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

World / Asia

Australians told to get boosters amid COVID threat from new Omicron strain 14 Mar 2022 - 11:21 am
Nurse immuniser Kelie Lee administers the AstraZeneca vaccine to a patient at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic at the Bankstown Sports Club during a lockdown to curb an outbreak of cases in Sydney, Australia, August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Hong Kong leader says no plans to tighten COVID social distancing measures 14 Mar 2022 - 10:47 am
Peninsula
Marcos Jr holds big lead in poll for Philippines presidency 14 Mar 2022 - 10:31 am
Philippine presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
China records more local COVID cases so far this year than in whole of 2021 14 Mar 2022 - 10:17 am
Workers in protective suits stand next to people lining up at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Chaoyang district of Beijing, China March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Australian billionaires put more money into $15 bln solar power export project 14 Mar 2022 - 08:20 am
Peninsula
Hong Kong reports 32,430 COVID cases, 264 deaths 13 Mar 2022 - 01:17 pm
Peninsula
Thailand lays out buffet for elephants in national celebration 13 Mar 2022 - 12:23 pm
Elephants enjoy a
China's virus cases rise, access to Shanghai tightened 13 Mar 2022 - 11:25 am
Peninsula
China tightens controls as more virus cases reported 12 Mar 2022 - 03:49 pm
Peninsula
Hong Kong leader says city is not yet past COVID peak 12 Mar 2022 - 11:26 am
Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, interacts with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 11, 2022. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Lava flows as Indonesia's Mount Merapi continues to erupt 11 Mar 2022 - 07:18 pm
Mount Merapi volcano spews volcanic smoke as seen from Balerante following an eruption in Klaten, Central Java province, Indonesia, March 10, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Aloysius Jarot Nugroho/ via REUTERS
China to allow rapid tests for first time as Covid cases surge 11 Mar 2022 - 05:08 pm
Peninsula
As Fukushima memory fades, Japan's nuclear power proponents hope for reset 11 Mar 2022 - 01:59 pm
White flags are placed at a park to mourn the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, one day before the 11th anniversary of the events that killed thousands and set off a nuclear crisis, in Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Hong Kong refugees struggle to find food on empty supermarket shelves 11 Mar 2022 - 10:12 am
FILE PHOTO: A customer wearing a face mask shops in front of partially empty shelves at a supermarket, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Sha Tin district, in Hong Kong, China, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik
Pakistani police arrest man suspected of killing infant daughter 10 Mar 2022 - 09:52 pm
Peninsula
Singapore sets sights on opening to all vaccinated travelers 10 Mar 2022 - 03:45 pm
Peninsula
Thousands of Australians return to 'uninhabitable' homes as floods recede 10 Mar 2022 - 11:45 am
Peninsula
Indian capital's anti-corruption party gets election boost to take on Modi 10 Mar 2022 - 11:32 am
Peninsula