About one-third of German companies plan to implement workforce reductions in 2027 as sluggish industrial output and weak capital investment undermine economic recovery in Europe’s largest economy, according to a survey published Tuesday. The German Economic Institute (IW) surveyed more than 1,000 »»»

US stocks retreat amid inflation concerns and Nvidia scandal fallout Wall Street stocks retreated Tuesday, with scandal-hit Nvidia notably tumbling again, while the dollar gained after a hot US inflation report boosted expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. After an up day on several »»»

PARIS: Controversial French writer Michel Houellebecq was placed under formal investigation on Tuesday on suspicion of complicity in incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence, a source close to the case told AFP. Houellebecq, 70, is arguably France’s most famous writer internationally, but h»»»

WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US ​House of Representatives, who will control key committees next year, are preparing investigations into what they say was President Donald Trump’s politicization and gutting of US spy agencies, including whether analysts have censored themselves to avoid retaliation.»»»

US links suspects to RAF Fairford plot and pro-Iranian terror groups The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against three men it described as "Iranian operatives," including one already in jail, over their role in an alleged terrorist plot at Britain's RAF Fairford airbase. Mohammad»»»

LONDON: A key border crossing between northern Lebanon and Syria reopened on Monday after two years closed, restoring a vital trade and travel route that officials said could eventually handle up to 10,000 travelers a day. The Abboudieh-Dabbousieh crossing, linking the Akkar region of Lebanon with »»»

GENEVA: The UN’s top human rights body on Tuesday postponed a regular review of the US human rights record until January in hopes of persuading the Trump administration to reverse its decision to become the first government to snub the process. The move by the Human Rights Council buys it more time»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), the Ministry of Justice, and Scale AI have signed two cooperation agreements to develop AI-powered solutions under SAK and Shoor projects, aiming to enhance the efficiency of justice-related services and adv»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Pavilion, organised by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) as part of MWC26 Doha, presented a range of digital projects, initiatives and solutions with the participation of government and semi-government entities and national institutions»»»

PARIS, France: The cyberattack on supermarket refrigerators that France has blamed on Iran marks a new phase in the asymmetric campaign Tehran is waging against the United States, extending it onto European soil, analysts say. Scores of French supermarkets were hit in the October 11 and 12 cyberatt»»»

Tribune News Network Doha QatarEnergy has achieved the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) 2.0 Gold Standard Reporting status for the 2025 data year. The OGMP 2.0 framework, managed by the United Nations Environmental Program’s International Methane Emissions Observatory, is the premier measurem»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Bringing the magic of cinema beyond the big screen, Doha Film Festival (DFF) 2026 has invited residents and visitors to embark on an exciting citywide adventure with the launch of DFF Side Quest, an interactive mobile game that transforms Doha into a giant game board from »»»

Syed Mujahid Abbas Bukhari, a digital transformation professional with more than 15 years of industry experience, has worked with clients across the Middle East, the United States and South Asia, helping organisations design and deliver enterprise solutions. He currently serves as Director of Busin»»»

QNA Geneva The conditions in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory are witnessing a serious and alarming deterioration amid continued military operations and restrictions on the entry of aid into the Strip, further exacerbating the humanitarian and economic crisis, s»»»

Ashraf Siddiqui Doha Indonesia has reaffirmed its commitment to international peace, diplomacy and stronger economic partnerships, highlighting five decades of friendship and expanding cooperation with Qatar, according to Ambassador of Indonesia to Qatar HE Guruh Syahda Langkah Samudra. Addressing »»»

Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA) has launched its annual Early Action on Diabetes campaign underscoring the importance of recognising the signs of diabetes, securing an early diagnosis and accessing timely care, while raising awareness of the risk factors for type 2 diabetes and ways to prevent the»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Doha Design District (DDD), powered by Msheireb Properties, has announced the launch of ‘Giving by Design’, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative that brings together design, creative education and community impact. Founded on the belief that design can transf»»»

