DOHA: As a result of volcanic ash affecting airport operations at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK), Qatar Airways has cancelled flights QR954, QR955, QR956 and QR957 on September 7 (Monday), between Doha and Jakarta. The airline said passengers should check the latest flight status before»»»

Tunis, Sept. 6 (TAP) - Firefighters were continuing on Sunday to battle a blaze that broke out at a site containing large quantities of used tyres in Sfax, with no danger to nearby areas, a civil protection official said.The fire started at around 2...»»»

From the desperate search for workers trapped in the hydropower tunnels buried by the catastrophic flooding in Nepal to crowds of women mourning the victims of a US bombardment of a wedding in southern Iran, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking pictures. »»»

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has confirmed plans to cut jobs as Britain’s largest carmaker struggles with rising costs, falling sales, and the impact of US tariffs, with The Times reporting that up to 4,000 positions could be eliminated. JLR has faced mounting pressure from US tariffs, which have made i»»»

Space reforms to boost industry role while ISRO leads advanced research, missions Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) took to X (formerly Twitter) to clarify its future plans, refuting rumours that it shall be fully privatised. In a lengthy post on social media, it issued a statement that rea»»»

Hungary is preparing a major new freight corridor towards Serbia, with the Hercegszántó–Bački Breg border crossing set for a full reconstruction that would allow heavy lorries to cross around the clock. The Hungarian government has approved the full reconstruction of the Hercegszántó–Bački Breg bor»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways has cancelled several flights between Doha and Jakarta after volcanic ash affected operations at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK). The airline said flights QR956 and QR957 scheduled for September 6, as well as QR954 and QR955 on September 7, have been cancelled.»»»

Tunis, Sept. 6 (TAP) – The weather, on Sunday night, will be clear to partly cloudy. Winds will be light to moderate from the east across most regions, with slightly choppy seas.Night-time temperatures will range between 23°C and 28°C in the north,...»»»

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to step up operations against armed groups after a drone swarm attack on a military compound killed three soldiers and injured four others. The assault comes as Colombia is grappling with what has been described as its worst wave of violence in»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee Spokesman: Article 9 of the bill on the “Strategic Measures for the Security and Developme»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar will host the 111th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Sep. 28-29, with the participation of delegations from member countries, policymakers, business leaders, clients, partners and a number of stakeholders from ar»»»

Nearly 30 new islands have emerged from the melting ice over the past 15 years, according to Northern Fleet hydrographers and satellite analysis by Russian specialists. Most sit on Franz Josef Land and Novaya ZemlyaLargest covers nearly 200 sq km - roughly 3× Manhattans400×121-meter landmass broke »»»

The mudslide hit part of a village in Suichuan County in Jiangxi province early Saturday The death toll from a mudslide in eastern China rose to three on Sunday, after days of torrential rain brought by Typhoon Saudel. Nine others were still missing. The mudslide hit part of a village in Suichuan C»»»

Korean cinema returns to Budapest this September with 24 feature films, three visiting directors and a programme stretching from historical drama to occult action and zombie comedy. The 19th Korean Film Festival will run from 25 September to 2 October at Budapest’s Corvin Cinema, offering audiences»»»

Yemen’s National Human Rights Authority has condemned the new Saudi forces’ crime by carrying out heavy artillery shelling against civilians’ homes and farms in the border district of Shada, killing and wounding civilians and destroying property. The authority said the barbaric attack was part of s»»»

Muscat: Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman spoke by phone on Sunday with French President Emmanuel Macron and stressed the importance of continuing and ramping up diplomatic efforts to deepen the pillars of security and peace in the region and the world. During the conversation, they shared perspecti»»»

Grass and bushes caught fire near the railway station at the village of Gorno Sahrane, