QNA Doha The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni discussed regional and international developments during a meeting at Lusail Palace on Saturday. Both sides stressed the need to de-escalate tensions and prioritise political dialogue and diplo»»»

Satyendra Pathak Doha Qatar continues to demonstrate remarkable economic resilience despite ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Gulf, Fitch Ratings has said in a report. Fitch placed Qatar’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) and Local-Currency (LTLC) Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of ‘AA’, reflecti»»»

QNA DOHA The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) said air quality levels across the country remain within normal and safe limits, based on continuous monitoring. On its X account, the ministry noted that a nationwide network of monitoring stations tracks air conditions around the clo»»»

Minister of Municipality HE Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiyah visited Mazzraty’s broiler chicken production facility in Al-Riffa. The tour forms part of ongoing initiatives to strengthen Qatar’s food security ecosystem and champion local agricultural production, assessing the company’s ope»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Charity’s team in Sudan has completed the distribution of food baskets to 15,708 beneficiaries, with generous support from philanthropists in Qatar. Beneficiaries included families of sponsored orphans, as well as vulnerable and displaced households across four Sudan»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The “ZhongGuanCun-Gulf Cooperation Council States Innovation Incubation Service” (ZGC-GCC Innovation Partners Programme) recently organised the ZGC-Gulf Conference for AI Industry in Beijing.During the Conference, ZGC-GCC Innovation Partners Programme signed a cooperation »»»

Tribune News Network Doha Soon-to-graduate students of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) have gained residency places at prestigious healthcare institutions in Qatar and the US, marking another successful Match Day for the college. Match Day is an extremely significant milestone in the career of»»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced the availability of an online payment service for financial claims, as part of the electronic services provided by the Search and Follow-up Department at the General Directorate of Passports. This service is accessible through the MoI website and th»»»

The University of California, Los Angeles is among the public universities that temporarily will not have to submit years of data on applicants and students that the Department of Education has requested because it may not have the authority to do so, a federal judge said on Friday. File Photo by J»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has mourned the passing of Salem Al Saman, paying tribute to his role in supporting the country’s early economic development. In a post on X, Sheikh Mohamed said: “May God have mercy on the late Salem Al Saman, who worked clos»»»

The central headquarters of Iran’s Khatam Al-Anbiya announced that Iraq is exempt from the restrictions imposed on the Strait of Hormuz, noting that these measures apply only to hostile nations. The statement emphasized full respect for Iraq’s national sovereignty and praised the Iraqi people for t»»»

Doha: In a country known for its generosity and community spirit, a new milestone is set to celebrate the heart of social work. Sunday, April 5, the Ministry of Social Development and Family will host the first-ever Rawda Award for Excellence in Social Work, shining a spotlight on the individuals, »»»

Boyanka Yankova, the top-of-the-list candidate of the Treti Mart (March 3) coalition for Stara Zagora, took part in young girls' traditional round of visits to homes in the Kolyo Ganchev neighborhood for Lazarus Saturday, the coalition told BTA. The participating girls filled the streets with songs»»»

Tunis, April 4 (TAP) - Four photovoltaic solar power plants in the Medenine Governorate, each with a capacity of 2 MW, entered production Saturday, as part of the fifth round of the licencing system issued by the Ministry of Energy on October 17,...»»»

The US and Israel have attacked more than 30 Iranian universities since the start of this war, and murdered over 60 professors since June 2025, Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaee Sarraf told Sputnik. “These professors…did not die as a result of a single attack or bombing. T»»»

United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) has launched a Smart Mushroom House at its Al Foah Research Farm, aiming to support food security efforts and give students hands-on research experience. The new facility uses Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to help grow mushrooms in controlled condition»»»

The IDF has erected an Israeli flag beside a UN peacekeeping position in southern Lebanon, a move that could draw fire on peacekeepers, the body has warned. The incident comes amid escalating exchanges between Israeli forces and Lebanon-based Hezbollah along the border, which have increasingly draw»»»