Tribune News Network Doha For the second consecutive year, Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) has received the prestigious ‘RoSPA Gold Award’ for occupational health and safety excellence from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), UK, for 2026. The recognition reaffirms the co»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Pulmonary Medicine Section at Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Hamad General Hospital has opened the Oxygen Assessment Clinic, a specialised service dedicated to assessing patients’ oxygen needs. The clinic aims to evaluate patients with persistently low blood oxygen »»»

Tribune News Network Doha As part of their joint efforts to raise community awareness of health and scientific issues, Msheireb Museums, in partnership with Sidra Medicine, hosted the fifth session of the Science Café series under the theme “Health and Future Generations: Your Guide to Fertility”. »»»

Manama: Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi stated that the Ministers of Defense of the GCC states approved, during their meeting today, the opening of an Advanced Command for the Unified Military Command in the State of Kuwait and the allocation of appr»»»

As artificial intelligence makes machines more capable and autonomous, businesses are racing to embrace robotics. But while many executives expect to deploy robot fleets in the coming years, far fewer have a clear strategy for doing so. FRANCE 24's Charles Pellegrin speaks to John Healy, Intel's Vi»»»

US firm Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI chatbot, has announced it will offer 825 million shares at a price between $70 and $78 apiece during its planned IPO.  This will give the firm a valuation of around 1.4 trillion dollars. The blockbuster IPO will come at a time investors are b»»»

French police have searched several properties, including the Ritz hotel in Paris, in relation to an investigation into a suspected international network trafficking women for Mohamed Al Fayed, prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday. The Ritz is just one of the late tycoon's high-end ventures where v»»»

OSLO: President Donald Trump’s energy chief said on Tuesday the ​US was confident that the first cargo of Russian diesel headed for the US would eventually get sold in the global market despite the tanker carrying it coming to a halt recently. Shipping data showed on Tuesday that the Agioi Fanendes»»»

Lisbon: The State of Qatar is participating in the Web Summit 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal, which began Monday, and will continue until November 12. The event brings a distinguished lineup of technology leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers from across the globe. A delegation is repres»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday hailed US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi as "very productive" and said the discussions should be expanded to include Europeans at the table. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky described the talks as "constructive and quite substant»»»

So this time, it's Iran, not Russia? France - reportedly acting on US intelligence - summoning Tehran’s ambassador over last month’s hacking of hundreds of supermarket refrigerators that overheated, 15 of which even caught fire. Why now at a time when Iran’s trying to break its international isolat»»»

UK police arrested a senior member of the US Army on Tuesday on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence, adding that the arrest was not related to other counter-terror investigations. The 41-year-old man was detained near the city of Gloucester, west England, and remains in custody. A seni»»»

Copenhagen, Nov. 10 (SANA) Denmark announced Tuesday a new military aid package for Ukraine worth 4.8 billion Danish kroner, equivalent to approximately 642-643 million euros, as part of its continued military support for Kyiv, ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Copenhagen.»»»

Pentagon ramps up munitions output amid depleted stockpiles from Iran war President Donald Trump said the US is making more military equipment and munitions than at any time in its history. The contracts back a historic expansion, but they also show how thin the arsenal became during the Iran war. »»»

NEW YORK: A member of an Iran-backed militia plotted to attack the RAF Fairford air base in Britain while detained in the US on criminal charges, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday. Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi attempted to pass coded ⁠messages to two ⁠other alleged Ira»»»

LONDON: For a few days, governments around the world clung to the hope that the bizarre series of cyberattacks on supermarket freezers across France was the work of hackers with some kind of societal grudge, or perhaps criminals planning to demand ransom payments. But the announcement by the French»»»

COPENHAGEN: Negotiators at US-led talks between Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi are working on a possible major exchange of prisoners, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. “There is some large-scale exchange being prepared,” he told reporters, adding that US officials would trave»»»

