NCM forecasts fog, mist and stronger winds later this week as temperatures ease Sunday Dubai: Temperatures are forecast to reach 47°C in parts of the UAE on Wednesday before cooler conditions arrive by Sunday, with fog, mist and stronger winds expected in some areas later this week, according to th»»»

The Smithsonian announced Tuesday that Secretary Lonnie Bunch will leave his post at the end of the year, as the institution faces continued scrutiny from the Trump administration over how its museums present US history. Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from the leadership of the Smithsonian Instituti»»»

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's partnership with China—including collaboration with top tech firms—continues to accelerate its artificial intelligence sector by boosting adoption and creating jobs, according to Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. The development of the AI sector will prove crucial as Ma»»»

Share: HERE IS THE LATEST: American forces have struck five oil tankers linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards after attempted Iranian attacks on a U.S. warship, U.S. Central Command said. Brent crude, the international standard for oil, was trading at a seven-week high of $97 per barrel Tuesday aft»»»

Dozen of civilians were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon over the weekend, RT’s Steve Sweeney has reported. Attacks by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on the neighboring country are continuing despite a US-mediated ceasefire, which has been in force starting late June. More than 4,000 »»»

Around 30 humanoid and quadruped robots marched in circles, waved flags and "chanted" slogans outside Poland's digital affairs ministry on September 7 in a protest calling for greater scrutiny of artificial intelligence and its impact on jobs. The unusual demonstration in Warsaw was organised by De»»»

Bengaluru startup trains sensor-fitted dogs to spot cancer through breath When rescue dog Chloe is not tumbling across the grass on a farm outside India's tech capital Bengaluru, she is learning to sniff human breath for cancer with a little help from AI. Fitted with a 3D-printed helmet and harness»»»

New measures target goods, services, financing as diplomatic tensions with Israel deepens London: Britain has announced a sweeping ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, but the headline numbers reveal something important: This is likely to hurt Israel politically more tha»»»

Investment and industrial cooperation are creating new opportunities for both economies At BMW’s plant in Landshut, Bavaria, a foundry casts engine parts, components for electric cars and body structures. In 2021, BMW agreed to buy 43,000 tonnes of solar-produced aluminium a year from Emirates Glob»»»

Government defends high pay as key to clean, capable leadership in Singapore KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysa (AP): Singapore’s ministers, already among the world's highest paid, are getting a raise for the first time in 15 years, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said, explaining the government cannot attract top»»»

Iran war raises stakes as militantstarget Saudi oil sites and push towards Bab Al Mandab Dubai: For nearly four years, Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis had largely avoided direct confrontation. That breathing space is rapidly disappearing. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants launched their heavies»»»

Paris: Two artworks remain missing following an early Tuesday burglary at the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, located in southeastern France's Alpes-Maritimes region, according to local media reports. Cagnes-sur-Mer Mayor Bryan Masson said in a post on Facebook that two individuals entered the Ren»»»

Kerala designer's Sharjah heritage artwork featured on 6 stamps issued by Emirates Post Sharjah: For years, Indian expats in the UAE have made headlines for their passion for collecting postage stamps. Now, an Indian expat from Kerala has found himself on the other side of the story: not as a colle»»»

François Picard is pleased to welcome Jean Simard, President and CEO of the Aluminum Association of Canada. According to Simard, the US-Canada aluminum dispute is not your conventional disagreement over trade, but rather a 'Trump posture that makes no sense". As American industrial demand substanti»»»

Give them the freedom to discover what excites them instead As children return to school for a promising new academic year, classrooms are once again filled with introductions. Teachers want to get to know their students, and children are encouraged to talk about themselves. Somewhere in those earl»»»

Tunis, Sept. 9 (TAP) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ali Nafti, met Tuesday evening in Tunis with Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Fahmy, who is visiting Tunisia on September 8–9.According to a...»»»

