Doha, Qatar: Naim Sliti scored twice as Al Ahli produced a ruthless performance to thrash Al Sailiya 5-0 in the Qatar Stars League at Al Thumama Stadium yesterday. In the other match of the day, Mohamed Surag struck in the second half to hand Al Shahania a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Lusail SC. Al»»»

OSLO: Judge and former UN rights chief Navi Pillay of South Africa, winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, on Saturday called recently announced US sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) “unheard of, unacceptable.” “There is so much tension and anxiety over the continued existence of»»»

London: Arsenal roared back to beat Leeds 2-1 and pull level with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League on Saturday, hitting the ground running after the three-week international break. Mikel Arteta's champions struggled to impose themselves against well-organised opponents in the first »»»

JEDDAH: Prince Faisal bin Bandar, governor of Riyadh, will open the seventh International Conference on Disability and Rehabilitation on Sunday, bringing together scientists, researchers and innovators to explore advances that could improve the lives of people with disabilities. The conference will»»»

Washington: The United States today imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in an unprecedented move targeting its resources and operational capacity, just hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay of South Africa was named the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. US Secretary o»»»

Advocates of human rights and international justice cheered, even as Israeli officials fumed, after South African jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The 85-year-old drew wide praise for decades of work, including investigating crimes in Rwa»»»

The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle what it describes as a "rogue" tribunal, threatening to cripple its operations. Following the move, ⁠the European Union said it was "ready to take any necessary »»»

85-year-old also denounced attacks on international legal institutions Nurenberg: The 2026 Nobel peace prize winner, South Africa’s Navi Pillay, on Friday dedicated her award to “survivors of international crimes,” and called on world leaders to respect international legal institutions. “Let me ded»»»

Senegal and Morocco on Thursday are again set to fight for the African Cup of Nations title – this time, in the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland. The closed-door hearing comes nine months after the Confederation of African Football stripped Senegal of their trophy after the team's»»»

‘If you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with Trump’ Oslo: South African champion of international law Navi Pillay, who was awarded this year’s Nobel peace prize, joked that she might “share the prize” with US President Donald Trump if people kept applauding her. “If you clap a little »»»

When Andrei Popa took over as General Manager of Super Technologies in Romania on August 1, he inherited something his predecessors did not have. Three years ago the company’s Romanian business was built around a single consumer brand. Today it runs four, alongside a network of more than 1,000 reta»»»

London: The leader of Britain’s left-wing Greens said on Friday he would stay on as party chief after he failed to grab a parliamentary seat in the wake of a row with Israel. Zack Polanski, who is Jewish but has made the Greens avidly pro-Palestinian, was barred from Israel this month after his par»»»

Her work was ignored for years, until a series of recent critical and commercial hits Ottawa: Canadian-born poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, brings a modern twist to mysticism and antiquity in her unclassifiable writings about lov»»»

Buenos Aires: Lionel Messi brought the curtain down on his 21-year international career on Tuesday, bidding farewell to adoring Argentina fans in an emotional final appearance for the former world champions in Buenos Aires. In a perfectly scripted finale, the 39-year-old widely regarded as the grea»»»

Singapore: George Russell’s hopes of winning the 2026 world championship hit another road bump yesterday when it was announced that because of an engine penalty he would have to start from the back of the grid in this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. The Englishman had to retire in the closing laps »»»

Buenos Aires: Less than 24 hours after calling time on his international career, Lionel Messi said yesterday he was already missing wearing the Argentina jersey. The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, who scored a penalty in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Benin in his Buenos Aires swansong, had described the o»»»

Elbasan: For several days this summer the Albanian city of Elbasan choked in a dense cloud of stinging smoke coming from the direction of its notorious steelworks. Environmental inspectors who rushed to two fires discovered 318 tons of toxic industrial dust that had been stored for months in a chro»»»

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a 100-year-old chemical mystery, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Wednesday. Nobel Prize recipients receive a prize of 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million).   France's Henri Kag»»»

OSLO: Donald Trump’s chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize are seen as minimal, but his “spectre” will cast its shadow over Friday’s announcement of the winner in Oslo, experts say. The Norwegian Nobel Committee knows it will be under close scrutiny: since his return to the White House in Januar»»»

Turin, Italy: Nobel Prize for physics winner Francis Halzen spoke with pride on Wednesday about his early promotion of artificial intelligence in his research on neutrinos. Halzen, 82, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was visiting the city of Turin in northern Italy and spoke to »»»

LONDON: Five former Barclays traders, jailed in Britain for plotting to rig global benchmark interest rates, won an appeal to clear their names on Wednesday, further unraveling some of the UK Serious Fraud Office’s most high-profile prosecutions. London’s Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of »»»

STOCKHOLM: Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs and transformed modern medicine. Many molecules come in versions that look alike but are not»»»

Stockholm: France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on Wednesday won the Nobel chemistry prize for solving the mystery of why only one version of some molecules' mirror-image forms appears in nature, a discovery decisive for the development of pharmaceuticals. The pair were honoured "for the dis»»»

French-Japanese duo honoured for solving a century-old mystery of molecular asymmetry Stockholm: France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on Wednesday won the Nobel chemistry prize for solving the mystery of why only one version of some molecules' mirror-image forms appears in nature, a discover»»»

Cotonou, Benin: Football fans in Benin declared that it was "an honour" that the west African nation provided the opposition for Lionel Messi's final international appearance -- and most only had eyes for the Argentinian superstar. Benin lost 3-0 in Buenos Aires in front of more than 80,000 spectat»»»

