NATO allies are withholding intelligence from Washington due to US President Donald Trump's claims to Greenland and a decline in trust within NATO, The i Paper newspaper reported on Monday, citing sources in the Western intelligence community. European intelligence officials are "not talki»»»

Dubai: Sharjah’s real estate market reached a new peak in 2025, recording the highest trading value in its history at Dh65.6 billion, up 64.3% compared to Dh40 billion in 2024. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The latest performance reflects a broader trend of rising de»»»

Dubai: I’ve interviewed Oscar-winning music composer and one of India's biggest cultural exports AR Rahman several times over the past 19 years of my career, and if there’s one thing I can say with absolute certainty, it’s this: Rahman gives the most measured responses of any artist I’ve encountere»»»

More than 8,000 traffic accidents were registered in Kyrgyzstan in 2025. The press service of the Main Traffic Safety Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported, summarizing its operational performance for the reporting period. The main causes of traffic accidents included speeding, im»»»

US President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” two European officials said Monday. Trump's message to Jonas Gahr Stør»»»

The Syrian government and the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) traded blame Monday for fresh clashes in northeastern Syria as well as accusations over the fate of Islamic State (IS) group prisoners in Kurdish-run jails. The Syrian government and Kurdish forces traded accusation»»»

The leader of a group that aims to unite Iranian students amid the violence in the country has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her belief that the Islamic regime cannot hold its power just through terror. Aïda Tavakoli is founder of the group We Are Iranian Students. She spoke to us after Iran's supreme »»»

Iran's national police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan on Monday issued an ultimatum to young people "deceived" into joining the "riots" to turn themselves in for more lenient punishment. The protests constituted the biggest challenge to the Iranian leadership in years, with the full scale of»»»

Morocco's Atlas Lions will face off against Senegal's Lions of Teranga in Rabat on Sunday night, where the host nation hopes to win its first Africa Cup of Nations title in half a century. The Africa Cup of Nations reaches its climax on Sunday with a showdown between host nation Morocco, looking to»»»

In tonight's edition, Senegal eagerly awaited the return of its champions on  Monday, with the population given a national holiday after the country's AFCON win over Morocco. Also, the Congolese army says it has regained control of the city of Uvira following the withdrawal of the M23 arm»»»

Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A surfer was bitten by a shark in waters off Sydney on Monday evening, the second person to suffer critical injuries in a shark attack near the Australia's largest city in little more than 24 hours. Emergency services were notified of the most recent attack at about 6:20 p.m. AEDT »»»

A blast ripped through a Chinese restaurant in central Kabul on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding more than a dozen others, officials said, in an attack later claimed by the Islamic State group and reported to have targeted Chinese nationals. A blast at a Chinese restaurant in cent»»»

"Witch-hunting" remains widespread across India, targeting mostly village women who are often single, widowed or otherwise isolated. Many endure severe psychological torment, social ostracism and abuse including sexual violence. Although several states have enacted laws to curb it, "witch-hunt»»»

Italian haute couture designer Valentino Garavani died at his home in Rome, his foundation said Monday. He was 93. Universally known by his first name, Valentino was adored by generations of royals, first ladies and movie stars, from Jackie Kennedy Onassis to Julia Roberts and Queen Rania of J»»»

The EU said on Monday it wanted to engage with the United States after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on European countries in the standoff over Greenland, but was ready to act if needed. FRANCE 24's Brussels correspondent Dave Keating says that 'there are signs of split between European»»»

So much for appeasement: The same Europeans who held their nose and swallowed their pride when the EU agreed Donald Trump’s tariffs last summer can no longer ignore the obvious, that there are limits with a president of the United States who tends to treat them as vassals, not allies… even as adver»»»

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute at the University of Dublin, says that Europe must be 'ready to respond in kind' if the US proceeds with the threat of punitive tariffs for the eight European countries that oppose plans t»»»

On 8 January, during ongoing tensions in northern Syria, the Syrian army launched an operation against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhoods of Aleppo. Within 10 days, the army had secured victory, and a 14-point Ceasefire and Full Integra»»»

In the evolving geography of global energy investment, few Western majors have signalled as sustained an interest in Asia’s energy transition as Norway’s Equinor. Traditionally known for its roots on the North Sea, the partly state-owned firm has for more than a decade cultivated a foothold in East»»»

In the evolving geography of global energy investment, few Western majors have signalled as sustained an interest in Asia’s energy transition as Norway’s Equinor. Traditionally known for its roots on the North Sea, the partly state-owned firm has for more than a decade cultivated a foothold in East»»»

Dubai: Weather conditions across the UAE are turning cooler and more unsettled today, with partly cloudy to cloudy skies over coastal and northern areas and a chance of light rainfall during the morning. Temperatures are easing slightly, particularly in western regions, while rising humidity overni»»»

A screen grab from a video made available by the Spanish Civil Guard shows agents gathering evidence at the site of the wreckage where, on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at least 40 people died after a high-speed train carrying more than 300 passengers derailed and collided with another train traveling »»»

Dubai: The global fragrance house Fragrance World marked a historic milestone as it celebrated its presence in more than 150 countries with a grand opening ceremony at Expo City Dubai. The journey of Fragrance World traces back to 1988, when its Founder and Chairman, Poland Moosa, established his f»»»

Spain begins three days of national mourning on Tuesday for the 40 people killed in a high-speed train crash that the prime minister has vowed to investigate. The crash late on Sunday is Spain's deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of tr»»»

As US President Donald Trump has escalated a standoff with Europe over his aggressive push to take control of Greenland — a move that is straining Nato unity and reviving fears of a transatlantic trade war. Trump has now linked his Greenland campaign to his failure to win the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize»»»

The Ministry of Defence of the United Arab Emirates has categorically denied the claims and misleading allegations made during a press conference held by Hadramout Governor Salem Al-Hanbashi, regarding the purported discovery of quantities of weapons and explosives allegedly linked to the UAE at Al»»»

Claude wasn't much of a talker, he barely moved, and never wore a costume to entice his audience - but on Sunday, hundreds gathered in San Francisco to celebrate the life and legacy of the city's beloved albino alligator. A New Orleans-style brass band, a gator-shaped eight-foot-long white sourdoug»»»

In recent decades, the geography of innovation has followed a familiar pattern. Breakthrough technologies have tended to emerge from a small handful of ecosystems, most notably the United States, with China rising rapidly over the past decade by pairing scale with state-backed ambition. From semico»»»