JARAMANA, Syria: An explosion Thursday in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus killed at least two people and wounded several others, Syria’s Health Ministry said. Syrian state television cited an unnamed security official as saying the explosion in Jaramana was caused by an explosive device pla»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned in the strongest terms a suicide bombing outside a police station in Kabal, Swat District, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, calling it a “heinous and cowardly” act of terrorism. The attack, which took place on Aug. 2, killed at »»»

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: China and the United States are clashing diplomatically in Argentina as President Javier Milei seeks to preserve his close alliance with Washington while pursuing deeper economic ties with Beijing. China’s embassy in Buenos Aires accused the United States of hypocrisy on Th»»»

ROME: Italy placed all its major cities under the highest heat alert Thursday as a blistering heat wave gripped Europe, setting a national temperature record in Austria, fueling wildfires in France and disrupting energy and transport systems across the continent. The extreme weather has pushed temp»»»

An offshore wind company said Thursday that it reached a $1.2 billion settlement with the Trump administration to walk away from projects under development off New York, California and Louisiana. This latest agreement brings the total amount spent on such settlements to nearly $4 billion. RWE U.S. »»»

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the moon’s fresh crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX rocket. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute's Danuri spacecraft flew over the impact site soon after the Falcon 9 upper stage inadvertently plowed into the m»»»

The death toll from an unprecedented rush by tens of thousands of migrants to Spain's north African territory of Ceuta has climbed by two to 80, legal authorities said on Thursday. Many people drowned as they tried to swim around a barrier in the Mediterranean Sea from July 30 in scenes that sparke»»»

ROME: Italy placed all its major cities under the highest heat alert Thursday as a blistering heat wave gripped Europe, setting a national temperature record in Austria, fueling wildfires in France and disrupting energy and transport systems across the continent.The extreme weather has pushed tempe»»»

Dubai: It looks more like a synchronised dive than a hockey match. A group of players disappears beneath the surface of a swimming pool, armed with small curved sticks as they race after a bright pink puck. Seconds later, they pop up for air before diving straight back into the action. There are no»»»

Tehran: Two explosions were heard on Iran's southern Qeshm Island in Hormozgan province Thursday night as a result of the Iranian armed forces' confrontation with "hostile enemy targets" at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Tasnim cited informed so»»»

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis killed at least 58 government troops in missile and drone attacks Thursday, a military source said, after one of the deadliest days in the country's civil war in four years. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the rebels attacked government positions with ballisti»»»

In an age where children can effortlessly nurture virtual farms, collect digital pets and build imaginary worlds with the swipe of a finger, perhaps the greatest gift we can offer them is something wonderfully real - a small patch of soil, a clay pot, a watering can and a living plant entrusted ent»»»

A screengrab from a Los Angeles Metro bus surveillance camera shows Gerald Pitts (top) before attacking Santos Tejas Gonzalez (lower left) with a knife in what prosecutors said was a hate-motivated attempted murder in 2023. Photo courtesy Los Angeles District Attorney's Office Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A man»»»

Dubai: An Indian expat in Dubai is being sought by police in the south Indian state of Kerala after the death of his 20-year-old wife, with authorities confirming to Gulf News that a lookout notice has been issued to trace him. The accused, A.P.C, 27, who works at a typing centre in Dubai, reported»»»

Israel refused in talks on Thursday to withdraw from more areas of south Lebanon unless the Lebanese army had full control of an initial two "pilot zones", a Lebanese presidential source told AFP. The seventh round of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel was held in Rome under US auspices, aimed»»»

MELBOURNE, Australia: Two members of the Iranian women’s football team who claimed asylum in Australia in March have been granted citizenship. Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh said in a statement Thursday that Immigration Minister Tony Burke swore them in the day before at a citizenship »»»

A man suspected of setting a wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes in Spokane, Wash., this week has confessed to arson, police say in newly released court records. Photo courtesy Spokane Valley Fire Department Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The suspected arsonist accused of starting a series of fires that des»»»

RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in the Middle East in a call, the Saudi Press Agency reported early on Friday. Macron called the crown prince, SPA reported, and they reviewed the latest developments of regional events, and the ef»»»

There is a peculiar contradiction in the Philippine debate over Pax Silica. A country that has spent decades complaining about poverty, underemployment, brain drain, weak industrialisation, unreliable infrastructure and the export of raw resources (and manpower — i.e. nurses and nannies, engineers »»»

Dubai: Gold buyers face a mixed outlook after bullion ended July almost unchanged, with the World Gold Council saying a possible second wave of inflation would not guarantee a major rally in the precious metal. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Gold closed the month at $»»»

MEXICO CITY: Mexico began sending 1,500 more troops to the western state of Michoacan on Thursday, a day after the US announced the suspension of government operations in that region — including halting avocado inspections required for their export — because of a non-specific threat to US interests»»»

US President Donald Trump on Thursday made another attempt to curb birthright citizenship, signing an order targeting those who he said enter the country under the guise of tourism while actually intending to give birth. "They've taken birthright citizenship and they've made a joke out of it," Trum»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump is shown at the signing of executive orders concerning birthright citizenship and "birth tourism" at the White House in Washington on Thursday. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Aug. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump is again aiming to limit birthright cit»»»

Washington, DC: US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) expressed confidence that the conflict involving Iran would end "pretty soon," saying that he believes the Islamic Republic "can't go much longer". He also voiced optimism over ongoing negotiations related to the Strait of Hormuz, w»»»

Progressive Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed defeated his centrist rival Haley Stevens in the Senatorial primary election in Michigan. He will face Republican challenger Mike Rogers in the midterms. His left-wing platform calls for universal healthcare, higher taxes on billionaires and corporati»»»

