DOHA: His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of the Sudan HE Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, on Tuesday at Lusail Palace, where he offered condolences on the passing of the late HH the Father »»»

Doha: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received HE Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of the Sudan Gen. Abdel Fattah Al Burhan on Tuesday at Lusail Palace, where His Excellency offered condolences on the passing of the late HH the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bi»»»

GENEVA: ‌The World Health Organization on May 17 declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and said there was a high risk it could spread to neighboring countries. The decision has prompted governments to step up travel-r»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi aid agency KSrelief distributed 673 food baskets in Khan Younis as part of its food security project in Gaza, benefiting 4,038 vulnerable people. The agency’s central kitchen also provided 25,000 hot meals to families in central and southern Gaza. The initiatives are part of Saudi»»»

In Sudan, the courts have just sentenced General Hemetti, the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, to death in absentia. According to the court, he is responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, particularly in the West Darfur region. Details by regional FRANCE 24 correspond»»»

First, the European Parliament calls on EU member states to officially designate Sudan's Rapid Support Forces as a terrorist organisation. Then, Kenya's Rastafarian community awaits a High Court ruling on the legalisation of marijuana. And finally, Morocco is still reeling from its 2–0 defeat to Fr»»»

AMMAN — The Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) on Monday held talks with Sudanese Ambassador to Jordan Hassan Dahab on expanding economic cooperation and strengthening business ties between the two countries.ACC President Khalil Haj Tawfiq said the private sector aims to increase trade and investment »»»

CAIRO: Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy on Monday condemned attacks by Iran against Arab countries as a “violation of international law,” stressing that the sovereignty of Arab states was a “red line” and would remain a top priority during his tenure. Speaking at his first press conference»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi aid agency KSrelief distributed 450 food baskets in Khan Younis as part of its food security project in Gaza, benefiting 2,700 vulnerable people. The agency’s central kitchen also provided 24,500 hot meals to families in central and southern Gaza, benefiting 24,500 people. The ini»»»

Doha, Qatar: The late Father Amir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani served as Amir of the State of Qatar from 1995 to 2013 and is widely regarded as the architect of the country’s modern transformation. Born in Doha in January 1952, he completed his education in Qatar before graduating from the»»»

QNA Doha The Arab and Islamic worlds received the news of the passing of Qatar’s great statesman HH the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, with profound sadness. Widely recognised for his dedication to Arab and Islamic causes, HH the late Father Amir devoted his time, effort, and intell»»»

QNA Doha HH the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, one of Qatar’s historic leaders and the architect of its modern renaissance, who passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2026, leaves behind a legacy of remarkable achievements during which Qatar emerged as a leading regional model for developm»»»

Egypt has reviewed the implementation of water cooperation projects with several Nile Basin countries and reaffirmed its commitment to supporting regional development through a $100m financing mechanism for priority projects, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said. According to a minis»»»

DOHA: The Arab and Islamic worlds received the news of the passing of the State of Qatar's great statesman, HH the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, with profound sadness. Widely recognized for his dedication to Arab and Islamic causes, HH the late Father Amir devoted his time, effort,»»»

KHARTOUM: A Sudanese court on Sunday sentenced paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and 15 others to death in absentia over the killing of a regional governor and committing war crimes in Darfur, state media reported. The ruling is the first against the leadership of the Rapid Support Forces (»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar mourns the loss of former leader, the Father Amir HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who led the country from 1995 to 2013 and passed away on July 12, 2026, aged 74. The former leader was seen as one of the key architects of modern Qatar and led the country during a period of »»»

Nouakchott: An official delegation from Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has participated in the 50th session of the General Assembly of the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization (ARCO). Held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, the three-day meetings were attended by high-level representatives from »»»

Egypt and Türkiye have called for intensified joint efforts to restore the negotiation track between the United States and Iran to reach a final diplomatic agreement and prevent the risk of regional military escalation. The stance was agreed during a phone call on Saturday between Egyptian Minister»»»

WASHINGTON: US ‌President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday extended work permits for hundreds of thousands of immigrants with temporary protected status from Haiti and six other countries, hours before they were due to expire. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of the»»»

Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, emphasized, during a phone call Saturday, the importance of de-escalating tensions and containing unrest in the region. They also stressed the need to intensify joint efforts between their two countries to res»»»

Cairo, July 11 (SANA) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a telephone conversation on Saturday, emphasizing the importance of supporting efforts to achieve security and stability in Syria while preserving the country’s unity, sovereignty and instit»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi aid agency KSrelief recently distributed 2,750 cartons of dates to vulnerable people in the Syrian Arab Republic, benefiting thousands of families. The agency also distributed 24,500 hot meals in the central and southern Gaza Strip, benefiting 24,500 individuals in need. In Nigeri»»»

As summer travel demand reaches its peak, Pakistani passport holders continue to have access to 30 destinations through visa-free entry, visa-on-arrival (VOA) or electronic travel authorisation (ETA) schemes, according to the latest Henley Passport Index July 2026 update. Pakistan’s passport rankin»»»

NOUAKCHOTT: An official delegation from Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has participated in the 50th session of the General Assembly of the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization (ARCO). Held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, the three-day meetings were attended by high-level representatives from »»»

KHARTOUM: In the year since the Sudanese army recaptured the capital Khartoum from a paramilitary force that had seized it at the outset of civil war in 2023, more than 2 million of the 5 million people who fled their homes in the city have returned. But although the authorities promised a quick re»»»

