TEHRAN: Iran’s top diplomat insisted on Sunday that there would be no military solution to the United States’ war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending the conflict apparently at an impasse. A campaign of heavy bombardment failed to bring a decisive close to the war launched by the US »»»

Tribune News Network Nagoya (Japan) Qatar formally received the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) flag at the closing ceremony of the 20th Asian Games Aichi–Nagoya 2026 on Sunday, marking the transition from the Japan to Doha, hosts of the 21st Asian Games in 2030. Alongside the handover, Doha 2030 int»»»

JERUSALEM: Israel’s army chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Sunday that the military must draw lessons from the “failures” of the response to the October 7, 2023 attack, according to an army statement. “On October 7th, the IDF (Israeli military) failed severely, but the IDF got back on its feet,” Za»»»

LAKKI MARWAT, Pakistan: A march protesting the imprisonment of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan kicked off Sunday in the country’s northwest after talks to avoid the demonstration stalled. Authorities have been preparing for weeks for the possible arrival of demonstrators in Islamabad, wi»»»

QNA & TNN Nagoya Qatar officially received the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) flag on Sunday during the closing ceremony of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, marking the start of preparations to host the 21st edition of the continental sporting event in Doha in 2030. Prime Minister and Ministe»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Commercial Bank and Alternatif Bank brought Turkish companies and key regional stakeholders together at “Beyond Borders: Empowering Turkish Business in the Gulf Region,” held with the support of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkiye (DEİK). Senior representatives»»»

QNA Doha Four innovative projects aimed at improving the lives of persons with disabilities will go on display in Doha on Tuesday as the Shafallah Center for Persons with Disabilities showcases the winners of its “Shafallah Hackathon”. The exhibition organised by Al Shafallah Center, one of the cen»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a multi-specialty medical convoy in Sudan, with a volunteering medical delegation deployed from Qatar to perform surgeries for displaced and underprivileged patients at Bahri Teaching Hospital. Being carried out in cooperation»»»

Minister of Public Health HE Mansoor bin Ebrahim Al Mahmoud met with Secretary of Commerce for the US State of Maryland Harry Coker Jr. In Doha on Sunday. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways to strengthen cooperation and investment in the health, as well as precision medicine,training,»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) organised an awareness campaign to mark World Heart Day observed annually on September 29. Led by the Health Education Department in collaboration with health centres and their multidisciplinary teams, the campaign embraced this year’»»»

QNA Doha The Qatar Society of Engineers (QSE) has launched the ‘Qatar BIM Award’, a platform celebrating outstanding experiences, projects, and best practices in Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the State of Qatar. The award features four main categories: individuals, government entities, con»»»

Ashraf Siddiqui Doha The Embassy of Japan in Qatar, in partnership with local cultural organisations Geekdom and Nakama, has concluded the second edition of the Japan-Qatar Illustration Contest, celebrating creativity while strengthening cultural ties between the two countries. The award ceremony, »»»

Tribune News Network Doha As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly reshapes how people live, learn and make decisions, Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates is asking whether faith-based traditions should play a role in its development or whether it’s best left to the secular world. On October 15 at the E»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) has launched “It’s Time”campaign in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October as part of its ongoing efforts to raise awareness, promote early detection, and encourage healthy lifestyles that can help reduce breast cancer risk f»»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC) revealed that terrestrial protected areas cover almost 25 percent of the State of Qatar’s land area, with a target of increasing the share of protected terrestrial and marine areas to 30 percent by 2030 strengthening the protection of e»»»

QNA Washington The Government Communications Office (GCO) and the Embassy of the State of Qatar in the United States organised a promotional event to build on strong US participation in Web Summit Qatar and drive further engagement ahead of its fourth edition, taking place in Doha from January 31 t»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The 22nd edition of the Doha Jewellery & Watches Exhibition (DJWE) concludedat the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC) on Saturday, following a six-day run that welcomed more than 34,000 visitors.Organised by Qatar Tourism, brought by Visit Qatar and officially sp»»»

