Bangkok: Thailand's Department of Energy Business said on Monday that it has partnered with 13 car brands, five motorcycle makers, and seven fuel retailers to promote wider use of E20 gasoline, as the government seeks to cut reliance on imported crude amid ongoing Middle East tensions. Thailand cur»»»

US-Iran tensions flare as Trump balances nuclear denial with threats of new strikes WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran but angrily rebuked a reporter who asked whether he could exclude the option, calling the question “stupid” as the United States and Ir»»»

Rebels from the Central General Staff, the main splinter group of Colombia's defunct FARC guerrillas, on Sunday said they were responsible for kidnapping a Colombian national serving in the elite French Foreign Legion. The guerrillas said that Jose Olger Melo Charry, who was reportedly on leav»»»

As technology grows smarter, empathy, judgment and human connection matter more than ever Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of the landscape of childhood. It can answer questions, create stories, generate images, translate languages, solve complex problems and personalise learning in»»»

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's provisional estimate of total retail sales value rose 4.5 percent from a year earlier to mark a 15th consecutive month of expansion, official data showed Monday. Total retail sales for July were provisionally estimated at 31 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 4 billion U.S. dol»»»

Convective clouds could bring rain to eastern areas from Tuesday through Friday Abu Dhabi: Parts of the UAE could see rain on Tuesday, with unsettled conditions expected to continue through the end of the working week as convective clouds repeatedly develop over eastern areas. The National Centre o»»»

Iran is preparing a more aggressive response to renewed US attacks, and could strike economic targets as well as military sites, University of Tehran professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi has told RT. His warning comes after Washington and Tehran exchanged direct strikes for the first time since late Ju»»»

Indian-American comic turns everyday brown women’s struggles into global laughs Dubai: For Indian-American comedian Zarna Garg, 50 is proving to be a rather liberating age. She has spent much of her life being told to rein herself in and to soften her opinions and, perhaps above all, not be “too mu»»»

Duane "Keefe D" Davis, shown, was convicted by a jury Monday for orchestrating the 1996 death of Tupac Shakur. Davis was charged with one court of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang. File Photo courtesy of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Depa»»»

US naturalisation of India-born convicted rapist Gurmeet Singh revoked Washington DC: The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York has revoked the naturalisation of India-born Gurmeet Singh, a convicted rapist who concealed a rape and kidnapping during the process of obtaining US citi»»»

Manama decries drone strike as flagrant breach of UAE sovereignty, UN Charter MANAMA: The Kingdom of Bahrain has strongly condemned and denounced Iran's hostile attack on the UAE using a drone on Monday, describing it as a flagrant violation of the UAE's sovereignty and a dangerous escalation threa»»»

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll speaks in May during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Driscoll resigned from his role Monday, multiple sources reported. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo Aug. 31 (U»»»

Rescuers battled mud and debris Monday as the death toll from devastating glacial floods along the China-Nepal border topped 900, with nearly 4,500 people still missing. Rescue teams continued a desperate search for survivors as entire communities were swept away. Rescuers struggled on Monday »»»

As deadly floods hit the Nepal-China border, social media is being flooded with fake and misleading footage. In Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl goes through viral videos falsely linked to the disaster, including AI-generated content and old recycled footage from India, Chile and Alaska. Some posts have »»»

Muscat: The Central Bank of Oman said Monday that the total value of government Treasury bills allocated for issuance this week amounted to OMR 26.9 million. In a statement released Monday, the CBO specified that treasury bills with a 91-day maturity accounted for OMR 20.4 million, registering an a»»»

Police probe mental health of woman shot after stabbing two in Times Square A knife-wielding woman stabbed two people in New York's Times Square on Monday before she was shot by police, according to authorities and US media. Local news reports said the suspect was taken to hospital in critical cond»»»

Critics warn of ‘new colonialism’ as Washington gains majority stake in fields The agreement granting the United States control over about one-fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves rests on vague terms that raise questions about how it will be implemented. Here is what we know so far about the deal: Bi»»»

Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran "hard" after the two foes traded fire for the first time in over a month, while Iran's president warned that more fighting with the US was not in his country's interest. After six months of war, the foes remain at an impasse, with Iran keeping the strategic Strai»»»

Masked Israeli settlers have attacked and injured an NBC News crew and a local woman in the West Bank, the US broadcaster has reported. The journalists were accompanying a Palestinian family to a home they said they had been forced to abandon because of settler violence. Attacks by Israeli settlers»»»

Life returned to normal in Niger's capital on Sunday, a day after mutineers stormed both the presidential palace and a military base at Niamey's main airport, resisting forces loyal to the ruling junta until Russia’s Africa Corps intervened. State TV reported that dozens of soldiers were kille»»»

Édouard Balladur, who served as prime minister of France from 1993 to 1995, died on Monday at the age of 97. He led a "cohabitation" government under Socialist president François Mitterrand before waging a bitter battle for the presidency against his friend Jacques Chirac in 1995 – a race he u»»»

Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched for missing loved ones. FRANCE 24's Eliza Herber»»»

LONDON: A tanker ​has reported being struck by three projectiles ‌while ‌sailing ​out ‌of ⁠the ​Strait of ⁠Hormuz, 17 nautical miles east ⁠of ‌Oman’s Khasab, ‌the ​United ‌Kingdom Maritime ‌Trade Operations agency (UKMTO) said ‌on Tuesday. No casualties or ⁠environmental ⁠impact have been reported,»»»