Russia rejected a proposed truce in the air and repeated its demand that Ukraine leave Donbas when US envoys visited Moscow and Kyiv on September 5 and 6. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Vladimir Putin for more than three hours in Moscow, then flew to Kyiv the following day for talks with Volod»»»

EXCLUSIVEGulf News sits down with Saif Ali Khan in his home study for an exclusive interview Mumbai: Bollywood mostly loves a heavily orchestrated press junket. You know the drill: publicists hovering like prison wardens with digital stopwatches, PR teams mouthing "last question!" at the seven-minu»»»

New Delhi. Indian authorities have rescued five baby orangutans in an eastern forest region, according to a state minister on Tuesday, following a targeted wildlife recovery operation. Officials suspect the endangered primates were illegally trafficked into the country from Southeast Asia. The oran»»»

Strikes on Iranian tankers and Hormuz risks drive fresh risk premium into oil Oil prices rose sharply early Wednesday as renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities threatened to widen across the Gulf and disrupt tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. As of 8:28 am Tokyo on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, the ma»»»

Share: Photo illustration : Lebanon’s road to sovereignty: Negotiation under one government, security under one army and peace beneath one flag. Hezbollah’s wars have repeatedly cost Lebanon lives, homes and territory. Only state-led diplomacy and negotiations can secure an Israeli withdrawal, disa»»»

US hits Iranian oil tankers after IRGC missile attacks on US warship The US military has destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers early on Wednesday (September 9). The attacks on Iranian tankers are in response to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeting a US Navy warship with ballistic »»»

Washington leans on maritime pressure to force change on Iran’s Hormuz stance The US naval blockade of Iran has effectively halted the regime's oil exports as well as local fuel supplies. Washington and allied analysts frame it as an economic weapon — a pressure campaign intended to either compel a»»»

Washington targets 27 Iranian airlines in sweeping bid to choke Tehran’s trade WASHINGTON: The United States has sanctioned all 27 of Iran’s remaining airlines, escalating a campaign to cut Tehran off from international finance, aviation and trade as the war and economic confrontation enter a criti»»»

Khaled Al Hameidi Doha The 10th edition of the Katara International Hunting and Falcons Exhibition, S’hail 2026, opened on Tuesday at the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara), bringing together falconers, hunters, artists, heritage enthusiasts and leading international companies in one of the regio»»»

QNA Doha Qatar Post is showcasing its postal and logistics services at the 10th edition of the Katara International Hunting and Falcons Exhibition, S’hail 2026, with a focus on integrated shipping and storage solutions for falconers, hunting and outdoor enthusiasts, as well as companies, exhibitors»»»

Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, HE Chaudhry Salik Hussain, recently visited Doha where he attended a highly engaging community event hosted by the Pakistan Business Council Qatar (PBCQ). The gathering underscored the strong ties between Pakistan and Qatar, a»»»

Bogotá: Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella relaxed firearm carrying restrictions on Tuesday, arguing the measure is necessary to allow ordinary citizens to defend themselves against "bandits armed to the teeth." De la Espriella, who took office last month, has declared war on Colombia's m»»»

Donald Trump shared an AI-generated map Monday appearing to show the US absorbing Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Iceland, Cuba and parts of the Caribbean into a giant “United States of America”. Shared with no context, the post sparked diplomatic backlash with Iceland summoning its ambassador and Mexic»»»

Tribune News Network Doha In partnership with Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), the representation mission of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Bangladesh has launched an ophthalmology project for the benefit of Rohingya refugees and the host community in Cox’s Bazar. Implemented as part »»»

Tribune News Network Doha From October 27 to December 26, Qatar Museums (QM), in collaboration with L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, will present ‘Around the World in Jewellery’, a landmark exhibition exploring jewellery as one of humanity’s most enduring expressions of cultural identity. On view a»»»

Tribune News Network Santiago (Chile) and Doha Years of Culture (YoC) hosted a free film festival at Centro Cultural La Moneda (CCLM) in Santiago, Chile, as part of the programme surrounding “Your Ghosts Are Mine: Expanded Cinemas, Amplified Voices.” Presented as part of the legacy of the Qatar Arg»»»

Tribune News Network Doha HERO, a startup project pioneered by two students and one alumnus from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), advanced to the 2026 EF Hult Prize Global Accelerator, becoming the second team from Qatar to reach this stage of the global competition since 2021. HERO is one of »»»

