GENEVA: The UN refugee agency on Friday said nine million people would need extra help to get through the coming winter in Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon and Afghanistan. Launching a fundraising appeal, the UNHCR said it hoped to raise at least $50 million for winter support — $3 million more than it rais»»»

El Salvador has sent over 2,000 troops to Haiti as part of a "large-scale" operation to rescue four soldiers serving in a UN-backed force who went missing after an ambush, government officials confirmed Wednesday. The soldiers with the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) disappeared on October 18 when att»»»

Zelensky demands tougher sanctions after deadly attack on Dnipro railway platform A Russian drone slammed into a busy railway platform in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro Thursday, killing at least 14 people in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called a "horrific" attack that demands action by Kyiv's a»»»

EUFOR tragedy in Bosnia: Italian soldiers and Red Cross volunteers among victims Four Italian members of the European Union Force in Bosnia (EUFOR) were killed and 11 others injured on Thursday when an Italian military helicopter conducting a training operation crashed. EUFOR said the Chinook CH-47»»»

Democrats, election officials and voting rights groups have long wondered whether President Donald Trump, upon his return to the Oval Office, would again attempt to overturn an election when his party is trailing. It’s no longer hypothetical. Trump’s Department of Justice issued subpoenas in probes»»»

MONTREAL: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the European Union’s top official pushed Thursday to make Canada the bloc’s first “associate member” and build a broader alliance open to other countries as they warned of threats to sovereignty from economic coercion during US President Donald Trum»»»

Rosaria, Argentina: An Argentine court sentenced a football supporter to seven and a half years in prison on Wednesday for making death threats against World Cup winner Angel Di Maria in 2024. A court in Rosario found Sergio Di Vanni, 45, guilty of ordering acts of intimidation against Di Maria's f»»»

US envoy highlights Qatar, Pakistan's role in easing US-Iran tensions US envoy Tom Barrack has credited Qatar and Pakistan with helping bring the United States and Iran closer to renewed diplomacy, urging both sides to pause hostilities before tensions escalate further. Speaking to CNN on Thursday,»»»

WASHINGTON: A Syrian man was sentenced to 42 months in prison on Thursday for his role in computer hacking on behalf of the regime of former Syrian president Bashar Assad, the US Justice Department said. Ahmad Umar Agha, 32, and co-conspirators hacked Western media outlets, businesses, non-governme»»»

LONDON: Lebanon’s leaders are looking to US-mediated diplomacy in an effort to avert another war with Israel, even as Israeli forces remain in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah refuses to surrender its weapons. This leaves authorities in Beirut with little control over the decisions that could plunge »»»

Opposition gets 48, election officials dismiss charges of foreign interference and fraud Jerusalem: The counting of votes in Israel’s election has confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud as the largest party in the next Knesset, though his right-wing bloc fell short of securing a parlia»»»

Presidential candidates Iliana Iotova and Andrey Gurov clashed over the budget, security, pardons and presidential powers in Thursday's Bulgarian National Television (BNT) debate ahead of the November 1 presidential runoff. Both appealed for higher turnout but offered competing descriptions of the »»»

Presidential candidate Andrey Gurov said during Thursday's televised debate that he wanted to be able to look back in five years on a job well done. He was debating presidential candidate Iliana Iotova on Bulgarian National Television (BNT) ahead of the presidential runoff. Addressing citizens, Gur»»»

A deadly high-speed train collision in Spain has deepened a political crisis engulfing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government ahead of next month’s general election, as opposition parties demand accountability. The disaster, which killed at least 69 people, has sparked angry protests and calls f»»»

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s 2026 haze crisis resulted in an estimated 1,700 deaths and 8 billion ringgit ($1.97 billion) in welfare losses, with the vast majority of fatalities linked to smoke originating from fires outside the country, according to a report released Thursday. An estimated 1,700 death»»»

Tunis, Oct. 29 (TAP) – Senegal’s Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Livestock, Cheikhou Oumar Ba, visited Tunisia’s National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRAT) on Thursday to learn about the latest developments in agricultural...»»»

Presidential candidate Iliana Iotova urged Bulgarians on Thursday to defend their right to choose and to vote in the November 1 presidential runoff. She was debating presidential candidate Andrey Gurov on Bulgarian National Television (BNT). The runoff would fall on the Day of the National Awakener»»»

RIYADH: A Saudi medical team successfully completed an operation on Thursday to separate Tanzanian conjoined twins Laitience and Loveness, aged 2 years and 2 months, at King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital in King Abdulaziz Medical City. The surgery took more than 14 hours and involved nine»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST)opened the third Gulf Universities Championship (GUC), marking the first time the regional tournament is being held in Qatar. Held under the patronage of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), the cham»»»

Khaled Al Hameidi Doha Qatar’s real estate market is entering a phase in which sustainable growth, investor confidence and the quality of developments will play an increasingly important role in determining its future, according to Alexander Heuff, Group Director of Cityscape. In an interview with »»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced the commencement of renovation work at the Qatar National Theatre. The project aims to modernise the theatre’s facilities and technical capabilities, enhance safety standards and operational efficiency, and preserve its di»»»

Satyendra Pathak Doha Renowned Indian playback singer Anuradha Paudwal and veteran Bollywood singer Vinod Rathod will bring an evening of timeless Hindi film melodies to Doha on Friday, October 30, as the Indian community in Qatar prepares to relive some of Bollywood’s most memorable musical moment»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Fire Station will present the inaugural edition of Artists Intensive Study Programme (AISP)exhibition, curated by Fire Station Artistic Director Wael Shawky. On view from November 8, 2026 to February 6, 2027, the exhibition will feature new projects developed by 22 artists»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Doha Film Festival (DFF) 2026 will launch Cinema Alkhaleej, a programme honouring the diversity of storytelling from across the Gulf, bringing together seven films that represent the region’s cultural heritage, evolving identities and contemporary realities. From personal »»»

Tribune News Network DOHA Qatar Museums Chairperson Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on Thursday inaugurated the new office of UTOPIA at M7,epicentre for innovation and entrepreneurship in fashion, design and technology, in Msheireb Downtown Doha, alongside minister»»»