In tonight's edition, the ICC is laying the groundwork for investigations into some of the atrocities committed during Sudan's brutal war. Also, rights activists, politicians, developers and business leaders are in Geneva for the AI for Good Summit. And, South African artist Credo V. Daniels has ha»»»

The UN has raised the alarm over a worsening humanitarian crisis in El-Obeid, a city besieged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, where many civilians are dying amid relentless attacks. FRANCE 24 correspondent Bastien Renoul spoke to residents trapped inside, who describe bombed water infra»»»

GENEVA: A cholera outbreak in Sudan could get worse as war, displacement and the onset of the rainy season ​threaten to exacerbate a humanitarian crisis in the country, the World Health Organization warned on Friday. The cholera outbreak declared on June 27, which has killed at least 114 people and»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a medical convoy for urology and gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedures in Sudan. This initiative is implemented in partnership with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Kuwait’s Patients Helping Fund Society (PHF), the Sudanese Doctors As»»»

N’DJAMENA, Sudan: ِِA “breakthrough” has been made in the investigation into crimes committed during Sudan’s war in the Darfur region allowing prosecutors to link them to leadership, a senior International Criminal Court official told Reuters. The ICC is investigating attacks on the cities of Al-Ge»»»

Doha: The Division of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) recently held a faculty development workshop on assessment in competency-based medical education (CBME). The two-day virtual course was designed to provide participants with a better understandin»»»

On July 9, 2011, after more than half a century of struggle and violence that claimed an estimated 2 million lives, the Republic of South Sudan declared its independence from Sudan and became Africa's 54th nation. 1 of 3 | A Southern Sudanese refugee waves a South Sudan flag during independence cel»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Division of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) recently held a faculty development workshop on assessment in competency-based medical education (CBME). The two-day virtual course was designed to provide participants with a»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a medical convoy for urology and gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedures in Sudan. The initiative is implemented in partnership with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Kuwait’s Patients Helping Fund Society (PHF), the Sudanes»»»

Tribune News Network Doha In a new and impactful humanitarian initiative, Qatar Charity’s medical team has concluded a series of cardiac catheterisation and open-heart surgeries for children in Sudan, successfully performing 60 operations in Wad Madani. Dr. Abdulmajeed Al-Hamidi, QC’s expert in pro»»»

NEW YORK CITY: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces committed mass killings, systematic abductions of women and girls and mass gang rape in El-Fasher, the UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan said in a new report on Wednesday. The findings add further weight to evidence that atrocities committed by the warrin»»»

CAIRO: Drone strikes on civilian vehicles headed to social gatherings in Sudan have killed over 20 people in recent day, according to rights groups, as the use of unmanned aircraft becomes increasingly common in the north eastern African country’s war. A drone hit the outskirts of Khartoum killing »»»

LONDON: Along a stretch of desert where smugglers’ convoys often move as freely as state patrols, the borders separating Libya, Tunisia and Algeria have become the front line of a rapidly changing regional security crisis. Arms traffickers, extremist groups and migrant smuggling networks now operat»»»

JUBA: A government-appointed county commissioner in an opposition stronghold in South Sudan’s oil-rich Jonglei State was “assassinated” by opposition forces in renewed violence, the government confirmed late Monday. Fighting in Jonglei has intensified in recent days, with an unknown number of casua»»»

GENEVA: Misinformation and hate speech are inciting harm to refugees, with artificial intelligence exacerbating the spread, the United Nations warned Monday, as it urged tech giants to help turn the tide. However, if handled the right way, AI could be put to good use in managing humanitarian crises»»»

Dubai: Flying to India from the UAE now comes with an extra step before you board. India has relaunched its Air Suvidha portal as Air Suvidha 2.0, a mandatory online health declaration required of every international passenger arriving in the country, regardless of nationality or which city you are»»»

KHARTOUM: A partial collapse in a decommissioned gold mine in northern Sudan has killed 15 miners, a state company said on Monday. The miners had snuck into the shut-down Mohamed Tawfiq mine, in Wadi Halfa near the Egyptian border, when “parts of the mine collapsed... killing 15 miners and injuring»»»

GENEVA: The UN aid chief held a phone call Monday with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary leader on hostilities around El-Obeid, and stressed the need for sustained humanitarian access to the city, his agency said. Tom Fletcher spoke to Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces, “to discuss»»»

KHARTOUM: A series of attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces near the western border with Chad have razed multiple villages and displaced thousands of people, according to two survivors and the United Nations. The RSF has been at war with the Sudanese army since April 2023, and has be»»»

LONDON: BBC World Service has launched a WhatsApp channel to deliver news and vital information to people in Sudan as the country faces what aid agencies describe as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The new service expands access to BBC News Arabic’s daily program “For a Peaceful Sudan,” a »»»

CAIRO: More than 300 children have been killed in the last six months in the war in Sudan, mostly from drone strikes, the UN children’s agency said Monday. Sudan has been mired in a war between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023. The war is now concentr»»»

Abu Dhabi: Under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE has announced an emergency humanitarian response worth $30 million to support civilians affected by the deteriorating situation in El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan. The assistance will be delivered »»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Charity (QC) has launched a specialised medical initiative in Sudan to provide paediatric cardiac catheterisation and open-heart surgeries as part of Qatar’s continued humanitarian and healthcare support amid the ongoing conflict. The project was inaugurated at the W»»»