Tribune News Network Doha More than 100 young fencers will come together at Education City Stadium for Qatar Foundation’s ‘Touché: International Fencing Day 2026’, with Olympic medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad joining them as they put their training into practice. Among them will be a new generation of f»»»

QNA Doha The Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding has received 256 nominations from 33 countries for its 12th edition, reflecting the award’s growing international reach and the diversity of participants, languages and translation directions. Of the total, 176 nominati»»»

In tonight's edition: An Egyptian TV presenter is among a dozen people a court has sentenced to death on drug charges. But first: a South African high court rejects a former defence minister's bid to have a corruption case against her dropped. Plus the very first Pan-African Architecture »»»

Two thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and stole four valuable Renoir paintings Tuesday from a small museum on the French Riviera, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled, authorities said. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Christopher Marinello, a lawyer and founder of»»»

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Tuesday met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China HE Wang Yi in Beijing. The meeting discussed relations between the two countries and ways to support and strengthen»»»

Turkey has completed the transfer of 184 Turkish nationals imprisoned in Iraq as Islamic State militants. The inmates were removed from Karkh prison in Baghdad, Hale Gonultas (@hale_gonultas) of Turkish news portal T24 reported on September 7.  Gonultas is among the le»»»

US Vice President JD Vance has lifted the veil on a discrete diplomatic campaign to penalise Iran over its attacks on maritime trade, claiming that a coalition of regional allies, including Turkey, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, is quietly bolstering American efforts to clamp down on Tehran.»»»

US Vice President JD Vance has lifted the veil on a discrete diplomatic campaign to penalise Iran over its attacks on maritime trade, claiming that a coalition of regional allies, including Turkey, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, is quietly bolstering American efforts to clamp down on Tehran.»»»

Ankara, Sept. 9 (SANA) Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met on Tuesday with U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Syria and Iraq Tom Barrack in Ankara for talks on bilateral relations and the latest developments in the region. The two sides discussed ways to strengthen relations between Syri»»»

Canada's retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 percent on approximately $19.8 billion worth of US goods came into effect this Tuesday, further escalating the trade war between the two neighbours. At the same time, US President Donald Trump is threatening to ban sales of all Bombardier aircraft in the US,»»»

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened to attack oil tankers near ports in Bahrain and Kuwait after US forces struck Iranian vessels just off Kharg Island, the country’s main oil export hub. The IRGC Navy issued what it called an “urgent warning” late Tuesday, telling tanker»»»

Nearly 150 musicians and singers performed in the Bulgaria Is Born concert marking the 141st anniversary of Bulgaria’s Unification in Pleven on Tuesday. Conductor Georgi Miltiyadov led the musical production, which featured the Pleven Philharmonic, Gena Dimitrova Municipal Choir, Pleven Municipal B»»»

Annette Young is pleased to welcome Michelle Swers, Professor of Government at Georgetown University. She frames the New Hampshire primary as both a major Senate contest and an unusually strong indication of the national political climate ahead of November. While Democrats face a difficult Senate m»»»

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Canada would move faster to reduce its economic reliance on the United States as retaliatory tariffs took effect on about $20 billion worth of U.S. goods and the country braced for President Donald Trump’s response. FRANCE 24's Christopher Guly »»»

LONDON — European gas prices have more than doubled owing to the US-Iran war, just as Europe needs to replenish its reserves ahead of winter.AFP examines the severity of the current spike, comparing it with energy price shocks in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Why are reserves a key conce»»»

French police on Tuesday hunted for two thieves who escaped with two Renoir paintings from a museum, after abandoning two others as they fled, in a burglary that reignited concerns about the protection of France's cultural heritage. The heist is the latest in a string of such robberies including th»»»

Exactly two months ago, Ukraine’s momentum was all the talk at a Nato summit in Turkey. What with its long-range drones and Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that the US would allow Kyiv to produce Patriot anti-ballistic missiles on home soil. That was then. This is now: Trump's deal's yet to ma»»»