The 13th Saudi Smart Grid Conference (SASG 2025) is set to kick off in Riyadh from December 15 to 17 under the theme "Innovation Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow." Held under the patronage of the Ministry of Energy, the conference brings together experts from 25 countries and features 28 panel disc»»»

German authorities said Saturday they had arrested five men on suspicion of involvement in a plot to plough a vehicle into people at a Christmas market. Officials have been on high alert during the festive season, after a deadly car-ramming attack at a market in the city of Magdeburg last Christmas»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Doha Equestrian Tour 2026 Organising Committee has unveiled the tour’s new brand identity and logo, reflecting the 10 rounds that make up this year’s edition and embodying the tournament’s deep connection to equestrian heritage and the sporting excellence that distinguishes Doha on»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Military Medical City Hospital has secured Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation under the Continuous Accreditation Model, becoming the first hospital in Qatar to achieve this landmark milestone under the new evaluation standards. A statement by the Ministry of Defense»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Awqaf Studies Center at the General Directorate of Awqaf, under the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, has released the sixth issue of its peer-reviewed international academic journal Al-Waqf. The new edition aligns with contemporary priorities such as sustainability and artifi»»»

Doha, Qatar: As Qatar once again united Arab nations in Doha during the FIFA Arab Cup 2025, strong messages of solidarity with the Palestinian people were on display across the capital. For years, Qatar has spared no effort in supporting Palestinians, ranging from mediation initiatives and humanita»»»

US Donald President Trump expressed uncertainty about whether Republicans would keep control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterm elections because some of his economic policies have yet to take full effect, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Trump, in an interview cond»»»

A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded nine others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching for the suspect. University President Christina Paxson said she was told that 10 people who were sho»»»

In what might be the most critical moment in Israel’s political history, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands on the brink of a judicial reckoning that could bring an end to his decades-long career. More than the potential fall of a politician, it could mark the end of a leader who has dominate»»»

Doha, Qatar: Cultural Village Foundation (Katara), in cooperation with the Libyan Embassy in Qatar, organised a live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Libyan National Museum. The event was attended by General Manager of Katara Cultural Village Foundation H E Professor Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s performance in the “Countries By Literacy Rate” ranking published by WorldAtlas reinforces its status as one of the world’s more educated nations, particularly within the Middle East and the broader global context. According to the WorldAtlas compilation, which draws on the mos»»»

A manhunt is under way after two students were killed and nine other people were injured in a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island. Officials say the gunman opened fire in a classroom at around 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Saturday at the Barus and Holley engineering building on the east»»»

Doha, Qatar: Youth from China and Qatar gathered recently in Doha for the third China–Qatar Youth Exchange and Dialogue event, highlighting the growing people-to-people ties and deepening strategic partnership between the two countries. The dialogue, hosted by the Embassy of China in Qatar, brought»»»

Dubai: Rain continued to hit different parts of the UAE on Sunday, with forecasters warning that more showers are expected this week. A persistent low-pressure system is driving the widespread rainfall across the nation, and unstable weather conditions are anticipated to last until December 19. Wha»»»

A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement. "Attacks as the one today »»»

Doha, Qatar: Former President of Finland and member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation, H E Tarja Halonen, has praised Qatar’s growing role as a global mediator, describing its efforts as both “difficult” and deeply necessary at a time when international diplomacy »»»

The ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip took effect on October 10. More than 300 Palestinians have died in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire with the Palestinian movement Hamas took effect, the New York Times reported, citing local health offici»»»

Doha, Qatar: Starting early this morning. December 14, 2025, various parts of Qatar witnessed lightning and thunder accompanied by rain, including in the capital Doha. The Qatar Meteorology Department reported at 8am that continuous observations of light rain were recorded in some areas, including »»»