Israeli occupation warplanes carried out on Sunday a series of airstrikes across southern Lebanon in recent minutes, targeting several areas amid continued Israeli attacks on the region. The warplanes conducted multiple sorties over southern Lebanon and launched strikes toward the town of Hadatha, »»»

WASHINGTON: The US Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a US-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base. The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the United States, according to »»»

The largest scouting gathering was held to mark the second anniversary of the Supreme martyr of the nation, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, and his successor martyr, Hashem Safieddine, Master of the Martyrs of the Nation, bringing together a large crowd under the banner of Imam Al-Mahdi in the Ashura court»»»

DOHA: The 22nd edition of the Doha Jewellery & Watches Exhibition (DJWE) concluded at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC), following a six-day run that welcomed more than 34,000 visitors. Organised by Qatar Tourism, brought you by Visit Qatar and officially sponsored by QNB Group, this»»»

Kuwait City, Oct. 4 (SANA) Kuwait strongly condemned Sunday the Israeli occupation’s completion of work on the so-called “Sufa 53 Line” project in Quneitra Province, describing it as a blatant violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. In an official statement, the Kuwaiti Ministry»»»

Troops loyal to Ethiopia's federal government were patrolling the streets of Mekelle on Sunday, a day after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) withdrew its forces from the northern city. The government advance came as Ethiopia's regional rivals including Eritrea and Sudan met in the Egypti»»»

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is being weakened by the “impotence” of its member states and the UN, renowned American criminal-defense and human-rights attorney Stanley L. Cohen has told RT. “Unless the international signatories to the Rome Statute and the UN begin to take action against t»»»

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has urged member states to blame any incident they find suspicious on Russia even if they lack irrefutable evidence. He also hailed a recent accusation made by Estonia against its eastern neighbor and called on other nations to follow suit. Speaking at a joint pres»»»

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a security review of international flights to Israel on Sunday, after an attempt by an Omani co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound plane from Dubai. Netanyahu “has instructed the head of the National Security Council, Shmuel Ben Ezra, to appo»»»

LONDON: A Palestinian man died on Sunday after suffering cardiac arrest while detained at an Israeli military checkpoint east of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Raafat Khairy Abu Khalil, 45, was being held at the Ennab checkpoint when emergency medical »»»

NAGOYA: President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani invited Asian youth to meet again in Doha in four years, when Qatar hosts the 21st Asian Games in 2030, emphasizing that passing the Asian Games from Japan to Qatar embodies the extension of the Games' mission»»»

Doha, Qatar: The 22nd edition of the Doha Jewellery & Watches Exhibition (DJWE) concluded at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC), following a six-day run that welcomed more than 34,000 visitors. Organised by Qatar Tourism, brought you by Visit Qatar and officially sponsored by QNB Grou»»»

LONDON: The Syrian Arab Republic condemned on Sunday Israeli excavation and construction work in the southern Quneitra countryside, saying the activity violated the 1974 Disengagement Agreement and international law. The Syrian Foreign Ministry, in a statement posted on its official Telegram channe»»»

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has reiterated her "complete confidence" in National Rally (RN) leader Jordan Bardella, accused by investigative news outlet Mediapart of making anti-Semitic comments in 2013. But some analysts say the frontrunner in the Élysée Palace race »»»

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth more than 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) during a visit to Kyiv on Sunday marked by renewed Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital, including the latest drone attack on a bridge spanning the Dnipro River. Ukraine and»»»

Sheikh Ali Daamoush, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, said on Sunday that amid the occupation and attacks on Lebanon, the policy of destruction, land clearing, and the elimination of civilian life in border villages, and the enemy’s ambitions over Lebanese territory, the Lebanese people have »»»

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Sunday that it killed the director of a Turkish NGO in a strike, accusing him of being a member of Hamas’s armed wing. The military said he maintained contact with Turkish officials and Hamas leaders. “Earlier on Sunday, the (Israeli military) conducted a str»»»

