Silva Gu's eyes dart back and forth across miles of tall grassland, scouring it for signs of life in the darkness. He speaks in less than a whisper as we try to find a spot to hide in the fields. Behind us, the vast metropolis of Beijing has yet to wake. As we wait, we hear only our own breath. And»»»

QNA Doha Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi met with Advisor to the Saudi Foreign Minister on Lebanese Affairs Prince Yazid bin Mohammed bin Fahd Al Farhan in Doha on Sunday. Talks during the meeting focused on strengthening bila»»»

Tribune News Network DOHA Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Kenneth Wilsbach and his accompanying delegation paid an official visit to Qatar Amiri Air Force. During the visit, he met with Commander of Qatar Amiri Air Force Major-General (Pilot) Faisal Khalid Al Ghanim. The two s»»»

Emergency crews successfully evacuated an elderly Thessaloniki couple after a fire broke out in their second-floor apartment Sunday. The woman was taken to hospital with respiratory problems, authorities said. Firefighters also rescued a woman and her three children living on the floor above. The f»»»

Tribune News Network Doha On a dramatic day of twists and turns, Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen captured his sixth world rapid championship title on Sunday winning the Qatar 2025 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship a full point ahead of the field with 10.5/13 . It’s the Norwegian’s 19th world champions»»»

QNA Beijing China’s core artificial intelligence (AI) industry exceeded one trillion yuan ($142 billion) in 2025, reflecting the country’s rapid advancements in emerging technologies and its growing global influence in AI development, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) annou»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Ooredoo, Qatar’s leading ICT provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD) to collaborate on research and assessments aimed at enhancing Ooredoo’s sustainability performance and identifying actionable »»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) representation office in Yemen has announced that more than 77,000 refugees and local residents in Sanaa have received a wide range of comprehensive healthcare services under a healthcare project for refugees, funded by a grant of $904»»»

Tribune News Network Doha President of the Republic of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has praised Qatar Charity’s (QC) significant role in economically empowering vulnerable communities through income-generating projects. He emphasised that the initiative would create new opportunities for youth employm»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC), founded by Qatar Foundation (QF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour (MoL), and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), launched the Winter Edition of its job-shadowing programme ‘My Career – My Future,’ at »»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Language Institute of Qatar Armed Forces, represented by Brigadier Khalid Hamad Al-Kaabi, acting commander of the Language Institute, signed an agreement to extend the partnership and cooperation with the French Institute in Doha, represented by Margaux Girard, deputy »»»

Tribune News Network Doha The University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST) has received full accreditation from the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) for its Diploma in Information Technology (Dip. IT) and Diploma in Information Systems (Dip. IS), offered through the College of»»»

Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ahead of meeting with the Ukrainian president. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, pictured during a meeting at the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump in August, arrived at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday morning to work on a proposed 2»»»

One person has died and another suffered critical injuries after two helicopters collided mid-air on Sunday above a city in New Jersey, local police said. The Hammonton Police Department reported that one of the helicopters was engulfed in flames by the time it crash landed on the ground, and emerg»»»

Damascus: The Israeli occupation forces renewed their incursion into Syrian territory on Sunday, detaining six people. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said that the Israeli forces detained five young men from the Daraa governorate as they were searching for wild mushrooms in farmlands near the t»»»

Nine people including five children have been stabbed to death on the outskirts of Suriname's capital, Paramaribo, police have said. Another adult and child were taken to hospital after sustaining serious injuries in the attack, city police said in a statement. Officers were called to an address on»»»

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he believed the leaders of Ukraine and Russia were serious about peace as he spoke with them both in what he called the final stages of his efforts to end the war. Trump, who had promised to finish the war on day one of his presidency, said he had no deadline b»»»

Doha: The Ministry of Interior (MOI) Qatar shared a safety advisory on social media on child seats in vehicles, emphasising the importance of not allowing children below the age of 10 to sit in the front seat of vehicles. In a post on X, the ministry noted that ensuring children under 10 do not occ»»»

Starting January 1, New Yorkers will no longer be able to buy or reload MetroCards to pay fare on the city's subways and buses as the MTA moves fully to a tap-and-pay system called OMNY over the next six months. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Dec. 28 (UPI) -- More than 30 years af»»»

Israel's defense ministry said on Sunday it had deployed a new "Iron Beam" laser system for the air force to intercept aerial threats. The laser system's main developers, the ministry's research and development department and defense contractor Rafael, delivered it to the air force at a ceremony in»»»

Suriname: A knife attack outside Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo, killed at least nine people, including five children, police said Sunday. Officials confirmed that the victims included four of the attacker’s children and neighbours who came to their aid. A neighbour’s child was also among those kil»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, for over an hour by phone, shortly before Trump's scheduled meeting on Sunday with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky in Miami. Zelensky, who faces another corruption scandal implicating lawmakers that erupted over the weekend, »»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has denied claims suggesting a renewed threat from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, saying that recent online interpretations of an international health report were misleading and not supported by scientific evidence. Dr. Abdullah Asiri, the deputy minister of healt»»»

Damascus, Dec. 28 (SANA) Syrian Defense Minister Major General Murhaf Abu Qasra held a phone call Sunday with Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense of Qatar. The two officials discussed matters of mutual interest, as well as recent developmen»»»

The EU withdrew a record quantity of gas from underground storage facilities on Christmas Day, Gazprom has reported, warning that low reserves mean supplies could prematurely run out. As of December 25, Europe had 66.3 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas in storage, down 9.9 bcm year-on-year, the com»»»