Dubai: Long before Bollywood discovered the humble lip-lock, we had thunder, lightning, and bodacious leading ladies in very transparent chiffon saris doing all the talking. Rain wasn’t climate; it was chemistry for Bollywood filmmakers. Rain-soaked saris gave Hindi cinema its most stylish metaphor»»»

Dubai: I woke up to rain in Dubai, which immediately makes it a good day. Because rain on a weekend isn’t an inconvenience — it’s a luxury. The sound of raindrops tapping insistently against my window was a reminder that even in a city built for sun and speed, nature still occasionally steals the s»»»

Construction output volume, based on both raw and calendar-adjusted data surpassed in October 2025 the one year earlier level by 9.7%. Among the main construction groups the construction of buildings expanded by 14.7%, that of civil engineering increased by 3.7%. Based on seasonally and working day»»»

Venezuelan opposition figure and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said she feared for her life during a clandestine journey out of Venezuela to reach Norway for the award ceremony, describing a high-risk sea escape carried out with US support. FRANCE 24 spoke to her daughter Ana C»»»

Israel said Saturday it had killed top Hamas commander Raed Saad in a strike in Gaza after an explosive device wounded two Israeli soldiers in the south of the territory as both sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire that took effect on October 10.  Israel said it killed a top Ham»»»

Since the October 7, 2023 terror attacks, Israel has issued some 217,000 new firearms licences to civilians. Among the new permit holders are a growing proportion of women. Whether religious or secular and living in settlements or affluent villages, they support the extension of the right to bear a»»»

France’s agriculture ministry said on Saturday that one million head of cattle would be vaccinated against lumpy skin disease in the coming weeks, as farmers blocked roads to protest mass culling measures ordered after multiple outbreaks of the virus. France will vaccinate 1 million head of cattle »»»

Gondolas floated above the southeastern suburbs of Paris on Saturday as officials inaugurated the first urban cable car in the French capital’s region, a project aimed at cutting travel times and improving links between isolated neighbourhoods and the metro network. Gondolas floated above a citysca»»»

Cambodia said on Saturday that Thai jets continued bombing its territory hours after US President Donald Trump said the two neighbours had agreed to halt border fighting. The conflict, which stems from a long-running dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of their frontier, has killed »»»

It's a story of art, rivalry and bloodlines. Japan's megahit and Oscar hopeful "Kokuho" is coming to the French box office at Christmas. It follows the life of a man born the son of a yakuza boss who goes on to become a "living national treasure" in the hereditary world of kabuki, a centuries-»»»

Angry fans on Saturday stormed a stadium in eastern India after football star Lionel Messi left early during a packed event in Kolkata, sparking chaos, vandalism and arrests. Angry spectators broke down barricades and stormed the pitch at a stadium in India after football star Lionel Messi, who is »»»

Kyiv received 114 prisoners released by Belarus under a US-brokered deal on Saturday, including Ukrainian citizens accused of working for intelligence services and Belarusian political prisoners. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to meet Ukraine’s P»»»

The US plan to end the war in Ukraine allows for Kyiv to join the EU in 2027, a senior official said Friday. Even if the bloc's Moscow-friendly governments such as Hungary were to agree to Ukraine's accession, complex questions would need to be quickly resolved, European diplomats and officials sai»»»

Belarus on Saturday released 123 political prisoners, including protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, in a US-brokered deal involving a partial lifting of Western sanctions, according to rights groups and state media. Belarus has freed protest leader Maria»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, December 12: A US defence news website reports on leaks from the National Security Strategy, which reveal how the Trump administration is trying to pull four EU nations away from the bloc. Also: World Darts champion Luke Littler begins his campaign to defend his title. P»»»

Providence, Rhode Island: A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching for the suspect. University President Christina Paxson said she was told »»»

In an article for Serbian newspaper Politika, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov accused the West of launching a "multi-tiered campaign against the Serbs" aimed at dismantling the Dayton peace framework and forcibly integrating Bosnia into NATO. In an article for the Serbian newspaper Politika, Russian Forei»»»

