Tribune News Network Doha Nearly five million passengers used the Doha Metro and Lusail Tram networks during the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2025, held from December 1 to 18, according to Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail). In a statement on Saturday, Qatar Rai»»»

3266623 KUWAIT -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs applauds the US decision to repeal the sanctions on Syria and lauds President Donlad Trump's role in this regard. 3266658 WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump signs a law repealing a final batch of crippling economic sanctions imposed on Syria un»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 20 (KUNA) -- 1958 -- A conference of Arab writers was held in Kuwait and was inaugurated by Chairman of the Ma'aref (knowledge) Council Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. 1970 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree that imposed additional income tax. 1976 -- Minis»»»

DOHA: The Organizing Committee of the Fourth GCC Games (Doha 2026) revealed the official logo of the games during a special ceremony held on Saturday at the Old Doha Port. Several committee members and representatives of regional sports federations attended the ceremony. The logo broadly draws its »»»

Rome will charge a fee for most tourists who want to visit the city's popular Trevi Fountain on February 1, city officials announced. File Photo by G20/UPI | License Photo Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Most tourists visiting Rome's iconic Trevi Fountain will have to pay a modest fee starting Feb. 1, but locals »»»

Cairo: Egypt has reaffirmed its full support for Sudan during its continued ordeal, stressing its enduring commitment to protecting Sudan's unity and territorial integrity. Egypt further affirmed that it backs Sudan's national institutions and pushes back against any attempts that would undermine S»»»

The release of thousands of pages of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's abuse has left some who were anxiously awaiting the files disappointed. The documents' release was prompted by an act of Congress that directed the US Justice Department (DOJ) to make materials related»»»

Egypt’s Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Sherif El-Sherbiny, visited New Sphinx City following a tour of Sheikh Zayed City to review ongoing and planned development projects spanning approximately 85,000 feddans. During his visit, El-Sherbiny chaired a meeting at the headquarte»»»

Tunis, Dec. 20 (TAP) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti, on the sidelines of his participation in the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, held in Cairo on December 19–20,...»»»

Doha: Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani met with Federal Minister of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany HE Alexander Dobrindt. The meeting discussed ways to strengthen bilateral security coopera»»»

Several areas of Oregon and Washington state have gone in and out of flood watches as the Pacific Northwest has been pounded with rain, including the Willamette Valley, where the Willamette River, pictured, is located. File Photo by Eitenne Laurent/EPA Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A flood watch is in effect in»»»

The Swedish Academy said Saturday its permanent secretary, Mats Malm, is stepping down after seven years of heading the prestigious institution that awards the annual Nobel literature prize. As of June 1, 2026, Academy member Ingrid Carlberg, an author and journalist, will take over as permanent se»»»

Tunis, Dec 20 (TAP) — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration, and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti pointed out that the current regional and international context, characterised by the intensification of multiple crises, calls for the urgent need...»»»

Colombo: Sri Lanka has entered the public phase of 5G mobile connectivity with the launch of commercial 5G services by Dialog Axiata PLC and Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel (SLT-Mobitel), the country's two major telecommunications providers. SLT-Mobitel launched the service on Friday at One Galle Face Ma»»»

DOHA: Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has met with Federal Minister of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany HE Alexander Dobrindt. The meeting discussed ways to strengthen bilateral security coo»»»

New York: US space technology company Blue Origin on Saturday launched a wheelchair user into space, marking a historic first. The New Shepard Mission NS-37 lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas at 816 a.m. Central Standard Time (1416 GMT) with a six-person crew. Among them is Michaela Bent»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that intercity bus services to and from Sharjah and Ajman have resumed. In an Instagram post, the authority said the move will allow passengers to continue their journeys safely and smoothly through the inter-emirate public transport netw»»»

The Israeli military said on Saturday its forces had arrested a suspected ISIS militant in Syria earlier this week and taken him back to Israel. In a statement, the military said that on Wednesday "soldiers completed an operation in the area of Rafid in southern Syria to apprehend a suspected terro»»»

Washington,Dec. 20 (SANA) Qatar and the United States stressed the need to support efforts aimed at achieving stability in Syria and boosting its economy, in addition to continuing cooperation in combating terrorism. This came in a joint statement following the seventh strategic dialogue between th»»»

DOHA: Registration for the 17th Qatar International Falcons and Hunting Festival (Marmi 2026) will kick off at the Qatari Society of Al Gannas (QSA) headquarters in Katara Cultural Village on Sunday. It will continue until December 23, from 4pm to 8pm. The festival features numerous competitions, m»»»

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, pictured in 2021, and his wife have been sentenced to 17 years in prison for corruption. File Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA-EFE Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, and his wife have been sentenced to 17 additional year»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Volodymyr Zelensky is contradicting himself and giving inconsistent statements when commenting on the issue of a possible presidential election in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday. "Zelensky is actively commenting [on the issue of the possible election], »»»

Tunis, Dec 20 (TAP) — A five-year financing agreement was signed between the Coastal Protection and Development Agency (APAL), the Djerba-based NGO "Association Jlij pour l’Environnement Marin" (AJEM), and The MedFund, to support the co-management...»»»

