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

World

France's new PM resigns, hours after cabinet unveiled: presidency 06 Oct 2025 - 11:07 am
Peninsula
Over a dozen wounded in rare Sydney mass shooting 06 Oct 2025 - 08:06 am
Representational image
5.4-magnitude quake hits Kyrgyzstan -- GFZ 06 Oct 2025 - 12:02 am
Peninsula
Trump welcomes Putin's proposal to extend New START Treaty 05 Oct 2025 - 10:16 pm
US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One en route to Naval Station Norfolk on October 5, 2025. (Photo by  Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
France unveils new government amid political deadlock 05 Oct 2025 - 10:07 pm
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers a statement at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on October 3, 2025, before a round of consultations with political parties ahead of the announcement of the new government. (Photo by Alain Jocard / POOL / AFP)
Syria selects members of first post-Assad parliament 05 Oct 2025 - 09:12 pm
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (left) visits the poling station where members of Syrian local committees have been casting their votes in the country's selection process to designate an interim parliament, in Damascus on October 5, 2025. (Photo by Louai Beshara / AFP)
Bangladesh deploys warships to protect prized hilsa fish 05 Oct 2025 - 08:31 pm
Hilsa - Bangladesh's national fish and a much-loved delicacy / Image: social media
GCC welcomes Hamas' response to US president plan to stop war in Gaza 05 Oct 2025 - 08:08 pm
Peninsula
Dutch hold protest over Gaza war 05 Oct 2025 - 07:51 pm
Demonstrators including one with a Palestinian flag gather at Museumplein for a
5.3-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Kamchatka -- GFZ 05 Oct 2025 - 07:43 pm
Peninsula
Bangladesh's dengue fever death toll in 2025 rises to 212 05 Oct 2025 - 06:43 pm
File photo for representational purposes only.
Saudi stock index closes higher 05 Oct 2025 - 05:49 pm
Peninsula
Nearly 250,000 dead, injured or missing in Gaza over two years of genocide: Palestinian Health Ministry 05 Oct 2025 - 05:37 pm
A displaced Palestinian girl runs along the beach as a man sits on a fishing boat, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on October 5, 2025. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Storm delays African historic E1 powerboat race in Lagos 05 Oct 2025 - 05:19 pm
Team Drogba's E1 race boat is lowered into the Lagos Lagoon before racing in Lagos, on October 05, 2025. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 45 05 Oct 2025 - 04:53 pm
An aerial view shows rescuers searching for victims at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, on October 5, 2025, after a multi-story building at the school collapsed during prayers. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi / AFP)
Somali Ministry of Internal Security announces taking out 7 Al Shabaab operatives 05 Oct 2025 - 04:49 pm
Peninsula
Indonesia lifts TikTok licence suspension as app shares data 05 Oct 2025 - 03:09 pm
The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California on September 30, 2025. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Hanoi's Old Quarter glows as Mid-Autumn Festival approaches 05 Oct 2025 - 02:21 pm
People shop for the Mid-Autumn Festival at Hang Ma Street in Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 3, 2025. Hanoi's Hang Ma Street is brightly decorated with lanterns and festive items for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. (Photo by Dang Hong Dung/Xinhua)