Dubai: There has been an increase in choking game incidents among Dubai students, prompting an urgent prevention campaign that includes awareness sessions for parents and activities in schools. More than 1,000 parents in Dubai were informed of this on Thursday evening during a virtual parental awar»»»

Dubai: Petrofac’s long restructuring process is moving into another critical phase, with a creditor vote later this month that will determine whether the company can complete the sale of one of its remaining businesses. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.On Wednesday, Pet»»»

Tunis, Jan. 16 (TAP)- Weather conditions late Thursday and on Friday morning will be conducive to the formation of local fog in the northern and eastern regions, according to a bulletin issued by the National Institute of Meteorology.The fog is...»»»

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speaks alongside other House Democrats about Renee Good, who was killed last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota. The Democrats held a press conference Wednesday to call for the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem»»»

For almost two weeks, Donald Trump has seemed on the verge of intervening in Iran. From his 2 January threat to come to the "rescue" of protesters if the Iranian authorities used violence against them, to his promise this week that "help is on its way," the US president has sounded resolute. On Tue»»»

A group of aid workers who were put on trial in Greece for rescuing migrants on the island of Lesbos have been acquitted of all charges. The 24 former volunteers were arrested seven years ago - accused of human trafficking and other offences - and could have faced up to 20 years in jail. They had w»»»

EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas has privately suggested that the state of the world might make it a “good moment” to start boozing, Politico reported on Wednesday. The comment comes as Kallas faces direct calls to step down over her handling of the bloc’s foreign policy. Kallas reportedly made the re»»»

An increase in snow over the winter can delay the opening of certain trails in Zion National Park. File Photo courtesy National Parks Service Zion National Park is one of the most visited parks in the United States, drawing millions of visitors every year. Most people plan their trip to the park in»»»

The US said it had agreed to cut the tariffs it charges on goods from Taiwan to 15%, in exchange for hundreds of billions of dollars in investment aimed at boosting domestic production of semiconductors. The Commerce Department said the island's semiconductor and technology enterprises had committe»»»

DOHA: His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has discussed with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom HE Keir Starmer a number of regional and international developments of mutual interest, particularly the importance of strengthening the exchange of views and co»»»

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told reporters she presented the medal for her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump at a private White House meeting on Thursday, but did not say if he accepted it. "I think today is a historic day for us Venezuelans," she said after the meet»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art has announced the opening of Dirwaza, a unique event and community art project celebrating creativity, inclusion, and cultural identity. Developed in close collaboration with community partners, Dirwaza opens the door to a shared journey o»»»

QNA Riyadh Qatar took part in celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States, held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with senior officials highlighting education as a moral and strategic priority for the region. Qatar’s delegation was led by Minister of Ed»»»

QNA Doha Souq Waqif Falcon Hospital is participating once again in the 17th edition of Qatar International Falcons and Hunting Festival (Marmi). The hospital is providing an integrated package of veterinary and health services to visitors and participants in the various championships, through its f»»»

QNA Doha The Private Engineering Office, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the State of Qatar, organised the Pakistani Citrus Exhibition at Al Wakrah Old Market. The exhibition will run until January 18, from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Approximately 30 specialised Paki»»»

Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The driver of a private passenger vehicle died after colliding head-on with a school bus Thursday morning in Manhattan, Ill. The crash happened at 8:32 a.m. CST as the bus was carrying 10 students and a driver, all of whom were taken to a nearby hospital out of precaution. Manhatta»»»

Tribune News Network Riyadh Qatar’s Nasser Al Attiyah tightened his grip on the Dakar Rally overall lead as Mattias Ekstrom claimed victory in the car category on Stage 11 on Thursday, while Skyler Howes sealed a maiden win in the motorbike race. Ekstrom produced a measured drive in his Ford Raptor»»»

Satyendra Pathak Doha The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ended the week on a positive note, with the benchmark index rising 98.31 points, or 0.9 percent, to close at 11,067.64 points. The weekly gain was supported by strong performances in heavyweight banking stocks and continued foreign institutional »»»

Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Majid bin Mohammed Al Ansari met with Norwegian Special Envoy to Yemen Heidi Johansen in Doha on Wednesday. The meeting discussed relations between the two countries and ways of strengthening them, as»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA), in partnership with Al Noor Centre for the Blind, on Thursday launched the Digital Safety Booklet for Persons with Visual Disabilities, written in Braille. This initiative comes as part of the Agency’s ongoing efforts to enhance c»»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC), in cooperation with the Embassy of Pakistan in Qatar, on Thursday launched an initiative to plant 1,000 native seedlings at Rawdat Bu Nbeirah. The initiative comes as part of national efforts to protect the environment, expand vegetat»»»

Mortgage and lien registration fees have been amended to 0.025% of the secured debt value. New fixed fees of QR500 have been introduced for property ownership transfers related to company mergers, divisions or dissolutions, as well as for transfers between individuals and companies owned by them or»»»

Tribune News Network Doha As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance access to healthcare services worldwide, Qatar Charity (QC), in cooperation with the Arab Medical Relief Society (AMRS) in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, carried out the third medical campaign under the Mobile Clinic Project for »»»

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MEETS GREEK PARLIAMENT MEMBER Minister of Environment and Climate Change HE Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie met with Member of Greek Parliament Dr. Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou. The meeting discussed several topics of mutual interest and areas of cooperation »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Minister of Municipality of Qatar, HE Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiya on Thursday met with President of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, Professor Ibrahim Adam Al-Dukhairi. During the meeting, they discussed avenues of cooperation in areas of mutual int»»»

