Tribune News Network Doha The Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) Tamil Literary Club organised a Tamil Literary Readers’ Meet titled “Tamil Gathering, Tamil Exploration” on October 3 at the ICC Library Reading Room, bringing together literature enthusiasts and readers for an evening of literary exchange,»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan urged Afghanistan’s Taliban government Monday to stop militants from using Afghan territory to launch attacks inside Pakistan, renewing a warning that the same armed groups could eventually threaten the Taliban’s own rule. Tensions between the neighbors have escalated amid repea»»»

Minister of Public Health HE Mansoor bin Ebrahim Al Mahmoud met with Ambassador of France to Qatar HE Arnaud Pescheux. The meeting focused on bilateral cooperation and ways to further strengthen it in the health sector. (TNN)»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Established in partnership with Invest Qatar and the Qatar Research, Development and Innovation (QRDI) Council, and located at QSTP, imec Qatar is poised to conduct advanced research, develop specialised talent, and strengthen collaboration with universities, start-ups, in»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The PlasmaPure team at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) has advanced to the Semifinals of XPRIZE Water Scarcity in both Track A: Desalination – System-Level Innovation and Track B: Desalination – Novel Materials »»»

QNA Doha Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs HE Ghanem bin Shaheen bin Ghanem Al Ghanem has affirmed that the partnership between the ministry and Qatar Charity serves as a national model of sustainable institutional cooperation, strengthening the impact of endowment and charitable w»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Doha Design District, powered by Msheireb Properties, brought together architects, designers, academics and industry leaders for a one-day forum titled “Regenerate Cities: Design for What Comes Next”. The forum explored the ideas, technologies and practices reshaping the b»»»

In the presence of His Excellency Cao Xiaolin, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the State of Qatar, Trading Hub has officially launched the Sibionics GS3 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device in Qatar, marking a significant step towards expanding access to modern healthcare tech»»»

QNA Doha Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Dr. Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad on Monday participated, via videoconference, in an interactive session with children from the Noor orphan care programme in the Gaza Strip. During the session, Dr. Al Misnad learned about the childr»»»

Tribune News Network DOHA beIN MEDIA GROUP (beIN), a global sports, entertainment and media group, has been awarded the National Information Assurance (NIA) Certification by Qatar’s National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA). It is the first global organisation in Qatar to have successfully completed th»»»

Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi on Monday met separately with Ambassador of Indonesia to Qatar HE Syahda Guruh Langkah Samudera and Ambassador ofTurkiye to Qatar HE Yakup Caymazoglu. During the two meetings, they discussed legal and judi»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Podar Pearl School (PPS) has achieved a significant milestone in its international journey by becoming the first and only Round Square Global Member School in Qatar. Round Square is an international network of more than 300 schools across 50 countries and six continents. I»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) has been named “Worldwide Operator of the Year” at the Global Light Rail Awards 2026 in the United Kingdom.The award recognises the company’s resilience and operational efficiency, world-class safety and service performance, outstanding »»»

Tribune News Network Cairo Qatar Charity (QC) has opened an office in Egypt as part of efforts to strengthen humanitarian and development cooperation between Qatari and Egyptian organisations. The new office will provide a platform for coordinating humanitarian programmes, exchanging expertise and »»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Social Development and Family, in cooperation with the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, held a workshop on ways to address the effects of violence against children via videoconference, with the participation of representatives of government entities respons»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced the commencement of construction works for the second package of the Roads and Infrastructure Development Project in Izghawa and Al Thumaid at a cost of about QR418 million. The package comes as part of Ashghal’s plan to d»»»

Qatar Airways has temporarily suspended flights to and from Riyadh and Dammam in Saudi Arabia due to the current situation in the Kingdom. In an update, the airline said it was closely monitoring developments in Saudi Arabia in coordination with the relevant authorities. Passengers travelling to or»»»

WASHINGTON: Catholics serving in the US Army should ​not participate in the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan that the Pentagon is planning to livestream in December, a prominent US archbishop said on Monday. In an unusually strongly worded statement, Archbishop Timothy Brogli»»»

Damascus, Oct. 12 (SANA) Ways to strengthen economic cooperation and explore high-value investment opportunities in the Syrian market were discussed Monday during talks between senior Syrian economic officials and a visiting delegation from the U.S. business community. Deputy Minister of Economy an»»»

MADRID: Moroccan warships entered Ceuta’s waters during and after July’s migrant surge in a rare violation of Spanish sovereignty in the north African territory claimed by Rabat, media reported on Monday. The report comes on the eve of the first royal visit to Ceuta since 2007, which could strain S»»»

WASHINGTON: Federal agents on Monday searched the home of Democratic US Rep. Ilhan Omar, a startling escalation in a criminal investigation that brings renewed focus to the frequent target of Trump administration derision in the final weeks of her reelection bid. The search of the Minnesota congres»»»

TBILISI: Internet users in Azerbaijan reported difficulties accessing social media Monday amid protests against school restrictions on Islamic headscarves, as police announced 37 arrests linked to unrest over uniform rules. Instagram and TikTok users complained that videos would not load and feeds »»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they struck a vessel on Monday that was attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that is crucial to global energy flows. Iran has imposed a blockade on the strait since the United States and Israel launched strikes against the Islamic republic in»»»

SEOUL: North Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast, Seoul’s military said, after weeks of mounting friction over a land mine explosion along their heavily fortified border. Since the blast that injured three South Korean soldiers in the Seoul-controlled area of the De»»»

