With Musk at his side, Trump orders US agencies to plan for...
Washington [US], February 12: President Donald Trump ordered U.S. agencies on Tuesday to work closely with top adviser Elon Musk's effort to shrink the federal...
Trump presses Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza; king opposes displacement
Washington [US], February 12: Donald Trump on Tuesday pressed Jordan's King Abdullah to take in Palestinians who would be permanently displaced under the president's plan...
Israel's fatal shooting of a pregnant Palestinian woman puts the focus on...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 12: The call came in the middle of the night, Mohammed Shula said. His daughter-in-law, eight months pregnant with her first...
Netanyahu says Israel will end Gaza ceasefire if hostages not returned on...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 12: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that if Hamas did not release Israeli hostages by noon on Saturday...
Teacher fatally stabs eight-year-old in South Korea
Seoul [South Korea], February 12: A teacher has fatally stabbed an eight-year-old girl at an elementary school in South Korea, in an incident that has...
UAE Gender Balance Council advances gender equity agenda at World Governments Summit
Dubai [UAE], February 12: The UAE Gender Balance Council hosted the "Gender Balance Forum" as part of the 12th World Governments Summit being held under...
Future of Work Forum forecasts economic shifts, outlines AI opportunities, impact on...
Dubai [UAE], February 12: The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, in collaboration with the...
Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, Cordiant Capital sign MoU to strengthen...
Dubai [UAE], February 12: The Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), and Cordiant Capital, a global investor in infrastructure and real assets, signed a...
UN officials denounce Trump's Gaza plan
Geneva [Switzerland], February 12: United Nations officials have condemned the idea of deporting people from Gaza, noting it's strictly prohibited under international law.
UN outraged by loss of WFP staffer in Yemen
New York [US], February 12: The United Nations World Food Programme said Tuesday one of its staffers has died in a Yemeni prison three weeks...
Jordan reiterates steadfast position against displacement of Palestinians
Amman [Jordan], February 12: His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan published a post on his official X account, where he reiterated Jordan's steadfast position...
Billionaire Musk wants to spend $97.4 billion to control the company that...
Washington [US], February 11: Billionaire Elon Musk wants to control OpenAI, the company that owns the artificial intelligence application ChatGPT, in an effort to prevent...
Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement broken?
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 11: Hamas announced on February 10 that it would postpone plans to release hostages this weekend until further notice due to...
Trump sued for suspending US immigration program
Washington [US], February 11: Refugees, their families and refugee advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump for ending the resettlement program...
Russian spacecraft engine breakthrough
Moscow [Russia], February 11: Scientists from Russia's State Nuclear Energy Corporation recently announced the development of a plasma electric rocket engine that they claim could...
North Korean Defense Ministry warns after news of US submarine arriving in...
Seoul [South Korea], February 11: The Defense Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on February 11 accused the United States of once again...
German couple sentenced for killing Ukrainian refugee woman to steal her child
Berlin [Germany], February 11: An infertile couple in Germany murdered two Ukrainian refugee women to kidnap a newborn baby with the intention of taking it...
Mr. Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tax on imported...
Washington [US], February 11: Signing an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all imported aluminum and steel, US President Donald Trump said this was...
Ukraine in military and diplomatic dilemma
Kiev [Ukraine], February 11: Ukraine is facing a Russian advance in the east while at risk of having its military aid cut by the US.
Asian economy under pressure from US trade war escalation
Washington [US], February 11: US President Donald Trump continues to make new moves on tariffs, raising concerns that the trade war will spread and have...
Trump says Hamas should free all hostages by midday Saturday or 'let...
Washington [US], February 11: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas should release all hostages held by the militant group in Gaza by...
Hamas says it will stop releasing Israeli hostages, throwing Gaza ceasefire into...
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 11: Hamas on Monday announced it would stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice over what the Palestinian militant group called...
US woman sues Tate brothers, accuses them of luring her into sex...
Washington [US], February 11: A woman in the U.S. accused internet personalities Tristan and Andrew Tate of conspiring to coerce her into sex work, luring...
Trump loosens enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials
Washington [SU], February 11: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of...
U.S. funding freeze threatens Ukraine investigations of alleged Russian war crimes
Washington [US], February 11: The Trump administration's freeze of foreign funding has begun impacting an international effort to hold Russia responsible for alleged war crimes...
Europe's AI push: €150 bn pledge to supercharge AI startups
Brussels [Belgium], February 11: As the 2025 two-day AI Action Summit unfolds in Paris, a major push to position Europe as a global leader in...
34th Sharjah Theatre Days launches February 19
Sharjah [UAE], February 11: Sharjah Theatre Days will take place on February 19 -26, featuring 15 theatrical performances across three categories: inside the competition, outside...