Doha: Ambassador of the Italian Republic to the State of Qatar HE Paolo Toschi, affirmed that the visit of Prime Minister of Italy HE Giorgia Meloni, to the State of Qatar aimed to show support, solidarity and friendship, especially as it is the first visit by a leader from one of the largest econo»»»

Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance in Lebanon launched on Saturday a meticulously coordinated wave of strikes across the occupied territories under the codename “Operation Eaten Straw,” demonstrating unprecedented precision and operational intensity. The attacks targeted Israeli military and strategic »»»

Economic growth may slow down due to external crises, but the Bulgarian economy remains relatively stable, caretaker Minister of Innovation and Growth Irena Mladenova told Nova News on Saturday. She noted that the conflict in the Persian Gulf and the risks to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz w»»»

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that the international community must intensify its efforts to put an end to the US-Israeli war on Iran. This came during his phone conversation with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte, during which »»»

Four passengers were injured lightly after a train from Ruse (on the Danube) to Plovdiv (South Central Bulgaria) collided with a rockslide on Saturday morning between Tsareva Livada and Tryavna in North Central Bulgaria, the National Railway Infrastructure Company said (NRIC). Train traffic in the »»»

One of Germany’s biggest and most iconic car manufacturers, Volkswagen (VW) and one of Israel’s most well-known arms manufacturers, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, part of the global Rafael Group, are planning to collaborate. If the project is realized, VW will convert one of its German factories »»»

Christian schools in Jerusalem are facing a growing crisis after Israel moved to restrict West Bank teachers from working in the city. The decision affects more than 200 educators across 15 historic institutions, raising fears that some schools could be forced to close due to a shortage of qualifie»»»

The EU has failed to offer any real solutions to the current energy crisis, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has said, arguing that Brussels is too late to start preparing for a supply shock. The remarks came in response to EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen’s interview with the Financial Times on F»»»

Tunis, April 4 (TAP) - The Tunis Stock Exchange bucked the general trend seen in several major Arab markets, posting a remarkable performance by the end of February 2026.It ranked second regionally in terms of growth, driven by gains in leading...»»»

Some 20 French boats set sail from Marseille on Saturday to join up with an international flotilla making a renewed effort to break an Israeli blockade and deliver aid to Gaza, AFP reporters saw. "Gaza, Marseille is with you" shouted around a thousand people who had come to the docks to support the»»»

A Russian strike on a market in Nikopol, Ukraine, killed five people and injured at least 19 others. Photo courtesy Ukraine's prosecutor's office April 4 (UPI) -- A Russian drone attack on a market in Nikopol, Ukraine, killed five people and injured at least 19 others Saturday, local officials said»»»

The Middle East war "presents a serious risk to Africa", the African Union and the African Development Bank (AfDB) said in a report seen by AFP Saturday. The conflict threatens to increase the cost of living and curtail growth on the continent, the report warned. The Middle East accounts for 15.8 p»»»

Tens of thousands of supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rallied in Baghdad and across the country on Saturday, condemning Israel and the United States and demanding an end to the war. The massive crowds came as the Middle East war was due to enter its sixth week after strikes launche»»»

Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Vedat Muriqi snatched Mallorca a surprise 2-1 La Liga win over Real Madrid on Saturday to deal Los Blancos a significant blow in the Spanish title race. Alvaro Arbeloa's side thought they had rescued a point after Eder Militao nodded home with two minutes remaining before »»»

Washington: President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Tehran had 48 hours left to cut a deal or face "all Hell", as US and Iranian forces scrambled to find a downed American airman. Trump's latest threat came after a strike near an Iranian nuclear power plant prompted evacuations, and as Tehran »»»

Dubai: In the Dh30 million UAE Lottery’s Lucky Day draw on Saturday, a number of participants took home cash rewards. In Draw No. 260404, the winning numbers from the Days section were 18, 26, 19, 30, 28, and 17, while the Months section revealed 11 as the winning number. At the same time, three re»»»

