CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World

Pence to announce 'concrete steps' for Venezuela on Monday 24 Feb 2019 - 09:10 pm
US Vice President Mike Pence delivers a speech at the 1st Airlift Base in Warsaw on February 13, 2019 during a three-day visit of the US Vice President to Poland. AFP/Janek Skarzynski
Cuba votes in referendum on new constitution 24 Feb 2019 - 07:43 pm
Election officials check the documents of a voter at a polling station during a constitutional referendum in Havana, Cuba, February 24, 2019. Reuters/Fernando Medina
Moldovans head to polls, opt between Moscow and West 24 Feb 2019 - 07:43 pm
An elderly woman immobilised in bed is helped to vote by a relative in a mobile ballot box in Bardar village, on February 24, 2019, as Moldovans are called to the polls to elect new parliament members.  AFP / Daniel Mihailescu
British PM May seeks more time: promises Brexit deal vote by March 12 24 Feb 2019 - 07:43 pm
Peninsula
Suspected Bangladesh plane hijacker shot dead: army 24 Feb 2019 - 06:23 pm
Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on February 24, 2019, after an emergency landing of the hijacked Dubai-bound Bangladesh Biman plane.  AFP
Exodus from last IS enclave overwhelms Syria force 24 Feb 2019 - 05:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) drink tea in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Guaido Pleads for International Support as Venezuela Aid Burns 24 Feb 2019 - 04:01 pm
A bus burns down during a protest in the border city of Urena, Tachira, after President Nicolas Maduro's government ordered a temporary close-down of the border with Colombia on February 23, 2019.  AFP / JUAN BARRETO
'They shot at us,' say injured Venezuela protesters 24 Feb 2019 - 02:31 pm
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido take part in a march in Caracas, on February 23, 2019. AFP / Cristian Hernandez
Mine blast kills more than 20 civilians in Syria 24 Feb 2019 - 02:24 pm
Peninsula
Vietnam relishes role as peace maker as it seeks to balance ties 24 Feb 2019 - 01:10 pm
A Vietnamese soldier uses a metal detector at a Hilton hotel's terrace, next to the Opera building, ahead of the North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Harry and Meghan to champion girls' education in Morocco's Atlas Mountains 24 Feb 2019 - 12:46 pm
Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are welcomed by British Ambassador to Morocco Thomas Reilly and his wife Alix, at the Casablanca Airport in Casablanca, Morocco, February 23, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool
Explainer: Britain's next Brexit flashpoint: What happens in parliament on Feb. 26-27? 24 Feb 2019 - 11:46 am
File photo of British Prime Minister Theresa May.
Moldovans vote for new government amid talk of protests and poisoning 24 Feb 2019 - 11:38 am
Andrei Nastase, one of the leaders of Moldova's ACUM opposition bloc, addresses the media as he visits a polling station during a parliamentary election in Chisinau, Moldova February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Vladislav Culiomza
North Korean leader rides train on way to Vietnam 24 Feb 2019 - 10:33 am
This picture taken on February 23, 2019, and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on February 24 shows Kim Jong Un (C) departing Pyongyang Station for the second North Korea-US summit meeting in Hanoi AFP /KCNA via KNS
Highest recorded number of Afghan civilians killed in 2018 -UN report 24 Feb 2019 - 10:31 am
Peninsula
India toxic alcohol deaths jump to 133: police 24 Feb 2019 - 10:22 am
Indian victims are under medical treatment at Jorhat hospital after allegedly drinking toxic bootleg liquor in Assam's Golaghat district on February 22, 2019. AFP / Biju BORO
S.Koreans fearful of 'nightmare' US troop withdrawal 24 Feb 2019 - 09:31 am
This picture taken on February 21, 2019 shows US soldiers walking at a shopping zone outside the US Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek. AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Venezuela's Guaido says "all options open" after Maduro blocks aid 24 Feb 2019 - 07:39 am
A protester uses a slingshot during clashes with Venezuelan soldiers along the border between Venezuela and Brazil in Pacaraima, Brazil February 23, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes