The House of Representatives has approved the Fourth Supplementary Estimates for the fiscal year 2025/26, which reflects an increase in government expenditure of $14.36 billion. The estimates, approved on February 3, proposes a total expenditure...

The actions of the Americans contradict their claims that they are willing to do business with Russia, FM Sergey Lavrov has told RT Read Full Article at RT.com

Venezuela has been a longstanding partner for India in the area of energy for trade and investment, Randhir Jaiswal has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Eighty people aged between 14 and 72 are under investigation for their alleged involvement in unlicensed moneylending activities, the police said on Thursday (Feb 5).They were arrested during a five-day operation from Jan 26 to 30, when officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and seven police land divisions carried out raids island-wide.The police said that preliminary investigations found that seven people had allegedly harassed debtors at their homes, while another 32 were believed to be runners who carried out ATM transfers as part of unlicensed moneylending activities.The remaining 41 people allegedly opened bank accounts and provided their ATM cards, personal identification numbers or internet banking tokens to unlicensed moneylenders.Investigations against them are ongoing, said the police.If found guilty, first-time offenders face a jail term of up to four years, fined between $30,000 and $300,000, and up to six strokes of the cane.

Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, says the Government has commenced targeted clean-up and restoration of hurricane-damaged wetlands in the Parottee community in St Elizabeth, as part of activities marking World...

The Central government, Nagaland government, and ENPO have signed an agreement to establish the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) to address the demands of Eastern Nagaland. Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated the MHA will fund the new body and ensure development in the region, marking progress towards peace and development in the Northeast.

The BJP is attempting to replicate its Bihar electoral strategy in Tamil Nadu by consolidating opposition forces and forming a broad social alliance across major caste segments. Aiming to counter the DMK, the party is forging alliances with former partners and breakaway factions, including the AIADMK and PMK, to build a wider NDA for the upcoming assembly elections.

Executive Vice-President Fitto and Commissioner Dombrovskis are invited to the 22nd Recovery and Resilience Dialogue (RRD), scheduled for 9 February 2026. The RRD is the mechanism by which the European Parliament exercises democratic oversight over the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) according to the RRF Regulation. The previous RRD took place on 24 November 2025. Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

A heated public meeting was held this evening at Réttarholt School, where residents of Gerðar, Grensásvegur, and nearby neighborhoods gathered in a show of unity against plans to open a Samhjálp café in a residential building at Grensásvegur 46.

Newly surfaced documents have revealed that Malawi’s former Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Sosten Alfred Gwengwe, quietly resigned from his cabinet position in December 2022, at the height of the country’s worsening economic crisis. A confidential memorandum addressed to President Lazarus Chakwera, dated 20 December 2022, shows that Gwengwe formally informed the Head of […] The post Revealed: How Gwengwe Resigned as Finance Minister in 2022 appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Russia’s NAIS-2026 aviation and drone expo features more than 200 companies focused on proactive import substitution Read Full Article at RT.com

Tehran has upgraded its missiles and shifted to an offensive military doctrine after US-Israeli strikes, a top Iranian commander announced Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran and the US are poised to hold nuclear talks in Oman as Donald Trump has not ruled out strikes on the Middle East country Read Full Article at RT.com

A US State Department spokesperson has accused South Africa of making a “poor foreign policy choice” after it expelled an Israeli envoy Read Full Article at RT.com

LIVE UPDATES: Keir Starmer's premiership is under growing pressure from Labour MPs, angry at his decision to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson to the role of ambassador to the US.

Keir Starmer said he was sorry as he painted himself as a victim of Mandelson's 'lies' about the extent of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Since the start of the year, there have been at least seven reported cases and at least $51,600 lost to job scams involving the performance of online tasks related to digital Pokemon trading cards, said the police. In a statement on Thursday (Feb 5), the police said that victims would receive unsolicited calls from Malaysian phone numbers about a job opportunity involving online tasks.The job would require victims to register for an account and initiate a cryptocurrency deposit on a fraudulent website.Victims would then be able to select digital Pokemon trading cards on the site and «earn» a commission based on the card value, which would be «deposited» into their registered account. Subsequently, they would encounter «exclusive» high-value cards which required them to make larger cryptocurrency deposits to the website before they could «earn» their commission. In some cases, victims would have negative account balances and had to make additional deposits to restore their accounts. 

A woman was left baffled after a pair of kingfishers were seen flying into the windows of her home.In a TikTok video shared on Monday (Feb 2) the Bedok resident said: «We need help. Even bird spikes don't stop them.»The clip shows the kingfishers crashing into the window, but they recover quickly and fly to a nearby tree, before flying into the windows again. 

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP-led central government of withholding funds, yet her government presented a pro-people budget. The state's interim budget of Rs 4.06 lakh crore for 2026-27 includes increased allowances for women, youth, and frontline workers, notably boosting the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme by Rs 500 monthly.

Reacting on X, Tharoor wrote: “The bizarre thing about this so-called ‘business decision’ by The Washington Post is that @ishaantharoor’s column flourished on the Internet,” adding that Ishaan Tharoor had “500,000 (half a million plus!) individual subscribers” for his WorldView newsletter. He said he had met foreign ministers, diplomats and scholars around the world who read the newsletter daily, and argued that the newspaper could have tried monetising that reach instead of abolishing it.

If you've done Dry January and made it through the working week with no booze, chances are you're counting down the hours until your first Friday night drink of the year tomorrow.

LIVE UPDATES: Keir Starmer's premiership is under growing pressure from Labour MPs, angry at his decision to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson to the role of ambassador to the US.

Keir Starmer said he was sorry as he painted himself as a victim of Mandelson's 'lies' about the extent of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Vance in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail was grilled about his whereabouts in the early hours of January 3, as US special forces descended on Nicolas Maduro.

The Managing Director of the Icelandic Chamber of Commerce says the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged is reasonable. It is clear, he says, that the government must take responsibility and begin implementing the efficiency measures that were announced early in the coalition government’s term.

Dozens of Ukrainian lawmakers want to step down from parliament, Verkhovna Rada MP Maryana Bezuglaya has said Read Full Article at RT.com

A planned Polish probe into Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged Russia links is an attempt to change the narrative, Kirill Dmitriev has said Read Full Article at RT.com

The attempts to link the late ultra-elite pedophile to Russia and Putin are absurd to the point of desperation Read Full Article at RT.com

Indian officials were reportedly unaware of the final details of the deal announced by Trump this week Read Full Article at RT.com