Tribune News Network Doha Georgetown University in Qatar will host a discussion exploring the archaeological significance of Al Zubarah and its history as a center of trade and exchange connecting Qatar to the wider world. Titled “Al Zubarah: Archaeology of a Connected World,” the event will explor»»»

QNA Doha Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi held a phone call with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Arrmanatha Nasir on Thursday. At the beginning of the call, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs congratulated»»»

Brussels, Nov. 5 (SANA) Director of the International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Qutaiba Kadish discussed prospects for cooperation between Syria and the European Union with Hélène Le Gal, Managing Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the E»»»

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iranian top security official Mohsen Rezaei at the Kremlin, ​Iran's state media reported on Thursday, after Iranian negotiators met with mediators to discuss proposals to end hostilities with the US.Rezaei delivered a message from Iran's Supreme Leader A»»»

ISTANBUL: A Turkish soldier was killed at the weekend during a cross-border fire incident along its border with Iran, the defense ministry said Thursday indicating both countries were investigating the incident. “On October 31, while intervening in an illegal crossing in the area of the Engin Mayin»»»

Emerson executives explain how automation is helping the industry withstand disruption Emerson executives explain how advanced automation, artificial intelligence and local engineering capabilities are helping the UAE’s energy sector withstand disruption, accelerate recovery and prepare for its nex»»»

AMMAN — Transport and Labour Minister Nidal Qatamin, on Thursday received United Arab Emirates Ambassador Sultan Al Shamsi at the Ministry of Transport's headquarters to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the transport sector amid regional developments.During the meeting, Qatamin p»»»

By Staff, Agencies Ukraine’s efforts to join the European Union are falling behind those of other candidate countries due to insufficient progress in tackling corruption, according to the European Commission’s latest enlargement assessment. In its annual enlargement package published on Wednesday, »»»

WASHINGTON: US first lady Melania Trump brought Russian and Ukrainian officials together at the White House on Thursday and urged both sides to choose “humanity over war” ahead of talks next week in Abu Dhabi. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev was among the officials »»»

By Staff, Agencies Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev has accused the Financial Times of spreading “fake news” after the newspaper reported that a diesel fuel deal between Moscow and Washington was “unravelling” following changes in the routes of several tankers carrying Russian fuel. The Financial Time»»»

Three German soldiers have been hospitalized after two military trucks traveling in a convoy collided with each other on a highway in southwestern Poland, the Polish Gendarmerie has said. The collision on the A4 highway near Kostomloty, 27 km from Wroclaw, left three German soldiers injured on Wedn»»»

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia and Sudan closed each other’s consulates near their shared border, officials from the two countries said on Wednesday, marking a further deterioration in relations over allegations each side is supporting the other’s enemies. Sudan accuses Ethiopia of supporting the paramilita»»»

A 9,000-title library and 150 courses support inmate rehabilitation in Ras Al Khaimah. Ras Al Khaimah: More than 5,000 inmates at Ras Al Khaimah's Correctional and Rehabilitation Institution have benefited from an education programme offering over 150 courses since 2011. Its prison library, with mo»»»

Damascus, Nov. 5 (SANA) Finance Minister Mohammad Yisr Barniyeh met with a delegation from the Türkiye-Syria Business Council, affiliated with Türkiye’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK), headed by chairman Mahsum Altunkaya, to discuss opportunities to expand economic and investment cooperati»»»

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met Thursday with the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, the Kremlin said. Rezaei delivered a message from the ‌country's ‌Supreme ​Leader Mojtaba ‌Khamenei, Iranian state ⁠media said.Images released by the Kremlin showed that Kremlin »»»

LONDON: Stephen Doughty, British minister of state for the Middle East, reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to providing humanitarian assistance to Yemen following talks with Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi on the worsening crisis caused by Houthi attacks. “An honor to meet Pres»»»

NICOSIA: Natural gas deposits off the southern coastline of Cyprus are an opportunity for the European Union to bolster its own energy security by diversifying its supply, the island nation’s president said Thursday. President Nikos Christodoulides told The Associated Press in an exclusive statemen»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US First Lady Melania Trump said on Thursday that she had written a personal message to Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Russian special presidential envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries Kirill D»»»

Major General Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), has met with the Russian president and delivered a message from Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei. According to the secretariat of the SNSC, on Thursday, Rezaei traveled to Moscow for the meeting and personal»»»

BRUSSELS, Belgium: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has slammed Europe’s “disorderly” approach to Ukraine negotiations and demanded the EU decide who speaks on its behalf, in a letter seen by AFP Thursday. In the message to European Council chief Antonio Costa, who chairs summits of EU leaders»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia is ready for further cooperation with the Vatican on humanitarian issues, including family reunification, search of missing people and exchange of prisoners of war, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. "We are open to further cooperation w»»»

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he planned to visit Azerbaijan on Sunday, as a dispute over Baku’s new rules restricting Islamic headscarves in schools strained ties between the regional allies. “November 8 is Azerbaijan’s Victory Day. Unless there are extraordinary circumst»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, discussed the latest developments in the region and the progress of diplomatic efforts to strengthen security and stability, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Their telephone conversation »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The conflict in Ukraine is beginning to exhaust Europe both economically and morally, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said on Thursday. "I will be frank and say that this war is starting to exhaust Europe morally and economically. The billions that are needed to help Ukraine ..»»»

