RIYADH: King Saud Medical City (KSMC) in Riyadh has successfully reconstructed the severely injured forearm of a patient in his 50s who suffered extensive injuries in a traffic accident, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. According to SPA, an upper limb surgery team at KSMC, a member of the»»»

Vinay Nayudu Doha The regional tensions and the fears alongside notwithstanding, the stage is set for the lights to come on at the Lusail International Circuit with Marc Marquez chasing a record world title at the MotoGP Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar 2026. With three rounds of this year’s MotoG»»»

QNA Doha Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, HE Ibrahim bin Ali bin Issa Al Hassan Al Mohannadi on Thursday launched a new website for ‘The Legal and Judicial Journal’. The launch took place during a graduation ceremony for participants in the qualifying and mandatory tra»»»

Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on Thursday attended the closing of the 6th edition of the Watan exercise (Watan 2026). A lineup of ministers, senior officials, and commanders from the state’s military, se»»»

The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani performed the Istisqa prayer along with crowds of worshipers at the Lusail prayer ground on Thursday morning, reviving the Prophetic Sunnah of seeking rainfall from Allah the Almighty. Personal Representative of HH the Amir HH Sheikh Jassim bin »»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) has launched the first edition of its Educational Voucher Policy for private schools and kindergartens. The policy is aimed at expanding learning opportunities, promoting educational equity and ensuring equal opportunities for students»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), a member of Qatar Foundation, in partnership with TotalEnergies, has hosted the Final Showcase of the QSTP, TotalEnergies WaterTech Accelerator at QSTP in Doha. Following its virtual phase, the accelerator brought its cohort of 11 gr»»»

Spain's footballers' union requested on Thursday that all professional matches rescheduled out of respect for Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel, who tragically passed away earlier this week. De Miguel died following a sickening collision with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono during a second division m»»»

CAIRO: Two Egyptian army officers, including a senior border guard officer, were killed during a military operation targeting illegal gold mining along Egypt’s southern border with Sudan, Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez, the official spokesperson for the Egyptian Armed Forces, announced on Thursday. Acc»»»

QNA DOHA Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani discussed bilateral relations and regional developments in separate phone calls with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran HE Abbas Araghchi, and Deputy Prime Ministe»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Georgetown University in Qatar will host a discussion exploring the archaeological significance of Al Zubarah and its history as a center of trade and exchange connecting Qatar to the wider world. Titled “Al Zubarah: Archaeology of a Connected World,” the event will explor»»»

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Thani met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkiye Hakan Fidan in Ankara on Thursday. The deputy PM also met with President of the Turkish Defence Industries Professor Haluk Gorgun. Duri»»»

QNA Beijing The State of Qatar is taking part in the 7th World Media Summit, which opened in Beijing under the theme “Media in the Intelligent Age: From Consensus to Action,” bringing together leading media organisations and industry figures to address the far-reaching transformation of the media l»»»

QNA Doha Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi held a phone call with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Arrmanatha Nasir on Thursday. At the beginning of the call, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs congratulated»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The National Planning Council (NPC) hosted Dr Omar Mohamed Al Ansari, president of Qatar University (QU), in the sixth episode of Podcast AlTanmiya. The episode discussed the university’s role in preparing a future ready workforce for the labour market,efforts to update it»»»

QNA Cairo The State of Qatar, represented by Qatar Media Corporation (QMC), participated in the 56th regular session of the Council of Arab Information Ministers, held on Wednesday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. The Qatari delegation was headed by Director of the International Cooperatio»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar on Thursday participated in the extraordinary meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Health Ministers Committee held via video conference. Minister of Public Health HE Mansoor bin Ebrahim Al Mahmoud headed Qatar’s delegation to the meeting. The meeting discuss»»»

QNA Doha Assistant Undersecretary for Climate Change Affairs in the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Eng. Ahmad Mohammed Al Sada, emphasised the vital role of youth as key partners in formulating and executing climate change solutions. He underscored Qatar’s commitment to supporting yout»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Ministry of Transport (MoT) is taking part in the Qatar Boat Show 2026, which runs until November 7, at the Old Doha Port. The MoT is a Strategic Partner of the show, which is seeing a large participation from local and international entities and companies specialised »»»

Ashraf Siddiqui Doha As Finland Week in Qatar draws to a close on Friday with Finland’s participation in the 2026 European Jazz Festival at Katara Cultural Village, the week has provided an opportunity to explore new avenues of cooperation between Finland and Qatar in education, science, digitalisa»»»

QNA Doha The General Secretariat of the Cabinet has obtained ISO/IEC 27001 certification for its Information Security Management System reflecting its commitment to implementing international standards in information protection and strengthening corporate governance, thereby supporting operational »»»

QNA New York Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations HE Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani hosted a reception in honour of UN Deputy Secretary-General Dr Amina Mohammed, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous and UN Resident Coordinators. The reception was held at Qatar’s Permane»»»

DUBAI: Iran has sent the United States a nuclear proposal via Qatar, to be discussed only after Washington meets Tehran’s seven demands, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the US was reviewing the proposal but declined to prov»»»

LONDON: Israeli forces forcibly displaced Palestinian families from their homes in Hebron in the southern West Bank on Thursday, despite declaring their withdrawal from the city on Monday following 11 days of military operations. Soldiers raided the Abu Sneineh neighborhood in the south of the city»»»

WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under growing pressure, with victorious Democrats planning to target him in Congress and Republicans blaming the Iran war he championed for their election losses. Hegseth, a former Fox News co-host and National Guard officer, has survived repeated sc»»»

