Universities are often seen as places of discovery, intellectual growth, and personal transformation. Yet their true value becomes most visible during times of crisis. Wars, regional tensions, and global disruptions test not only governments and institutions, but also the resilience of individuals »»»

Sohni Dharti Forum, a prominent volunteer-driven social organisation representing the Pakistani community in Al Khor, has officially announced its Executive Committee for 2026, reaffirming continuity in leadership and a sustained commitment to community service. The announcement reflects stability »»»

QNA Doha Qatar’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published a special issue of its Legal and Judicial Journal to mark two decades since the introduction of the country’s Civil Code. The edition, issued by the Legal and Judicial Studies Centre, coincides with a legal symposium which produced recommenda»»»

Assistant Undersecretary for Special Education Affairs Omar Abdulaziz Al Naama, accompanied by several officials from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, conducted field visits to a number of private nurseries and centers to check on their readiness and to ensure the implementation of s»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The State of Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and national healthcare institutions, is participating in the observance of World Health Day, which this year is being held under the theme ‘Together for health, stand with science’. The theme, chosen »»»

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad did not immediately release a comment on the release of American journalist Shelly Kittleson. File Photo by Maj. Charlie Dietz/U.S. Army | License Photo April 7 (UPI) -- An Iranian-backed militia freed an American journalist it kidnapped last month in a prisoner exchange»»»

The conflict involving the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other has intensified sharply as a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for Tehran to accept U.S. demands approaches, with escalating threats targeting critical infrastructure and limited signs of de-escalation. »»»

Some people make the mistake of assessing the power of major states solely through the strength of their armies, the resilience of their economies, or even the prestige of their universities. In reality, a state’s true strength lies in its ability to produce ideas, test them, challenge them, and ul»»»

Bassel Rahmy, CEO of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA), held talks with Amr Abdel Moneim, CEO of the Upper Egypt Development Authority, to strengthen institutional cooperation and support economic development across Upper Egypt governorates. The discussions focused »»»

A woman holds a placard with a picture of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris during a rally for Kohler's birthday at Place de la Nation in Paris in September 2025. The couple has been released, French authorities announced. File Photo by Mohammed Badra/EPA April 7 (UPI) -- Two French people held in Ir»»»

Sharjah: His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has instructed the employment of 603 Emirati citizens in the Sharjah Government during May and June 2026. The directive demonstrates the emirate’s continued dedication to supporting national »»»

Damascus countryside, April 7 (SANA) – A joint technical delegation from Syria’s General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) conducted a field visit »»»

Libya’s eastern based Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) announced today that Germany’s Ferrostaal oil services company is to resume its gas exploitation work at AGOCO’s Sarir and Messla J22 Fields. This came on the back of a meeting held today by Mohamed Bin Shatwan, Chairman of AGOCO, with the memb»»»

An aid convoy organized by the Vatican envoy to Lebanon headed for Christian villages in the country's south had to turn back on Tuesday after it came under fire, a security source told AFP. Apostolic Nuncio Paolo Borgia, who was travelling in the convoy, was being escorted by French peacekeepers f»»»

Eni has discovered an estimated 2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas and 130 million barrels of associated condensates in Egypt’s Eastern Mediterranean, the company announced. The find was made through the successful drilling of the Denise W 1 exploration well in the Temsah Concession. Preliminary es»»»

At the Hungarian-American Friendship Day rally at the MTK Stadium, joined by U.S. Vice President JD Vance and, briefly by phone, President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán cast the coming vote as a historic choice between national sovereignty and submission to foreign pressure. Opening his»»»

GERB does not make promises but shows what it has achieved while in government, party leader Boyko Borissov said at a campaign event in Varna, on the Black Sea, on Tuesday. He highlighted that the Black Sea Motorway project is at an advanced stage and will be completed, with the key question being »»»

Britain’s welfare department has paid out £850 million (over $1.1 billion) in benefits to dead people over the past four years in a massive government blunder, The Telegraph has reported. Since 2021, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) made approximately 2.6 million erroneous payments to dece»»»

Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz that had been repeatedly watered down in hopes those two countries would abstain. The vote — 11-2, with two abstentions from Pakistan and Colombia— took place just hours before an 8 p.m. East»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Aleksandra Sofronijevic met with a delegation of China's Shandong Hi-Speed ​​Group corporation on Tuesday to discuss implementation of ongoing infrastructure projects and opportunities for further strengthening of strategic c»»»

Iran's hardline judiciary chief on Tuesday urged courts to speed up verdicts linked to the US-Israeli war, including capital punishment, as activists sounded the alarm about surging hangings of convicts seen as political prisoners. Since the war began on February 28, Iran has hanged seven people in»»»

‌French nationals Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris are "free and on their way to France after three and a half years of detention in Iran", President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday in a post on X, adding that Oman had mediated their release. The couple had been held by Iran since 2022 on charges of»»»

More than a month into the war with Iran, Washington is confronting the strategic nightmare it tried to avoid. What began as a campaign that many in the US and Israel appear to have imagined as short, punishing, and politically manageable has instead become prolonged, expensive, globally destabiliz»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic met on Tuesday with the heads of subgroups in an inter-departmental expert working group set up to examine the justifiability of Serbia's approach to nuclear power development to discuss preparation of studies in the firs»»»

Amman, Apr. 7 (SANA) A trilateral meeting held in Amman brought together Syrian Minister of Transport Yarub Badr, Jordanian Minister of Transport Nidal al-Qatamin, and Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, resulting in the signing of agreements and memorandums of und»»»

Tunis, April 7 (TAP) - The Tunisian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (French: CCITF) is set to publish a white paper in June 2026 to serve as a model for the business of tomorrow, said CCITF Secretary-General Mohamed Louzir. "This white...»»»