WASHINGTON: Federal agents on Monday searched the home of Democratic US Rep. Ilhan Omar, a startling escalation in a criminal investigation that brings renewed focus to the frequent target of Trump administration derision in the final weeks of her reelection bid. The search of the Minnesota congres»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s minister of Islamic affairs, Dawah and guidance, Abdullatif Al-Asheikh, has received messages from 176 ministers, scholars, muftis and presidents of Islamic institutions in more than 70 countries, affirming their support for the Kingdom as it faces continuing attacks by the H»»»

Doha: Visit Qatar, in partnership with the Qatar Challenge Racing Club (Samla), has announced the launch of the second edition of the Samla International Race, with registration now open to male and female participants from around the world. This collaboration forms part of a strategic partnership »»»

By Staff, Agencies Poland has deployed 24,000 police officers nationwide following a series of school stabbings and online threats, triggering a sweeping security operation that has already resulted in dozens of arrests. The emergency measures follow three stabbing attacks in four days that left on»»»

LONDON: Britain is to carry out an urgent review of the security given to public figures including lawmakers and royals, the interior ministry said Monday, after a series of violent attacks in recent years. Ann Widdecombe, a former Conservative MP and prominent figure in the right-wing Reform UK pa»»»

PARIS: The French navy boarded a vessel suspected of illegally smuggling oil in an operation off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday. Macron vowed no let-up in the struggle against the “shadow fleet” — a term used for the clandestine network of ships used by Ru»»»

LONDON: As Israel heads toward elections, its bulldozers are pushing deeper into southern Syria, widening the gap between diplomatic efforts to reach a security agreement and developments on the ground. In the hills of Quneitra province, excavation work on a project known as the Sufa 53 Line is res»»»

By Staff, Agencies US President Donald Trump’s adviser Alex Bruesewitz has said Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky should no longer be considered a “good ally,” accusing him of undermining Trump and harming American consumers by continuing attacks on Russian oil refineries. Bruesewitz made the r»»»

RIYADH: Beneath crystal chandeliers and gleaming display cases filled with diamonds, pearls, and gemstones, visitors are moving between jewelry brands in Riyadh this week searching for something more than precious metals. Industry leaders say Saudi consumers are looking beyond precious metals and g»»»

The Ukrainian parliament’s adoption of the law on education in minority languages is an important step forward for the educational rights of Hungarians in Transcarpathia, Ukraine, the foreign minister said in a Facebook post on Monday. Foreign Minister Anita Orbán stressed in her post that the Ukra»»»

LONDON: A judge said that numerous members of the UK special forces who were asked to contribute to an inquiry into alleged extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan had refused to cooperate. During a public hearing on Monday, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, leading the inquiry, said several notices were sen»»»

How exposed is Saudi Arabia? Just as Iran’s retaliation to Donald Trump’s war suddenly exposed the vulnerability of neighboring Gulf states…how much is Riyadh reeling from the escalation with Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthis? We’ll assess the physical and material damage from strikes on airports and o»»»

Saudi Arabia extended on Monday the closure of the international airport in Riyadh after announcing the Saudi-led coalition was responding to Houthi combined drone and missile attacks. On Saturday, another attack left 13 dead and over 300 injured. This is one of the worst disruptions to Saudi aviat»»»

Maritime security alert issued after attacks on ships in key oil route Three vessels — a product tanker, a crude oil tanker and a container ship — were struck by unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on October 11, according to warnings issued by the United Kingdom Maritime Trad»»»

STOCKHOLM — Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford were awarded the Nobel economics prize Monday for their work on how monetary and fiscal policy can better stabilise disruptive economic fluctuations.The two were honoured for developing new models for managing recessions and other crises that f»»»

AMMAN — Jordan’s industrial production rose by 0.62 per cent in the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to the Department of Statistics (DoS).The Industrial Production Quantity Index (IPQI) increased by 3.34 per cent year-on-year in August and 3.16 per cent»»»

AMMAN — Jordan’s inflation rate averaged 2.26 per cent in the first nine months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to the Department of Statistics (DoS).The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 2.73 per cent year-on-year in September, while increasing by 0.16 per cent compared»»»

AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration, Walid Masri, outlined these priorities during a meeting with a GCF delegation to discuss cooperation opportunities and the development of climate projects at the national and regional levels.The meeting aims to strengthen cooperati»»»

AMMAN — The E-commerce Programme for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) has been launched under a regional initiative aimed at strengthening digital trade and e-commerce across the Middle East and North Africa.The Programme is in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, t»»»

ROME: Risk of famine is rising across regions of Sudan, driven by conflict, El-Nino-induced drought and lack of humanitarian resources, a group of UN experts said on Monday. “An El-Nino-induced drought, affecting roughly half of the country, is compounding the impacts of conflict and displacement, »»»

The president must give voice to the problems and concerns of Bulgarian citizens, listen to them and amplify their voices, presidential candidate Andrey Gurov said during a discussion with residents of Botevgrad on Monday. “A country must not grind to a halt when the name of the [prime] minister ch»»»

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s campaign has accused US tech giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, of interfering in the country’s presidential election in favor of his right-wing rival, Flavio Bolsonaro. In a statement on Saturday, Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT) acc»»»

Poland has deployed more than 20,000 police officers nationwide following a series of school stabbings and online threats, launching a sweeping security crackdown that has resulted in dozens of arrests. The emergency measures follow three stabbing attacks in four days that left one person dead and »»»

RIYADH: The US embassy in Riyadh said on Monday that American citizens had been detained for filming recent events in Saudi Arabia, which has suffered a string of deadly attacks by the Houthi militia. The US mission said “American citizens have been detained for taking photos of recent events,” wit»»»

BENGHAZI: Libya’s eastern-based authorities have seized about 400 kg of hashish worth around 6 million ​dinars ($934,000) and arrested some suspects near the coastal city of Tobruk, officials said. Gangs often exploit the country’s turmoil and conflict. The anti-drugs agency’s information and docum»»»