RIYADH: Creativity thrives not only through constant production but also through moments of reflection, industry leaders said at the Creative Industries Summit in Riyadh, where discussions focused on heritage, identity and the future of Saudi Arabia’s growing creative economy. Speakers at the summi»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Elkhereiji received Denmark’s newly appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Merete Juhl in Riyadh on Sunday. He welcomed the ambassador and wished her success in her new duties, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on X. In a separate meeting, Elkhereij»»»

DUBAI: Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned and ​Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the government-owned National Iranian Oil Company, will be in charge of the ministry as acting minister, state media ‌said on ‌Sunday, without ​providing ‌a reason ⁠for ​the resignation. Mohsen ⁠Paknejad h»»»

RIYADH: The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen will continue providing operational support to Yemeni forces until the country’s state institutions are restored and the threat posed by the Houthi militia is eliminated, its spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki said on Sunday. Al-Maliki said the »»»

Education Ministry says all students are stable as authorities investigate incident Dubai: A number of schoolgirls at a secondary school in Kuwait suffered breathing difficulties in an incident that prompted an immediate investigation, the Ministry of Education said, adding that all the students we»»»

All branches of government in Bulgaria must work together, presidential candidate Iliana Iotova said on Sunday, calling for political stability and joint solutions to issues affecting citizens. At a meeting with residents at the House of Culture in Gotse Delchev, she also called for restoring effec»»»

Addis Ababa: Ethiopian federal forces were in full control of the Tigray rebels' regional capital, a local journalist said on Sunday, while Ethiopia's regional rivals gathered in Egypt to discuss the risk of a wider war. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and federal forces began fighting »»»

Citizens can obtain visas online or on arrival at entry points across the Kingdom Dubai: Saudi Arabia has expanded its tourist visa scheme to include citizens of Kosovo and Guyana, allowing eligible travellers from both countries to obtain visas electronically or on arrival at entry points across t»»»

Bulgaria aims to have a Rheinmetall plant built within 30 months, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Investments and Industry Alexander Poulev said in a television interview on Sunday. Poulev said he had held a highly constructive series of meetings with Rheinmetall representatives on t»»»

LONDON: A Syrian official met the commander of the UN Disengagement Observer Force on Sunday to discuss closer coordination between Damascus and the peacekeeping mission, as Syria repeated accusations that Israel is violating the 1974 Disengagement Agreement in the south of the country. Saad Baroud»»»

Madinet Masr has launched ETAJE, a residential and mixed-use project on the final residential plot within Taj City in New Cairo, with a targeted total sales value of around EGP 6.6bn. Located directly on the Ring Road, ETAJE spans approximately 26.4 feddans and is planned across three parcels. The »»»

Times Developments has launched Avelin Boutique in New Cairo in partnership with Lemon Spaces, a company specialising in the management and development of hospitality spaces. Under the partnership, Lemon Spaces will operate and manage 150 serviced apartments within the Avelin project, combining res»»»

EL-ARISH, Egypt: In Egypt’s North Sinai, Palestinian teacher Hadeel Zourob watches dozens of displaced Gazan children file into the region’s only Palestinian school, a place she built after war drove them from their homes. The students are among hundreds of Palestinian children uprooted by the war »»»

Ukrainian officials are embezzling foreign financial aid, former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller has said, adding that Kiev’s backers are well aware of the corruption but prefer not to ask questions. Speaking on the ‘Jankowski Kontra’ podcast on Polsat News on Saturday, Miller called for suspen»»»

RIYADH: Reversing Houthi territorial gains is essential to meaningful negotiations over Yemen’s future, according to a prominent analyst on Yemen and the Gulf, who also urges the international community to support a unified Yemeni army and restore state institutions. Speaking on the Arab News curre»»»

DUBAI: Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned and ​Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the government-owned National Iranian Oil Company, will be in charge of the ministry as acting minister, state media ‌said on ‌Sunday, without ​providing ‌a reason ⁠for ​the resignation. Mohsen ⁠Paknejad h»»»