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting what he described as "birth tourism," seeking to curb birthright citizenship by restricting entry for pregnant visitors intending to give birth in the United States. Trump said the move followed the Supreme Court's rejection »»»

PARIS: Pressure built on FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Thursday over his canceled plan to bring private finance into football’s World Cup, with European governing body UEFA reiterating a threat to boycott tournaments. The 56-year-old Swiss official has also been criticized by South American bo»»»

At least 38 members of the Yemeni government forces were killed Thursday in drone and missile attacks carried out by Houthi rebels, according to medical sources. The Iran-backed Houthis claimed the attacks were in retaliation for what they described as a recent military buildup supported by Saudi A»»»

Meta said Thursday that one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the Internet on its own and hacked another company, the latest in a series of disclosures about AI models going rogue.In recent weeks OpenAI and Anthropic also have described instances of AI models going beyond humans’ instr»»»

PARIS: Pressure built on FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Thursday over his canceled plan to bring private finance into football’s World Cup, with European governing body UEFA reiterating a threat to boycott tournaments.The 56-year-old Swiss official has also been criticized by South American bod»»»

Buenos Aires: Protesters clashed with police as thousands of people braved stormy weather to demonstrate against a controversial private property bill outside the Argentine Senate on Thursday. As the protest drew to a close, scuffles broke out on Congress Square with protesters targeting police wit»»»

A man charged with starting one of the wildfires in Spokane, Washington, that have destroyed hundreds of buildings planned the crime for weeks and researched when the weather would be best for igniting it, police said.Aaron Farinacci expressed that “fire is powerful, beautiful, and that things that»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday that the ​White House said expands the definition of people who are ineligible for birthright citizenship and bans “birth tourism.” Limiting birthright citizenship has been one of the top priorities in the Republican pres»»»

NEW YORK CITY: At least 300 children have been killed in Gaza over the past 300 days, the UN Children’s Fund said on Thursday, an average of one a day as civilians in the territory continue to face intense military strikes including shelling, gunfire and naval fire. Hundreds more children were repo»»»

Argentine police on Thursday clashed with people in Buenos Aires who were protesting outside Congress against a private property law, AFP observed. Officers used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon against protesters, some of whom lobbed objects back as thousands gathered to denounce the gove»»»

An attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels late Thursday wounded 11 civilians in southern Saudi Arabia, the Riyadh-led coalition said, an unprecedented toll in the kingdom in over four years of hostilities. They include seven Saudis, two Egyptians, a Yemeni, and a Pakistani, coalition spokesman General Turk»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said Friday that 11 civilians were wounded in a Houthi attack on the southern border region of Najran, a day after the Iran-backed group launched its deadliest assault on government forces in Yemen since 2022. The Joint Forces Command o»»»

Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, on Thursday called for GOP congressional colleague Rep. Max Miller to resign his House seat and drop his reelection campaign amid mounting pressure over domestic abuse allegations lodged against Miller. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Ohio Repu»»»

For years, the EU’s political establishment treated nuclear energy as something between an embarrassment and a moral transgression. The consequences were predictable – and increasingly impossible to conceal. The green dogma has come dueGermany provides the clearest case study. In 2011, nuclear powe»»»

Agencies New Delhi India’s foreign exchange reserves rose to a near three-month high of $692.9 billion as of July 31, data from the Reserve ‌Bank of India showed onWednesday. Reserves jumped nearly $10.5 billion compared to the previous week, in their biggest surge since the week ended January 30. »»»

Qatar’s Saif Mohammed produced a personal best clearance of 5.83m to finish runner-up at the 30th International Pole Vault Meeting in Jockgrim, Germany, on Wednesday. The 5.83m effort also saw Saif rewrite the record books by setting new Qatar, Gulf, West Asian and Arab records. Saif cleared 5.83m »»»

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) showcased the operational mechanism of the “Smart Observer” boat, which is designed to monitor the marine environment and is equipped with advanced systems to track environmental changes and collect samples and data from marine sites. The initi»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The fourth edition of the Qatar Toy Festival concluded after welcoming more than 148,000 visitors marking its highest attendance to date. The month-long festival, held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC), was organised by Qatar Calendar in collaboration wit»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC), founded by Qatar Foundation (QF), concluded yesterday the eighth and largest edition of its flagship “My Career – My Future” job-shadowing programme, organised in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the M»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Under the patronage and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs His Excellency Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan bin Ali Al Thani and Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces His Excellency Lieutenant-General (Pilot) Jassim»»»

Tribune News Network Doha As part of the Hala Summer 2026 programme, Visit Qatar highlights some of the amusement parks and family entertainment experiences that offer residents and visitors exciting ways to spend the summer season. From thrilling rides and snow-filled adventures to immersive gamin»»»

Tribune News Network Santiago, Chile and Doha Qatar Museums (QM), the nation’s preeminent institution for art and culture, and Years of Culture (YoC), an annual initiative celebrating cross-cultural exchange, announced that ‘Your Ghosts Are Mine: Expanded Cinemas, Amplified Voices’ opened in Chile »»»

Tribune News Network Doha Allergies are among the most common health conditions affecting children and may present in various forms, including allergic rhinitis, allergic asthma, eczema, food allergies, drug allergies, and insect sting allergies, according to Dr. Sufian Bani Awad, Specialist Paedia»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Ooredoo QPSC has announced its expansion into AI compute through a strategic investment in Zankore, a first-of-its-kind, dedicated AI compute and neocloud platform with full-stack AI capabilities in Indonesia. Developed alongside Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Nokia and NVIDIA»»»

QNA Makkah Al Mukaramah Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, is taking part in the 46th King Abdulaziz International Competition for the Memorisation of the Holy Quran, Recitation and Interpretation for 1448 AH / 2026, which is being held at the Grand Mosque in Makk»»»