President Donald Trump announced his new healthcare plan, which would cut premium prices by 10% and lower prescription drug prices, he said. Photo by Francis Chung/UPI | License Photo Jan. 15 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced via video Thursday his new plan to lower healthcare costs, focusi»»»

Verizon Wireless officials promise to "make things right" for its many customers affected by a widespread outage that started Wednesday afternoon, prompting an around-the-clock response by the tech firm. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI | License Photo Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Verizon Wireless said it»»»

Zagreb, 15 January 2026 (Hina/MIA) — Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said Thursday in Parliament there was "broad solidarity" within the EU and NATO with Denmark over Greenland, warning that any US military intervention there would be "very bad." "There is no dilemma here," Plenković said»»»

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (KUNA) -- US President Donald J. Trump insisted that his country needed Greenland "for national security." "If we don't go in, Russia is gonna go in and China is gonna go in, and there's not a thing that Denmark can do about it - but we can do everything about it," he argued in p»»»

Newsdesk POL-US-GREENLAND-TRUMP Trump: US needs Greenland for national security WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (KUNA) -- US President Donald J. Trump insisted that his country needed Greenland "for national security." "If we don't go in, Russia is gonna go in and China is gonna go in, and there's not a thing t»»»

3270443 KUWAIT -- The weekly cabinet meeting reviews the outcomes of the state visit to Kuwait by Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. 3270458 KUWAIT -- Kuwait's Ministry of Interior will conduct a test run of civil defense sirens on Monday, January 19, at 10:00 am local time. 3270463 GAZA -»»»

LONDON, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- The United Kingdom has decided on Wednesday to temporarily close its embassy in Tehran amid security and political tensions.The decision to close the embassy was made by headquarters in London, and employees were told to work remotely, the BBC reported, citing a spokesperso»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- 1961 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a concession agreement with Kuwait Shell for oil investment to handle offshore oil operations for 45 years. 1980 -- Kuwait News Agency began broadcasting English-language news for 12 hours a day. 1991 -- UN Securi»»»

Bucharest: The President of Romania HE Nicusor Dan received the credentials of HE Dr. Rashid bin Abdullah Al Kuwari as Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to Romania. Dr. Rashid bin Abdullah Al Kuwari conveyed the greetings of the Amir, HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Th»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received today a telephone call from High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission HE Kaja Kallas and »»»

A bankruptcy judge in Texas on Wednesday night okayed a $400 loan to help keep Saks Fifth Avenue parent Saks Global in business despite opposition from Amazon and other creditors. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. bankruptcy judge denied Amazon.com Inc.'s eff»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has received a telephone call from Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran HE Abbas Araghchi. The call dealt with discussing bilateral cooperation between the two countrie»»»

A song which has been streamed millions of times in Sweden has been banned from that country's music charts because it was created by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Called I know, You're Not Mine, it is currently top of the Spotify playlist of Sweden's most popular songs. But the supposed singer is »»»

Damascus, Jan. 15 (SANA) The “Made in Syria” Festival kicked off on Thursday evening in Damascus, organized by the Damascus and Countryside Chamber of Industry in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, under the slogan “Victory Celebrations… Everything the Family Needs.” The festival is»»»

The UK government is preparing to expand the call-up age for reservists to ready the army for a potential war with Russia, The Telegraph reported on Thursday, citing sources. According to the newspaper, the plan would raise the maximum age at which retired soldiers can be recalled from 55 to 65. Ve»»»

Families of people killed in the protests in Iran have told the BBC that the authorities are demanding large sums of money to return their bodies for burial. Multiple sources have told BBC Persian that bodies are being held in mortuaries and hospitals and that security forces will not release them »»»

Gaza: The death toll from Israeli airstrikes targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip since Thursday morning has risen to 7. Medical sources reported that four Palestinians were killed when Israeli warplanes targeted a house in the Al Maaskar area, west of Deir Al Balah, the central Gaza Strip. Th»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received a phone call today from Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran HE Dr. Abbas Araghchi. During the call, the two sides reviewed the cooperation relations be»»»

Beirut: Lebanon's President, Joseph Aoun, met on Thursday with the Prime Minister of Jordan, Jafar Hassan, who is currently visiting Beirut. Following the signing of 21 agreements during the Jordanian-Lebanese Joint Higher Committee, the meeting discussed ways of enhancing relations between the two»»»

A judge has ruled that the Empire Wind project off the coast of New York can continue its build despite a stop-work order by the Trump administration. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that a large offshore wind project, blocked by President»»»

US President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act to quell unrest over federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. He threatened to send in troops following a night of protests and vandalism in the Minnesota city after an agent shot a man in the leg.»»»

Former New Democracy MP and prefect of Fthiotida, central Greece, Thanasis Heimaras, has passed away at the age of 81, his children Giorgos and Themis announced on social media. Born in 1944 in Lianokladi, in the Fthiotida area, Heimaras began his career at the Public Power Corporation (PPC), servi»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir, HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent Thursday a cable of condolences to the King of Thailand, HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn on the victims of the crane collapse onto a passenger train, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured.»»»

Ericsson, the Swedish technology group producing telecommunications software and hardware, has announced plans to lay off 1,600 employees in the coming weeks as part of cost-cutting measures aimed at improving competitiveness. The decision reflects mounting cost pressure and intense competition fro»»»

A consortium of 13 banks is financing a major investment by the family-owned company Hotele Korona in Jachranka, near Zegrze Reservoir. The project, called Termy Jachranka, will include more than 500 hotel rooms, large conference facilities, a medical zone, and nearly 3,000 sq. m of outdoor pools s»»»