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While Dubai is straining under a tourism boom and Saudi Arabia has launched multi-billion-dollar projects to boost its visitor numbers, neighbouring Oman is quietly enjoying its own uptick in interest as a travel destination. The Middle Eastern nation has been drawing tourists looking for a less commercialised and more authentic experience of heritage and nature. “The Omanis are deeply proud of their natural beauty and cultural heritage, and their tourism policies are designed to protect both,” says Daniel Waters, Sales Manager at adventure tour company Wild Frontiers. “This means you won’t find sprawling high-rise cities or generic resort experiences. Add…
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By Euronews Published on 31/12/2025 – 17:31 GMT+1 •Updated 17:35 Day two of the first-ever World Sports Summit in Dubai has seen the focus shift from inspiration to action, with conversations spanning athlete well-being, innovation and the future business of global sports. The event drew more than 1,500 sports industry figures for two days of discussions and featured around 70 speakers including active and retired athletes, federation presidents, team executives and sports administrators, according to organisers. “It’s understanding that you need patience to stay motivated and keep coming back. Even being here for a short time, I’m inspired and eager to…
Hours later a Finnish patrol vessel caught the Fitburg with its anchor in the water in Finland’s exclusive economic zone, the country’s coast guard reported. “At the moment we suspect aggravated disruption of telecommunications and also aggravated sabotage and attempted aggravated sabotage,” Helsinki police chief Jari Liukku told media. “Finland is prepared for security challenges of various kinds, and we respond to them as necessary,” President Alexander Stubb said on X. Earlier this year the NATO military alliance launched its “Baltic Sentry” program to stop attacks against subsea energy and data cables in the Baltic Sea that have multiplied following…
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Published on 31/12/2025 – 18:40 GMT+1 Pope Leo XIV brought 2025 to a close on Wednesday with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people, young and old. The pontiff presided over a New Year’s Eve vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica, giving thanks for the 2025 Holy Year that brought millions of pilgrims to Rome in the once-every-quarter-century celebration of Christianity. In his homily, Pope Leo XIV thanked the city of Rome and the volunteers who helped keep crowds moving as they visited St. Peter’s and passed through its Holy…
Published on 31/12/2025 – 19:41 GMT+1 Fireworks are typically a celebratory centrepiece of New Year celebrations in Hong Kong but this year was very different as the spectacular and colourful explosions in the sky over its iconic Victoria Harbor were absent after a massive fire in November killed at least 161 people. The city’s tourism board instead hosted a music show on Wednesday night featuring soft rock duo Air Supply and other singers in Central, a business district that also is home to the famous nightlife hub Lan Kwai Fong. The facades of eight landmarks turned into giant countdown clocks…
Published on 31/12/2025 – 19:11 GMT+1 Trains were running again in both directions through the Channel Tunnel between continental Europe and the United Kingdom on Wednesday but problems remained after a day of travel chaos caused by power malfunctions and a broken down train. The tunnel operator, Eurotunnel, said the 50-kilometre undersea link was back to “full capacity” after a power fault inside it was fixed overnight on Tuesday. The short statement didn’t detail the cause of the power failure. But Eurostar, which runs passenger trains through the tunnel, warned of continued possible delays and cancellations because of “knock-on impacts”…
Published on 31/12/2025 – 18:18 GMT+1 Iran appointed a new central bank governor on Wednesday as an economic crisis sparked mass protests following a record currency fall against the US dollar. President Masoud Pezeshkian’s Cabinet appointed Abdolnasser Hemmati, a former economics minister, as the new governor of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported. Hemmati succeeds Mohammad Reza Farzin, who resigned on Monday, the day after the start of some of the largest protests in the country in three years sparked by the decline of the rial, Iran’s currency, to a record…