Kerala lottery officials confirm the Rs300 million jackpot has been claimed anonymously Dubai: Who won Kerala’s Rs300 million Onam jackpot? The mystery is finally solved — but the winner wants to stay anonymous The winning ticket was sold in Kannur, while the jackpot winner has asked authorities no»»»

Paris: Michael Olise starred as France stormed back from behind to thrash Belgium 4-1 in the UEFA Nations League on Monday, while Italy continued their resurgence with victory over Turkiye. Dodi Lukebakio’s first-half strike had Belgium on track for a first competitive victory over France since 198»»»

STOCKHOLM: Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved. “It was a great surprise, and I obviously didn’t expect it,” Halzen»»»

Physicist used South Pole ice to capture particles originating in the distant cosmos Stockholm: Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel physics prize for groundbreaking work using South Pole ice to capture particles originating in the distant cosmos, providing insight into the far»»»

The first Women in Marketing CEE Awards, held in Bucharest, brought together marketing and communications professionals from across Central and Eastern Europe, recognising achievement in an industry undergoing rapid transformation. The awards gala on 1 October at the National Museum of Art of Roman»»»

Dozens of participants took part in a contest dubbed “Matt Race” in Tokyo In a country known for long working hours and chronic sleep deprivation, Japan has found an unusual way to promote better rest — by turning sleep into a competition. Dozens of participants took part in a contest dubbed “Matt »»»

Celebrated designer crowned for redefining global wedding and interior trends One of the pioneers of luxury design and the global wedding industry, Dr. Ali Behnam-Bakhtiar was crowned with the prestigious "best designer for events and interiors" - 2026 IIIA, India International Influencer Awards at»»»

Doha, Qatar: In a landmark decision underscoring the international prestige of Qatari horse racing, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) yesterday adopted the decision of the International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee (IRPAC) to promote the H H The Amir Tro»»»

Former Ajman resident says whatever comes next, remain humble and grateful Dubai: Bernadette Azucena was fast asleep when her husband’s video call brought news she initially thought could only have been a dream. It was around 1am in the Philippines when her husband told her that their Big Ticket gr»»»

Tokyo: In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organised by a mattress company. The Tokyo competition, dubbed "Matt Race", saw dozens of participants fitted with sleep tracking devices sprawl on c»»»

Stanford professor balances Nobel honour with making lunches for his kids STANFORD, California (AP): Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning early Monday that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenet»»»

Tribune News Network Doha In a landmark decision underscoring the international prestige of Qatari horse racing, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) has adopted the decision of the International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee (IRPAC) to promote the HH The Am»»»

STOCKHOLM: American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control individual nerve cells in the brain. The Nobel Assembly of Sweden’s ​Karolinska Institutet »»»

Half of those tracked completed their departures before major UK tax reforms took effect Dubai: Britain is confronting one of the largest outflows of private wealth in its recent history, with billionaires and other ultra-rich individuals who have left the country or sharply reduced their ties to i»»»

Stockholm: The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work in the field of optogenetics. The field helps researchers understand how specific cell types contribute to behaviours lik»»»

EINDHOVEN - The Serbia men's national football team lost 2-1 to the Netherlands in a UEFA Nations League Group A2 Match Day 4 clash in Eindhoven on Sunday evening. Despite a much better performance compared to their previous three games in the competition, Serbia suffered a sixth consecutive defeat»»»

Paris, France: Daryz won the Gr.1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe over 2,400m, while HM Alchahine claimed the Qatar Arabian World Cup on the final day of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Weekend at ParisLongchamp yesterday. H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani and H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Kha»»»

Women and youth shaping the Nobel Prize narrative over the decades Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have been awarded to individuals and organisations for work leading to great advances for humanity, in line with the wishes of the prizes' founder, inventor Alfred Nobel. The 2026 winners will be announc»»»

Hormone research for weight-loss drugs leads Nobel medicine prize predictions Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off. The winners of the six Nobel prizes for medicine, physics,»»»

Doha, Qatar: The WE RUN experience is coming to Doha for the first time with the PSG QNB WE RUN DOHA, taking place on October 30, 2026 at Lusail International Circuit, with the support of Paris Saint-Germain. A unique running experience on a legendary circuit Building on the launch of PSG Running e»»»

Motegi, Japan: Defending world champion Marc Marquez won the Japanese MotoGP on Sunday to slice Jorge Martin's overall championship lead to two points with six events of the season remaining. Marquez pushed pole-sitter Martin into second place in Motegi after overtaking his fellow Spaniard midway t»»»

Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democratic favourite, is running for re-election in Georgia in the 2026 US midterms while Abdul El-Sayed is a Senate candidate in the battleground state of Michigan. The two Democrats have very different profiles and platforms, underscoring divergences within the party. They c»»»

Paris: ParisLongchamp hosted a stellar nine-race card yesterday as the second day of the QREC-sponsored Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend featured three Group 1s and three Group 2s. H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Thani was among the distinguished guests at the meeting, which brought furth»»»

Over 7,000km from UAE, former secretary’s lucky ticket brings fortune to group of 22 Dubai: "I honestly thought I was still dreaming." That was Bernadette Azucena's first reaction after learning she had won Big Ticket's Dh20 million grand prize on Saturday night—news she initially missed because sh»»»

First names of Dh100,000 and Dh50,000 winners also revealed as Dh30m jackpot rolls over Dubai: The UAE Lottery has revealed the first name of its latest Dh5 million winner, who took the second prize in the Lucky Day draw held on Saturday, October 3. Only the winner's first name and the initial of t»»»