Eleven people were killed and 51 were hospitalized after two major pile-ups involving 86 vehicles on the Trakia Motorway near the Zimnitsa junction in Yambol Region on Tuesday, prompting a large-scale emergency response, a national day of mourning and an investigation into the causes of the crashes»»»

AMMAN — Under the patronage of Audit Bureau President Radhi Al Hamadeen, the Jordanian Internal Audit Association on Tuesday held a ceremony marking International Accounting Day under the theme “Accounting: An Evolving Profession in a Changing World”.During the meeting which was attended by experts»»»

AMMAN — Over the past two decades, economic cooperation between the European Union and Jordan has evolved from a trade liberalisation agenda into a broader partnership focused on economic resilience, investment, the green transition and job creation.Shaped by the Association Agreement, regional ins»»»

Doha: HRH Crown Prince and Senior Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister of Brunei Darussalam, Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah left Doha today following an official visit to the country. His Royal Highness and the accompanying delegation were seen off at Doha International Airport by Chairperson of»»»

RIYADH: Pakistan’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ahmad Farooq, unveiled 18 paintings of Diriyah at an exhibition in Riyadh on Tuesday, describing the collection as a tribute to the Kingdom and its leadership. In the exhibition titled “Diriyah: Past and Present,” the ambassador showcased the Kingdom’s»»»

MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday expelled a Moldovan diplomat following a similar measure by Chisinau in October after a drone it claimed was Russian crashed in the east European nation flanking Ukraine. The Russian foreign ministry said that it was “on the basis of the principle of reciprocity... declari»»»

PARIS: French students kept up the pressure on the government on Tuesday, blocking the entrances to dozens of high schools and holding protests across the country to demand better learning conditions. Student protests in France since September have spiralled into larger cost-of-living demonstration»»»

LONDON: A former member of the Iraqi parliament was found dead in an apartment in Beirut on Tuesday evening, Lebanese media reported, shortly after his family reported they had lost contact with him. Ahmed Al-Alwani was reportedly strangled in an apartment in the capital’s Tariq Al-Jadideh neighbor»»»

FLORIDA: The 82-year-old estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, cut an electronic monitoring device off his ankle, just days after his arrest for keeping child sexual abuse material in storage units in California, authorities said Tuesday. Thomas Markle was in custody awaiting a hearing»»»

BEIRUT: The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon said on Tuesday that one of its patrols came under fire in the country’s south, without saying who was responsible. The force, whose mandate in Lebanon expires at the end of this year, said the patrol “was fired upon with about a dozen rounds»»»

British comedian and bestselling children’s author David Walliams has been accused of sexual misconduct involving young women and teenage girls, according to British media. He was identified on Tuesday as the celebrity who unsuccessfully sought to prevent the publication of sexual misconduct allega»»»

The EU’s climate chief said COP31 should deliver on existing pledges through electrification. But projections show some EU sectors falling short of 2030 goals, while some member states seek to weaken the targets. BRUSSELS – European Union Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has urged the COP31 clim»»»

Paris, Nov. 10 (SANA) British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband called Tuesday for launching a comprehensive diplomatic push to end the war between Iran and the United States, warning of the economic repercussions of continued stalemate and the absence of a political settlement to the conflict. Accordi»»»

LONDON: The first Syrian Airlines flight from Berlin in more than 14 years landed at Damascus International Airport on Tuesday, as the national flag carrier resumed its direct service connecting the German and Syrian capitals. Omar Hosari, president of the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Ai»»»

Al Dhafra's infrastructure upgrade focuses on safety and accessibility Construction has begun on four pedestrian bridges at key locations across Al Dhafra Region to improve road safety, pedestrian access and quality of life. The bridges will be located in Ghayathi City, on Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed »»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet has approved a new consumer protection system and exempted state-owned companies from customs duties on certain electric passenger vehicles imported for public transport services. The decisions were taken at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, chaired by Crown Prince Mohamm»»»