Cairo: The Arab League Council, at the level of permanent representatives, strongly condemned Israel's recognition, on Dec. 26, of the secession of the northwestern region of Somalia, known as "Somaliland," considering it a move driven by ulterior political, security, and economic agendas that are »»»

Jawad Developments has announced a partnership with Eltizam Egypt, a provider of integrated asset and facilities management services, to manage and operate the Val Plaza project in 6th of October City, west Cairo, ahead of the mall’s opening in the first half of next year. Commenting on the agreeme»»»

Strong winds caused damage in 26 out of 28 regions across Bulgaria, with no injuries reported, the Interior Ministry's Fire Safety and Civil Protection Directorate said on Sunday. Until 5:45 pm on Sunday, fire service teams responded to 159 weather-related incidents. No roads were closed and no res»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Meteorology Department reported that rain was observed over some northern and central parts of Qatar on Sunday, with thundery conditions possible at times. In a Post on X, the department said there are fresh to strong winds affecting several areas of the country, with weather»»»

The three-part elections in Myanmar, which roughly half the country is expected to participate in, have been seen as an effort by Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, to legitimize the military junta that has been running the country since its 2021 coup. Poo»»»

From New York to Russia, Europe to Srinagar, and even the mountains of Saudi Arabia, recent snowfall has turned landscapes into breathtaking winter wonderlands. Experience the magic of snow-covered cities, forests, and mountains across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Countries including Saudi Arabi»»»

The Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) has announced the completion of the first phase of its smart licensing and ministerial approvals system, marking a major transformation in the review of urban designs and the issuance of construction permits in Egypt’s New Administrative Capit»»»

Mahmoud Essmat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, concluded his meetings and field visits during his current trip to China with a series of discussions aimed at strengthening cooperation and advancing the localisation of electrical equipment manufacturing in Egypt. The meetings brought »»»

A row over the disappearance of a famous river surfing wave in Munich escalated on Sunday as authorities removed a beam inserted over Christmas to recreate the attraction. The Eisbach wave on a side branch of the Isar River had been a landmark in the Bavarian city since the 1980s but it vanished in»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said that he had held a good and productive phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. "I just had a good and very productive telephone call with President Putin of Russia prior to my meeting, at 1:00 P.M. [18:00 GMT] today, with Pre»»»

The phone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump was held at the initiative of the US side and took place ahead of Trump’s planned in-person meeting with Vladimir Zelensky, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said. It lasted 1 hour 15 minutes.Key take»»»

Milan: Christopher Nkunku fired AC milan top of Serie A with a brace in Sunday's 3-0 win over Verona at the San Siro, the France forward's first goals in Italy's top flight. Nkunku doubled milan's lead two minutes after half-time with a penalty he had earned, ending a league drought stretching back»»»

Dubai: The UAE has been ranked first in the Arab world and the region, and fourth globally, for road quality in 2025, according to an international ranking published by Daily Jang. The ranking places the UAE among a select group of countries recognised for developing wide, safe and technologically »»»

Madrid: Three people went missing after torrential rains caused flooding in southern Spain, the Guardia Civil police said Sunday, calling on the population to exercise extreme caution. Spain has been exceptionally strongly affected by climate change in recent years, resulting in longer heatwaves an»»»

US President Donald Trump said he had a productive telephone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday ahead of a planned meeting in Florida with Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky. "I just had a very good and productive telephone call with President Putin of Russia" before the pl»»»

Kuwait: The Arab Investment & Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Dhaman) revealed that the Arab region’s food and beverage sector attracted 516 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with Capex of $22 billion and 93000 jobs between January 2003 and December 2024. In its third sectoral report fo»»»

Tunis, Dec 28 (TAP) - The year 2025 has marked a pivotal turning point in Tunisia’s economic trajectory, as the country has successfully mitigated the lingering effects of successive global crises and achieved relative stability in key...»»»

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on Sunday said moves to disarm the group in Lebanon are an "Israeli-American plan,” accusing Israel of failing to abide by a ceasefire agreement sealed last year. Under heavy US pressure and fears of expanded Israeli strikes, the Lebanese military is expected to complet»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE International Aid Agency has signed a cooperation agreement with the Norwegian Refugee Council to provide assistance to refugees in East Africa, with the aim of expanding the scope of humanitarian aid delivered to populations in countries affected by conflicts, and supporting hos»»»

When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. Now, more than three decades later, the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip are followi»»»

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro has received a medical procedure to treat his chronic hiccups, his medical team has said. Saturday's treatment "went well", according to one of his doctors. Another, Claudio Birolini, added that the procedure - which he stressed was not a surgery - lasted fo»»»

Dubai: Kuwait will maintain fixed fuel prices through the first quarter of 2026, with premium petrol priced at 85 fils per litre, regular petrol at 105 fils, and diesel and kerosene each set at 115 fils, according to a senior oil source cited by Al Anba. The source said the state committee tasked w»»»

Tunis, Dec 28 (TAP) - The twelfth session of the Tunisian–Saudi Joint Committee kicked off on Sunday in Riyadh, hosted by the Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources.The meeting aims to explore opportunities for scaling up bilateral...»»»

The Israeli military said on Sunday it had ended its operation in a town in the occupied West Bank that it had sealed off after a Palestinian from the area killed two Israelis. Around 50 residents of Qabatiya were briefly detained during the two-day operation, the official Palestinian news agency W»»»

Doha, Qatar: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs HE Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al-Thani, held a telephone call today with HE Maj. Gen. (Eng.) Murhaf Abu Qasra, Minister of Defense of the brotherly Republic of Syria. During the call, the two sides discussed to»»»