MOSCOW: The Kremlin denied Thursday it was behind cyberattacks that hit supermarket fridges across Europe this week, calling the allegations against Moscow “absurd.” Grocery stores in at least nine European countries saw fridge temperatures soar, forcing retailers to discard hundreds of millions of»»»

Damascus, Nov. 5 (SANA) Director of Planning and Investment at the Ministry of Industry, Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Osama al-Omar met with a delegation from the Turkish-Syrian Business Council, headed by its chairman Mahsum Altunkaya, to discuss prospects for economic and investment coo»»»

The pre-trial investigation into a major embezzlement scheme in Ukraine’s energy sector has been completed, the nation’s Western-backed anti-corruption agencies announced. Known as ‘Operation Midas’, the probe lasted for two years. It triggered one of the biggest corruption scandals involving Ukrai»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The defeat of the Republican Party in the US congressional elections may allow President Donald Trump to take a more active approach to the issue of settlement in Ukraine, retired US diplomat and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Chas Freeman sa»»»

Damascus, Nov. 5 (SANA) Head of the General Authority for Borders and Customs Qutaiba Badawi met with a delegation from the Türkiye-Syria Business Council, affiliated with Türkiye’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK), headed by Mahsum Altunkaya, to discuss ways to strengthen trade and investme»»»

MOSCOW: Moscow said Thursday that shipments of Russian diesel bound for the United States were still on course, after tracking data showed two of three vessels appeared to be heading to other destinations. US President Donald Trump eased sanctions on Russian oil last month as part of a deal with Ru»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday accused the BBC of biased coverage after the UK broadcaster dismissed as "rumors" the widely circulated footage of a severely beaten 14-year-old boy rescued from a secret torture chamber near Kiev. "Of course, the w»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. "President Vladimir Putin received Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei, who is cu»»»

Torture facilities are nothing new and were operating across Ukraine before 2022, Andrea Lucidi, an independent military correspondent working in Donbass, tells Sputnik, commenting on the exposure of an Azov* torture chamber in the Kiev region on November 2. "During my years working in Donbass, I v»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin today presented the Pushkin Medal to Draga Mastilović, Republika Srpska’s Minister for Scientific and Technological Development and Higher Education, in Moscow for his contribution to nurturing and promoting Russian culture abroad. Mastilović said he saw the medal n»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian side continues to implement the Paks-2 nuclear power plant (NPP) project in Hungary on schedule and according to the customer's wishes, and Rosatom's leadership is open to substantive dialogue with Hungarian partners, Russian Ambassador to Budapest Yevgeny Stanislavov»»»

Russian and Ukrainian officials, including human rights chiefs, are set to meet US First Lady Melania Trump at the White House Thursday ahead of Abu Dhabi talks aimed at ending the Ukraine war. It comes weeks after Melania Trump helped broker a partial ceasefire enabling the evacuation of civilians»»»

London: The Bank of England raised its benchmark interest rate to four percent on Thursday, the first increase in more than three years, as soaring energy costs push up global inflation. The BoE warned UK inflation risked hitting 6.2 percent in the third quarter of next year from 3.5 percent curren»»»

Natural gas deposits off the southern coastline of Cyprus are an opportunity for the European Union to bolster its own energy security by diversifying its supply, the island nation's president said Thursday. President Nikos Christodoulides told The Associated Press in an exclusive statement that th»»»

By Staff, Agencies Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the "unconquerable spirit of unity" among the country's diverse peoples as Russia marked National Unity Day on November 4, describing mutual respect and harmony as foundations of national sovereignty and independence. Speaking at the "Peop»»»

RIYADH: Kazakhstan is seeking greater Saudi investment in renewable energy, infrastructure and a major new smart city development, as the two countries look to expand economic cooperation, officials said at a roundtable in Riyadh on Thursday. “I’m confident that with the continued support of our tw»»»

KYIV: Russia and Ukraine exchanged airstrikes overnight as talks were set to resume in Brussels on Thursday on Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction and security guarantees once the fighting ends. The latest Russian aerial barrage underscored the scale of the rebuilding task, as did the ongoing search f»»»

RIYADH: Boosting cooperation on food and drug safety was among the key issues when officials from Saudi Arabia and South Korea met in Seoul. Saudi Food and Drug Authority CEO Hisham Al-Jadhey met Minister of Food and Drug Safety Dr. Oh Yu-kyoung on the sidelines of the International Coalition of Me»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine's Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and police have launched a manhunt for those who protested against the arbitrary detention of people in a secret prison hid in the basement of a house near Kiev. Secret torture sites have existed in Ukraine since 2014, to which the Russ»»»

BUDAPEST - The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury has granted an additional licence to Hungary's MOL and MOL Serbia Investment Kft in connection with a potential acquisition of a stake in the Serbian oil company NIS. NIS is under US sanctions due to its Rus»»»

A torture and unlawful detention scandal erupted on November 2 in Ukraine, after reports that Ukrainian servicemen were being beaten and held against their will inside a private house in Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka, near Kiev. The story broke when a woman posing as a private ambulance operator a»»»

OVERVIEW All media report on Angel Stoev having submitted a letter of resignation from his position as coordinator of Progressive Bulgaria for Plovdiv, South Central Bulgaria. He cited personal reasons behind his decision. Stoev said: "We managed to bring the situation under control following the s»»»

Hungary’s new government has stopped a 2026 agricultural machinery spubsidy programme reserved exclusively for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Serb-majority entity, Republika Srpska. The scheme was part of a EUR 100 million support package announced by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Milorad Dodik »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine lost over 345 soldiers in combat against Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr over the past day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. This is in addition to:Over 180 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated over the p»»»

Russia's interests in the situation around Ukraine will be secured either militarily or peacefully if there is someone in Kiev who shows political will, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. "Russia's interests will be secured either by military means, through the continuation of the sp»»»

Alexandria, Nov. 5 (SANA) Syria and Egypt discussed strengthening cooperation in the railway sector, focusing on rehabilitating Syria’s infrastructure and modernizing its transport system by drawing on Egyptian expertise and technical capabilities.The discussions took place during a meeting between»»»