Russia started a planned evacuation of 198 workers from Iran's Bushehr atomic plant shortly after a US-Israeli projectile hit near the facility, Russian state media said on Saturday. This was a third evacuation from the facility in southern Iran on the Gulf coast, which was built with Moscow's help»»»

Israeli forces destroyed 17 surveillance cameras linked to the United Nations peacekeepers' main headquarters in southern Lebanon in 24 hours, a UN security official told AFP on Saturday. Since the start of the Israel-Hezbollah war on March 2, the UN force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been caught in the»»»

Indonesia received the bodies of three peacekeepers Saturday that were killed on deployment in Lebanon as it branded an explosion that injured three other of its blue helmets as "unacceptable". The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said three peacekeepers were wounded in a blast that»»»

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the war in the Middle East had led to a "geostrategic impasse", during a telephone conversation with NATO chief Mark Rutte, his office said Saturday. "President Erdogan said the process started by the intervention against Iran had led to a geostrategic »»»

Kabul: Flash floods caused by torrential rains have claimed 77 lives and left 137 others injured across Afghanistan, the country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a statement on Saturday. According to the NDMA, the heavy deluge has either destroyed or partially damaged 3,466 h»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Radioactive consequences from strikes on the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant will destroy life in the capitals of Persian Gulf countries, not in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday. Earlier in the day, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said th»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Finance announced that the credit rating agency Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) has completed a periodic review of the ratings of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 30 March 2026. The review reassessed the appropriateness of the current rating, which remains unchanged at Aa2 wit»»»

US federal agents have detained the niece and grand-niece of slain Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their lawful permanent resident status, the State Department said on Saturday. "Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custod»»»

Israeli emergency services said its crew treated five people who were injured Saturday in Tel Aviv and surrounding areas after Iran fired several rounds of missiles toward Israel. Since midnight, seven waves of Iranian missiles have been launched towards Israel, according to the Israeli military. I»»»

Iran shooting down two American military jets marks an exceedingly rare assault for the US that has not happened in more than 20 years and shows Iran’s continued ability to hit back despite President Donald Trump asserting it has been “completely decimated.” The attacks came five weeks after US and»»»

The Iranian military has shot down a US F-35 fight jet over its territory, local media outlets, including Tasnim news agency, have claimed. US officials confirmed the loss of an F-15 jet and claimed that one pilot has been rescued. Photos and videos purporting to show the jet’s crash site, includin»»»

Hanoi, Vietnam: Vietnam recorded economic growth of 7.83 percent in the first quarter of 2026 year-on-year, the statistics office said on Saturday, but faces "numerous difficulties" as the Middle East war hits fuel prices. First-quarter growth was up from 7.07 percent last year after strong gains i»»»

Washington: Two family members of slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani have been arrested in the United States after their residency permits were rescinded, the US State Department said Saturday. "Last night, the niece and grand niece of deceased Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Qa»»»

A German national was killed in the town of Corinth on Saturday after a balcony she was walking under collapsed on her head. As reported by the police, the woman was walking along Pegasou Street with her family at around 3 p.m. when the accident happened. The family’s children were also injured. Th»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Meteorology Department says the country may experience unstable weather conditions, including thundery rain and strong winds in several areas tomorrow. The department in a social media post stated that forecast for tomorrow include chances of scattered, thundery rain in some »»»

Dubai: The Philippines’ newly secured passage through the Strait of Hormuz may strengthen its energy supply security, but officials have noted that motorists should not expect immediate relief at the pump. Iran’s decision to allow “safe, unhindered, and expeditious passage” for Philippine-flagged v»»»

A Russian drone hit a covered market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday, killing five people and wounding 25, officials said, as Moscow pressed on with intensified daytime attacks. Russia has been firing aerial broadsides at Ukraine throughout its more than four-year invasion, mos»»»