Doha: Doha will host the Executive Office Meeting of the Arab Weightlifting Federation (AWF) on Sunday, followed by its electoral meeting, on the margins of the Qatar Weightlifting Federation's (QWF) concomitant hosting of three international, Arab, and Asian championships until Dec. 27, 2025. The »»»

CAIRO (Sputnik) - Russia and African countries have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the spheres of politics and security following the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday. "The joint statement also contain»»»

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, the Vatican said Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that the new year will signal the unofficial start of his pontificate. The consistory, as such gatherings are called, will be held Jan. 7-8, im»»»

DOHA:This evening, the events organised by the Ministry of Culture to celebrate the country's National Day concluded after 11 days at the Darb Al Saai site in Umm Salal. The National Day events organising committee announced that Darb Al Saai witnessed a large public turnout, reaching approximately»»»

Ivaylo Mirchev, co-chair of Yes, Bulgaria, one of the partners in the Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) coalition, has said that if any change in this country is to happen, it will only occur when they secure an absolute majority. "Anything short of 121 MPs implies compromises and a»»»

An exclusive investigation by UK’s The Guardian has found companies hiring hundreds of Colombian fighters for Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces. A one-bedroom flat off north London’s Creighton Road in Tottenham is, according to UK government records, tied to a transnational network of companies involved»»»

Doha: Weather, inshore, until 6am on Sunday will be cold and scattered clouds with chance of light rain at places, hazy by late night, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report. Offshore, it will be partly cloudy with chance of scattered rain at northern area thundery at times,»»»

Tunis, Dec 20 (TAP) — Although flat-rate taxpayers account for 38.9% of all registered contributors, their share of total tax revenues has not exceeded 0.5% over the last five years, the Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies (ITES) stated in...»»»

Tunis, Dec 20 (TAP) – The weather on Saturday night will be very cloudy at times in the north, with scattered rain and locally stormy along northern coastal areas. Temporarily cloudy elsewhere, according to the National Institute of Meteorology...»»»

Tunis, Dec. 20 (TAP) - Sunday, December 21, 2025, corresponds to the first day of the month of Rajab 1447 AH, Mufti of the Tunisian Republic, Hichem Ben Mahmoud, announced in a statement on Saturday.This is based on the adoption of moon sighting and...»»»

Former Bikram Police Station Station House Officer (SHO) Vinod Kumar in Patna has been found guilty in an internal investigation for accepting gifts during his farewell ceremony from individuals allegedly linked to sand and liquor mafia, as well as other persons with criminal backgrounds. Departmen»»»

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has spoken by phone with his British counterpart Yvette Cooper, an Iranian foreign ministry statement said on Saturday, in a rare case of direct contact between the two countries. The ministry said that in Friday's call the ministers "stressed the need to cont»»»

Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB), the largest private-sector bank in Egypt, continues to play a leading role in advancing banking capabilities across the African continent, marking the graduation of the third cohort of the East Africa Banking Credit Programme. The milestone reflects CIB’»»»

The UAE Lottery’s Lucky Day Draw No. 251220, held on Saturday, saw three winners each take home Dh100,000 under the guaranteed Lucky Chance ID cash prize category. The winning numbers from the Days set were set were 15, 17, 24, 6, 27 and 18, while the winning number from the Months set was 8. The L»»»

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi on Saturday reiterated calls for structural changes in the UN Security Council to grant Africa a larger role in shaping global decisions. El-Sisi made the plea for a “more pluralistic” world order at a conference of the Russia-Africa partnership held in Cairo,»»»

Tunis, Dec 20 (TAP) – The Bank for Financing Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (BFPME) announced on Saturday the launch of the implementation of its new integrated banking information system, aimed at fuding SMEs.This new information system will...»»»

Manila: Three people were killed and another was injured after a speeding van crashed into a motorcycle along a highway in Oriental Mindoro province in the Philippines, police said Saturday. The crash occurred on Friday afternoon in the municipality of Pola, when a van slammed into a motorcycle car»»»

Three men have been arrested for allegedly raping a woman who knocked on their hotel room door by mistake on Wednesday night. The 30-year-old nurse was on her way to meet her friend, who was staying at the same establishment, when she knocked on room 205 instead of 105. Instead of pointing out the »»»

Ankara, Dec 20 (SANA) Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler underscored the strategic importance of stability and security in Syria for Turkey’s national security, highlighting the growing coordination between Ankara and Damascus. Speaking to media representatives in Ankara on Saturday, Guler said t»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE on Saturday welcomed renewed calls by the United States for an immediate halt to fighting in Sudan, stressing the urgency of easing a conflict that has pushed millions into displacement and deepened one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al »»»

The official visit of President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov to Japan, which took place on December 18–20, has concluded, the presidential press service reported. According to the press service, on December 18 the head of state met with Emperor of Japan Naruhito. During the meeting, issues »»»

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Türkiye's MIT intelligence agency chief met Hamas' ​negotiating team head Khalil Al-Hayya on Saturday and discussed necessary measures to be taken for proceeding to the ‌second phase ‌of the ‌Gaza ⁠peace ​plan, ‌Turkish security sources said, Reuters reported. The sources, speaking on condition of »»»

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison after it found them guilty of corruption over the selling of expensive gifts they were given while in office. Khan has been in prison since 2023 on multiple corruption convictions»»»

Two men have been arrested for possessing more than 400 kilograms of untaxed hookah tobacco with an estimated value exceeding BGN 100,000, Radostin Angelov, head of the Seventh Precinct Police Department in Sofia, said at a news briefing on Saturday. Angelov said that during a specialized police op»»»

A single-member misdemeanor court in Hania, Crete, found a 54-year-old man guilty of attempted fraud after he posed as an investigator to the family of a 33-year-old doctor missing for 12 days. The court heard he had sought €5,000 plus €1,500 in expenses from his victims to allegedly locate the mis»»»

During his official visit to Japan, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov held talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo. According to the presidential press service, they discussed deepening bilateral cooperation in the political, economic, cultural, and humanitarian spheres, incr»»»