DUBAI, Feb 9 - Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will visit Oman accompanied by a delegation on Tuesday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.
Beijing has been bristling over comments Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has made concerning Taiwan.
SpaceX is putting its longstanding focus of sending humans to Mars on the back burner to prioritize establishing a settlement on the moon, founder Elon Musk said Sunday.
During Spain's three-day train drivers' strike, more than 330 services have been cancelled.
Netflix has unveiled its 2026 Southeast Asian content slate, anchored by some of the region’s biggest stars including Filipino box office draws Kathryn Bernardo and Anne Curtis, and Thai superstar Nadech Kugimiya, alongside a robust roster of original films and series across
Hybe, the concert organiser, said it plans to secure 3,553 safety personnel for the BTS concert.
This comes as the Thai city aims to curb road accidents and maintain its image as a tourist site.
When the next mission to the International Space Station blasts off from Florida next week, a special keepsake will be hitching a ride: a small stuffed rabbit.
Sheyna Lashira Smaradiani was buried on Feb 8.
Also in this newsletter: Leaders gear up for talks on restoring Europe's waning competitiveness, and Socialist moderate wins landslide victory in Portugal's presidential run-off.
BANGKOK, Feb 9 - Thailand faced a realignment of conservative politics on Monday, with coalition talks expected to start soon after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's party clinched a stronger-than-expected victory in general elections.
In an exclusive interview on Europe Today, the EU's chief diplomat says the Kremlin is not taking the Ukraine talks seriously as Brussels ponders appointing a special envoy to represent the 27 at the negotiating table.
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and other U.S. tech giants are ramping up India hiring.
Tehran detains top reformists and tightens pressure on dissent while juggling nuclear talks with Washington and rising military threats from the US and Israel.
Few professionals tend to live as long, or mature as slowly, as architects. Frank Gehry died late last year at the formidable age of 96, with several projects still under construction. But he’d only really been Frank Gehry for the past half-century or so: not in the sense of
MOSCOW, Feb 9 - Russia remains open for cooperation with the United States but is not hopeful about economic ties despite Washington's ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Monday.
South Korea's government aims to introduce another Bill widening regulatory control over digital assets.
The Seattle team produced a devastating defensive display to beat the New England Patriots.
"Real household income" is what you can actually swallow after taxes and inflation. In the north, high prices ate up the entire meal. In the east, wages grew fast enough to beat the bill.
A temporary 17-kilometre ice road has opened between Saaremaa and Hiiumaa to provide an alternative route for residents as ferry services are disrupted by heavy sea ice.
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William will meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia starting on Monday, an official trip on behalf of the government to deepen ties with the country. The royal's visit follows a 2025 trip to
People of all faiths will overcome "evil" together, Israel's President Isaac Herzog said on Monday as he laid a wreath at Sydney's Bondi Beach to commemorate victims of a shooting that killed 15 people at a Jewish festival. The Israeli head of state paid homage under rain and
Top experts of the ESIR group will continue providing the Commission with evidence-based policy advice to support the development of EU research and innovation (R&I) policy. Following the renewal of its mandate, the group held its inaugural plenary meeting on 6 February in
A centuries-old Chinese medicinal root is getting new scientific attention as a potential game-changer for common hair loss. Polygonum multiflorum, long believed to restore dark, healthy hair, appears to work on multiple fronts at once—blocking hair-shrinking hormones,
The historical drama “The King’s Warden” stormed to the top of the South Korean box office in its opening weekend, according to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. “The King’s Warden” earned $4.9 million from 761,832 admissions between
There are, presumably, some well-meaning civilians who have entered politics and found the experience nothing but societally beneficial and personally character-improving — but few to none of them are to be found in the movies. That balance doesn’t change with “Master,” a story
The proposed ban is meant to address leakages under the BUDI95 scheme.
Police say the "transnational" criminal group has been in operation since 2017.
Demand for European weapons production and exports is high. EU gun laws vary across member states, and creating a single EU framework is hard. Can the EU break this fragmentation? Ask the Euronews AI chatbot.
The European Union does not have a strong gun ownership culture or much public debate about firearms, yet it has become one of the world’s top exporters of small arms and light weapons.
Feb 9 (Reuters) - The death toll from the collapse of a residential building in the Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to 13, as rescue teams continued to search for missing people beneath the rubble, Lebanon's National News Agency reported on Monday. Rescue workers in the northern
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out? The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary
A consolidation among Chinese carmakers is flooding markets from São Paulo to Dubai
The Commission has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports into the EU of sweetcorn from the People’s Republic of China. The definitive anti-dumping duties imposed range from 31% to 54.3%. Imposing these duties will help to re-establish fair competitive conditions on the EU
Tony winner Ben Platt is set to take the London stage in the U.K. premiere of “Midnight at the Never Get,” a musical from “KPop Demon Hunters” songwriter Mark Sonnenblick. The production will take place at the Menier Chocolate Factory and is set to be directed by Drama Desk and
Anna Chlumsky, nominated for the Emmy Awards six times for “Veep,” has signed on opposite Leslie Bibb, Actor Award nominated for “The White Lotus,” in the Cold War crime series “Top of the Rock” from Iceland’s leading production company, Truenorth, alongside Mystery Productions
In her debut feature premiering in Berlin's Panorama section, Elle Sofe Sara takes us into the snowy landscapes of the Arctic region of Sápmi, where the indigenous Sámi live.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party secured 316 out of 465 seats in Sunday's election.