WASHINGTON: A Mexican judge is accused of taking a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody in an investigation into a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring, US officials said Thursday. Luiz Benítez Alcántara, 49, was arrested in Colombia on Sunday»»»

DOHA Qatar Museums opened Design Doha Biennial 2026, bringing together designers, artisans and creative practitioners from across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) and beyond to explore how traditional knowledge, craftsmanship and contemporary innovation are shaping the future o»»»

ANKARA: Turkiye’s parliament on Thursday ratified the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, a defense pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, clearing the way for ‌Ankara to ‌send military ‌support to Riyadh amid attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants against the kingdom. Under the agre»»»

JAKARTA: Australia will join ‌Indonesia’s waterbombing operations to help put out fires that have been raging for months, a government ​agency said on Thursday, days after a helicopter crashed during a firefighting mission on Borneo island, killing one person and injuring several others.Australia’s»»»

LATAKIA: Two metal and wood construction plants affiliated with the Syrian Construction and Building Corporation in Latakia have resumed production after local teams repaired and rehabilitated their machinery. The plants can now fulfill contract work and supply construction projects in both the pub»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: Donald Trump, knowing that the US president’s party almost always loses seats in midterm elections, launched an unprecedented push last year for states to redraw congressional district lines in favor of Republicans. The redistricting gambit — a costly endeavor that provok»»»

Paraguay’s lower house voted unanimously to impeach President Santiago Peña on Thursday, just minutes after he announced his resignation on X. Protesters have rallied in the streets since the takeover of a bank linked to Peña blocked millions of people, including pensioners, from acc»»»

Hundreds of thousands of people protested across France on Thursday as unions joined a growing social movement against the rising cost of living. The demonstrations were largely peaceful, although clashes broke out in several cities. Hundreds of thousands of striking workers protested across France»»»

LONDON: Iraq's prime minister told Donald Trump on Thursday that his country's territory would not be used to launch attacks on other states in the region. Iraq's Gulf neighbors have accused militias loyal to Tehran of launching strikes from Iraqi territory against them since the Iran-US war broke »»»

By Staff, Agencies Four Palestinians were killed and others wounded in continued attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Thursday, amid intensified air strikes and gunfire in several areas of the territory. One Palestinian was killed when “Israeli” aircraft struck near the Zawaida municipality »»»

LONDON: Israeli authorities demolished nearly half of a Palestinian Bedouin community in an area designated for the controversial E1 project in the east of occupied Jerusalem, displacing about 20 residents and threatening the rest with eviction, three Israeli rights groups warned on Thursday. In a »»»

A dramatic police chase ended in a crash on the M0 motorway near Gyál on Wednesday night after a driver fleeing officers entered the road in the wrong direction. Police fired shots at the car’s tyres during the pursuit, while two passengers were later taken to hospital. According to the police, off»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s international friendly against Saudi Arabia, scheduled for December 27 in Al Khobar, has been cancelled following the postponement of the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027, the Qatar Football Association (QFA) announced on Thursday. "Based on the decision of the Asian Football Co»»»

Brussels, Nov. 5 (SANA) Director of the International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Qutaiba Kadish discussed prospects for cooperation between Syria and the European Union with Hélène Le Gal, Managing Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the E»»»

IRBIL: One of Iraq’s two main Kurdish parties withdrew from the government in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region Thursday, threatening to form a rival administration as a long-running power struggle between the parties intensified. The political crisis comes at a delicate moment for the»»»

LOS ANGELES: California Governor Gavin Newsom said Thursday he was commuting all death sentences across the state to life imprisonment, in a move that will affect 548 people. “I have decided to exercise my constitutional clemency authority to commute all California death sentences to life without t»»»

Worshippers are urged to remain steadfast, seek reassurance and avoid despair First Sermon (Khutbah One)All praise is due to Allah, whose mercy never ceases and whose power is never overcome. Whoever thinks well of Him will not be disappointed. We testify that nothing is worthy of worship except Al»»»

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iranian top security official Mohsen Rezaei at the Kremlin, ​Iran's state media reported on Thursday, after Iranian negotiators met with mediators to discuss proposals to end hostilities with the US.Rezaei delivered a message from Iran's Supreme Leader A»»»

ISTANBUL: A Turkish soldier was killed at the weekend during a cross-border fire incident along its border with Iran, the defense ministry said Thursday indicating both countries were investigating the incident. “On October 31, while intervening in an illegal crossing in the area of the Engin Mayin»»»

Emerson executives explain how automation is helping the industry withstand disruption Emerson executives explain how advanced automation, artificial intelligence and local engineering capabilities are helping the UAE’s energy sector withstand disruption, accelerate recovery and prepare for its nex»»»

LONDON: On Oct. 22, just 12 days before the US midterm elections, a pro-Israel lobby group in America announced that it was stopping endorsing candidates or making direct contributions to their campaigns. But everything was not quite what it seemed. In a letter to its members, the American Israel P»»»

Move prohibits airport staff from recording, sharing images of sensitive facilities Dubai: Kuwait has banned employees and personnel working at Kuwait International Airport from taking photographs, recording videos or broadcasting live from their workplaces, warning that violators will face legal a»»»

DOHA The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has launched a national initiative aimed at supporting domestic industries and sustainability amid plans to localize supply chains and strengthen self-sufficiency. The National Product Week campaign is held under the slogan 'From Us, For Us – The Story Beg»»»

By Staff, Agencies The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, has sharply criticized International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, accusing him of acting as an “obedient agent” of Iran’s adversaries by providing them with sensitive information»»»

Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a phone call. The call discussed the cooperation relations be»»»