The Venezuelan government has issued a fierce condemnation of the European Union’s decision to permanently freeze assets belonging to the Russian Central Bank, labeling the move an illegal act of “theft, piracy, expropriation and looting” by the “global North.” In a statement posted on Telegram, Ve»»»

US President Donald Trump promised on Saturday "very serious" retaliatory actions against Islamic State* following the deaths of US soldiers in an attack in the Syrian city of Palmyra. Earlier in the day, the Pentagon said that two US servicepeople and one civilian interpreter were killed on Saturd»»»

Sharjah: Sharjah Police have released a hard-hitting awareness video warning families that emotional neglect and weak communication can leave children vulnerable to drug abuse. Shared on the police’s official social media platforms, the video is part of an ongoing anti-narcotics campaign. It tells »»»

Dubai: The UAE is set to experience unsettled weather conditions starting today, Sunday, with the National Center of Meteorology (NCM) forecasting partly to mostly cloudy skies and scattered rainfall, particularly across coastal and northern regions. The weather shift is accompanied by a drop in te»»»

While moderating a book discussion recently, I joked how lucky my generation was to have grown up in the 80s and 90s without cellphones, where we did all the stupid things kids would do but thank goodness there was no evidence on video! Many in the audience laughed and lamented too as parents said »»»

Dubai: A rare year-end spike in global shipping rates is creating new challenges for the energy exporters worldwide, even across the Gulf, with freight costs for crude, LNG and bulk commodities climbing to levels not typically seen at this time of year. Tanker earnings on key crude routes have surg»»»

A male suspect is at large after killing 2 and wounding eight others during a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I., late Saturday afternoon. File Photo by Justine Lane/EPA-EFE Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A suspect is at large after killing two and wounding eight others during a mass shooting »»»

Standing around a kitchen island with a small group of other food writers, I pull on a pair of plastic gloves and begin massaging a bright red paste into wedges of cabbage. We are in Korean-American TV chef Judy Joo's London flat, learning how to make kimchi from scratch. Kimchi - sharp, funky, fer»»»

Disaster, catastrophe and nightmare. That's how Hollywood's creative workers describe the fall of the once mighty Warner Bros, as Netflix and Paramount battle to buy the historic studio and tinsel town braces for more upheaval and job losses. Warner's decline and impending sale – whether it's to Pa»»»

Share: JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said it would “temporarily” suspend a strike planned for Saturday that was intended to target what it described as Hezbollah military infrastructure in southern Lebanon. A November 2024 ceasefire sought to end over a year of fighting between Israel and the Hez»»»

Sarah Cohen's Home. That's the sign welcoming anyone who walks into Thaha Ibrahim's shop in a narrow cobbled lane in the southern Indian city of Kochi. The bustling street, where vendors sell everything from antiques to Persian carpets and spices, is called Jew Town - some decades ago, every house »»»

We condemn the terrorist attack carried out today (13 December) against the Syrian and the US forces conducting a patrol near the city of Palmyra, Syria. We extend our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the attack, as well as to the Governments of Syria and the United Stat»»»

Two Thai F-16 fighter jets dropped seven bombs in Pursat Province, Cambodia, and damaged a bridge amid escalating tensions that caused Cambodian officials to close border crossings on Saturday. Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse/EPA Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Cambodian officials closed all border crossings fro»»»

Comedian and actress Amy Schumer has announced that she and her husband, chef Chris Fischer, are getting a divorce after seven years of marriage. The Trainwreck star said in a social media post on Friday, alongside a photo of the two of them on the subway, that they had made the "difficult decision»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Three days after they eased past Cruz Azul to win the FIFA Derby of the Americas, CR Flamengo have collected more silverware as they defeated Pyramids FC 2-0 to win the FIFA Challenger Cup. Victory has also secured the Rio giants a ticket to the final of the FIFA Intercont»»»