WASHINGTON: A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting, a district attorney said Monday. Forsyth County Distri»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is reviewing its position on the Falkland Islands, after reports that Washington threatened to oppose Britain’s sovereignty if it does not increase defense spending. The proposal concerning the South Atlantic archipelago, over wh»»»

Europe's gas traders have spent the summer betting that the Gulf war would end before the heating season starts, giving them time enough to restock Europe’s gas tanks. That bet has gone badly. European gas storage currently stands at about 63% of capacity against a five-year average of 79%. Macro-A»»»

Europe's gas traders have spent the summer betting that the Gulf war would end before the heating season starts, giving them time enough to restock Europe’s gas tanks. That bet has gone badly. European gas storage currently stands at about 63% of capacity against a five-year average of 79%. Macro-A»»»

Europe's gas traders have spent the summer betting that the Gulf war would end before the heating season starts, giving them time enough to restock Europe’s gas tanks. That bet has gone badly. European gas storage currently stands at about 63% of capacity against a five-year average of 79%. Macro-A»»»

CEO Women Europe is a new initiative launched in June of this year to boost partnerships between Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Kate Moody meets with Sandrine El Khodry, president of this new platform and also Executive Vice President for Global Sales and Marketing at Alc»»»

Missile exchanges and Trump’s threats put Strait of Hormuz back in the crosshairs President Donald Trump has vowed a forceful US response after Iran launched ballistic missiles at American military positions in Jordan, reigniting direct hostilities with Tehran following a month-long lull and raisin»»»

Dhaka: Bangladesh's internet user base reached nearly 136 million at the end of June, up by 6.27 million new users in the first half of the year, according to data released by the country's telecom regulator on Monday. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) data stated that the n»»»

1 of 4 | U.S. President Donald J Trump hosts an announcement Monday on new deals with drug companies in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. Trump said there are now 26 companies participating in the most program. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Pres»»»

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Icelanders appear to have found a way to have their cake and eat it by rejecting a proposal to restart integration talks with the EU, RT’s Rachel Marsden reports. In a referendum on the weekend, almost 53% of voters in the northern Atlantic nation supported maintaining the status quo rather than ex»»»

Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador Alejandro Davalos in Doha on Monday. Discussion during the meeting focused on bilateral relations and ways to bolster them, in addition t»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Located within the climate-controlled, air-conditioned surroundings of Souq Waqif, La Piazza Restaurant invites guests to experience the warmth of Italian dining paired with the renowned hospitality of Qatar. Situated at the entrance of Al Bidda Boutique Hotel, part of Sou»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Eight years ago, Rashid Al Ghafri walked into Qatar Academy Al Wakra (QAW), part of Qatar Foundation’s Pre University Education, as a fourth grader who, by his own admission, was shy and introverted. This September, he returns as Head Boy for his final year. “It’s the most»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Design Doha, Qatar’s premier contemporary design platform, will return for its highly anticipated second edition from November 5, 2026 to January 31, 2027. The biennial will unveil an expansive exhibition programme and showcase the work of over one hundred multidisciplinar»»»

DUBAI/ASHEVILLE, North Carolina: US President Donald Trump threatened further strikes against Iran on Monday after the first exchange of direct attacks in a month, raising tensions in a conflict that had recently shifted into an economic standoff. Iran launched missiles overnight at two US air base»»»

Construction continues on a new ballroom Aug. 11 on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that ballroom construction could continue. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trum»»»

Tribune News Network Doha QNB Group, a leading financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has successfully renewed its ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management Systems certification, reaffirming its commitment to operational resilience, service continuity and international best practices.»»»

QNA Doha Qatari authorities have arrested three European nationals for providing unlicensed medical and cosmetic services. The Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), in lockstep with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), launched an investigation after receiving inform»»»

PA Media/DPA London Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football with immediate effect. The 39-year-old captained Argentina to the final of last month’s World Cup in New York, but he was unable to prevent his nation losing 1-0 to Spain and it proved to be the final match of»»»

Tribune News Network Doha In a move that reflects the integration of Qatar’s national digital ecosystem, Qatar will host two major global events in November.The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), in partnership with the GSMA, will organise the second edition of MWC26 Doha»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Despite the extraordinary challenges facing the Gaza Strip including the impact of the war, restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid and essential supplies Qatar Charity (QC), with the support of generous donors, continued to deliver high-impact education programmes a»»»

The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received a written message from President of the United Arab Emirates HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, pertaining to bilateral relations and ways to bolster them. The message was handed to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sulta»»»

Tribune News Network Doha On the eve of this summer’s HEC Paris Commencement Ceremony, more than 144 graduates and their families from across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), gathered in the French capital for the 4th edition of the HEC Paris, Doha Graduation Reception. The evening was dedicated»»»

Tribune News Network DOHA Qatar Museums (QM) has released its September 2026 public programme, featuring workshops, talks, storytelling sessions, creative courses and family activities taking place throughout the month across its museums and creative hubs. Activities span art, design, photography, »»»

Tribune News Network Doha As the new academic year begins, Qatar National Library (QNL) invites students, researchers and lifelong learners to a dynamic month of programmes spanning mentorship, technology and literature. The calendar kicks off on September 5 with “The Murshidi Programme: Academic a»»»