Allegations linking a Kyrgyz bank to questionable operations have not been substantiated in court, presidential press secretary Askat Alagozov said. According to him, the French-speaking Business Court of Brussels ruled in favor of Bakai Bank in its case against the non-governmental organization Op»»»

The leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), is traveling to mainland China, marking the first such visit since 2016. Known as a vocal opponent of the island’s possible independence, Cheng Li-wun was invited by Chinese President Xi Jinping for what she has described as a peac»»»

‎The Minister of Housing and Reconstruction, Essam Al-Tamouni, discussed yesterday, with the Chairman of the Savings and Real Estate Investment Bank and representatives of a Chinese company, ways of joint cooperation in the implementation of a number of development projects within the country.‎ The»»»

Tunis, April 7 (TAP) – Nearly 47% of Tunisian-French companies reported an increase in their turnover in 2025, according to the 2026 economic barometer of the Tunisian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCITF), presented Tuesday in Tunis by...»»»

TUNIS, April 7 (TAP) – Tunisia is commemorating, this week, the 88th anniversary of the Martyrs’ Day, a defining moment in its national history commemorating the April 9, 1938 protests against the French protectorate.During a plenary session at...»»»

Dubai: Dubai is putting the finishing touches on what will be one of its most distinctive coastal destinations: the Al Mamzar Corniche development, which will introduce the city's first public beach dedicated exclusively to women, complete with facilities for night swimming. The project hit 88% com»»»

The clock is running down on US President Donald Trump’s “Power Plant Day” deadline of 8PM EST on April 7 (midnight GMT), where he has threatened to destroy Iran’s entire power sector, ratcheting up the pressure on Tehran to cut some sort of deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

The clock is running down on US President Donald Trump’s “Power Plant Day” deadline of 8PM EST on April 7 (midnight GMT), where he has threatened to destroy Iran’s entire power sector, ratcheting up the pressure on Tehran to cut some sort of deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

The clock is running down on US President Donald Trump’s “Power Plant Day” deadline of 8PM EST on April 7 (midnight GMT), where he has threatened to destroy Iran’s entire power sector, ratcheting up the pressure on Tehran to cut some sort of deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

The clock is running down on US President Donald Trump’s “Power Plant Day” deadline of 8PM EST on April 7 (midnight GMT), where he has threatened to destroy Iran’s entire power sector, ratcheting up the pressure on Tehran to cut some sort of deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

The clock is running down on US President Donald Trump’s “Power Plant Day” deadline of 8PM EST on April 7 (midnight GMT), where he has threatened to destroy Iran’s entire power sector, ratcheting up the pressure on Tehran to cut some sort of deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

The clock is running down on US President Donald Trump’s “Power Plant Day” deadline of 8PM EST on April 7 (midnight GMT), where he has threatened to destroy Iran’s entire power sector, ratcheting up the pressure on Tehran to cut some sort of deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

The clock is running down on US President Donald Trump’s “Power Plant Day” deadline of 8PM EST on April 7 (midnight GMT), where he has threatened to destroy Iran’s entire power sector, ratcheting up the pressure on Tehran to cut some sort of deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

The clock is running down on US President Donald Trump’s “Power Plant Day” deadline of 8PM EST on April 7 (midnight GMT), where he has threatened to destroy Iran’s entire power sector, ratcheting up the pressure on Tehran to cut some sort of deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

A closed-door Conference of Chairpersons was marked by sharp debates between leaders of the ruling Socialist Party and the opposition Democratic Party over the establishment of a parliamentary inquiry committees. Democratic lawmakers called for the creation of a probe into contracts issued by the A»»»

Dubai: In a city like Dubai, that rarely slows down, especially when it comes to food one taqueria has quietly taken over everyone’s feed. El Primo Taqueria is the kind of place you hear before you see: music spilling out, people talking over each other, and tacos being devoured as quickly as they »»»

Actual production has begun at the grain mill belonging to the Kufra Production Project, the eastern based branch of the Libyan official state news agency, LANA, reported last Sunday (5 April). The report said this step demonstrates a clear trend towards reviving stalled agricultural and industrial»»»

Dubai: The Dubai Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court ruling dismissing a Dh150,000 compensation claim, finding no abuse of legal rights and ordering the appellant to bear court costs, legal fees and seizure of the security deposit. The court said the appeal was accepted in form but rejected on»»»

Tokyo, Japan: Japan's parliament on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, approved a record JPY 122.31 trillion ($767 billion) budget for the fiscal year through March, in a first in 11 years that the annual spending plan was not enacted before the April 1 start of the fiscal year. The budget reflects Prime Mini»»»

Ben Roberts-Smith pictured in March 2022 outside federal court in Sydney during a defamation trial in which he unsuccessfully sued three former Fairfax group newspapers for carrying articles implicating him in war crimes in the Afghanistan war. File photo by Dan Himbrechts/EPA-EFE April 7 (UPI) -- »»»

Dubai: Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Humanitarian (DXBH) has facilitated the dispatch of essential medical aid to Gaza. Through its Global Humanitarian Impact Fund, DXBH has organised the overland»»»

DOHA: The National Committee for Customs Clearance and Cross-Border Trade Facilitation held its periodic meeting to follow up on and review procedures related to import and export operations in the country, in light of the rapidly evolving situation and challenges arising from the current regional »»»

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he was “not at all” concerned about the risk of committing war crimes in Iran if he carried out his threat to bomb bridges and power plants. Experts in military law, however, say that deliberately bombing civilian infrastructure is a violation of inte»»»

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