Jeddah, Sept. 9 (SANA) Syria’s civil aviation chief Omar Hosari and SAL Saudi Logistics Services CEO Omar Hariri discussed ways to expand cooperation and exchange expertise in air cargo handling and logistics, as Syria seeks to develop the efficiency of its aviation services. The General Authority »»»

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»»»

Israeli opposition leaders on Tuesday called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit to serve after a report that the United Arab Emirates had warned him before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Haaretz newspaper, in a report excerpted from a forthcoming book by its reporters, said UAE President Mo»»»

Israel said on Tuesday it was closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem in response to plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Julie Norman, Associate Fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Progr»»»

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»»»

Satyendra Pathak Doha Qatar’s state general budget recorded a deficit of QR21.2 billion in the second quarter of 2026, with total government expenditure significantly exceeding revenues, according to data released by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday. In a statement posted on its official account »»»

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Tuesday met with founders, chairpersons, and executives of a number of Chinese companies on the sidelines of his visit to China. The meetings discussed bilateral relations, along with a number o»»»

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»»»

QNA Doha Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Dr Maryam bint Ali Al Misnad met with Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Pierre Krahenbuhl in Doha on Tuesday. The talks focused on cooperation between Qatar and the ICRC and ways to strengthen joint ef»»»

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 Beijing Minister of Municipality HE Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiyah met with Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China, Ni Hong in Beijing, China, on Tuesday. During the meeting, they discussed ways to enhance cooperation and promote the exchange of expertise between t»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Ministry of Transport’s (MoT) Assistant Undersecretary for Land Transport Affairs Eng. Abdullah Saif Al Sulaiti met with a World Bank delegation headed by the WB’s Regional Practice Director for Infrastructure for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (M»»»

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»»»

QNA Berlin Qatar’s Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) His Excellency Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani met with Federal Minister of Interior of Germany Alexander Dobrindt, during his visit to Germany. The meeting discussed bilateral cooperation »»»

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,»»»

Beijing: Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry HE Dr. Ahmad bin Mohammed Al Sayed held separate meetings with senior Chinese officials and representatives of leading Chinese companies in technology, logistics, industry and trade during his visit to Chi»»»

Madrid: Jose Mourinho enjoyed a victorious return to European football at the Bernabeu as his Real Madrid side beat Inter Milan 2-1 to kickstart their Champions League campaign on Tuesday. Kylian Mbappe and Fede Valverde fired the home side into a commanding position inside the opening 25 minutes, »»»

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»»»

We condemn in the strongest terms the recent attacks carried out by the Houthis against Saudi Arabia, which disregard the safety of civilians and escalate tensions in the region. We reaffirm our support for Saudi Arabia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. These attacks also undermine diplomati»»»

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»»»

More than 1,000 UK flights cancelled after air traffic control glitch disrupts travel Dubai: Hundreds of aircraft were stranded, and passengers faced major disruption at airports across Britain on Tuesday after a technical failure in the country’s air traffic control system. Heathrow, Gatwick, Manc»»»

Geneva, Sept. 8 (SANA) Qatar on Tuesday called on the international community to continue providing political, economic and humanitarian support to Syria and lift all sanctions imposed on the country, while welcoming efforts on transitional justice and missing persons. Qatar’s Permanent Representat»»»

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»»»

DOHA: Qatar Airways has warned passengers of flight disruptions following a system failure affecting the UK’s air traffic control network. In a travel alert posted on social media, the airline said flights to and from airports across the United Kingdom, as well as services operating through UK airs»»»

Washington: The United States announced today new sanctions against Iran targeting the aviation sector and other companies, as part of a broad campaign to increase economic pressure on Tehran as the war in the Middle East enters its seventh month. The US Department of the Treasury said the sanction»»»

Ankara, Sep. 8 (SANA) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met Tuesday with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in the Turkish capital, Ankara. The meeting addressed ways to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries and reviewed the latest development»»»

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»»»

Damascus, Sept. 8 (SANA) Syria and Azerbaijan discussed ways to boost bilateral relations and expand cooperation in political, educational and economic fields, with a particular focus on energy and gas. Nada al-Aswad, Director of the Afro-Asian and Oceania Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affa»»»

Bunch departure follows White House push to reshape museums’ view of US past Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution following a tumultuous year in which US President Donald Trump tried to remake the portrayal of US history by the Smithsonian museums and oth»»»

Member of Hezbollah politburo, Hajj Ghaleb Abu Zeinab, commented on the insolent remarks of the US ambassador to Lebanon, stressing that they are aimed at justifying the Israeli crimes against the innocent civilians in South Lebanon. What follows is the full text of the statement of Abu Zeinab: The»»»

UPDATEPassengers face hours on tarmac amid widespread UK flight cancellations More than 1,000 flights were canceled on Tuesday due to a technical issue in Britain's air traffic control system that caused disruptions at major airports across the UK, the flight monitoring website Flightradar24 report»»»

Russian drones hit warehouses belonging to the Nasdaq-listed drugmaker Teva and one of the World Health Organization's main medical supply depots in Ukraine on September 3. Teva's facilities were targeted twice that day, Kyiv Post reported. "We are assessing the consequences of the attack and doing»»»

Serbia’s government proposed dissolving parliament on September 7, paving the way for an early election that President Aleksandar Vucic said could be held on October 18 or 25, public broadcaster RTS reported. Prime Minister Djuro Macut made the proposal at an extraordinary government session, »»»

Thousands of people gathered in Belgrade early on September 7 to pay their respects to former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, a convicted war criminal whose death and funeral have reignited divisions over Serbia's wartime past and strained ties with the European Union. Mladic, who die»»»

Thousands of people gathered in Belgrade on September 7 for the funeral of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, whose death and public commemoration have renewed divisions over Serbia's wartime past and strained ties with the European Union. Mladic, who died on August 27 aged 84 whi»»»

US imports of copper cathode from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) surged to a record 53,290 tonnes in July, equal to 23.9% of overall US copper imports that month, according to US trade data cited by Reuters. Overall imports exceeded 220,000 tonnes for the first time, while July's DRC shipme»»»

UPDATEPassengers face hours on tarmac amid widespread UK flight cancellations More than 1,000 flights were canceled on Tuesday due to a technical issue in Britain's air traffic control system that caused disruptions at major airports across the UK, the flight monitoring website Flightradar24 report»»»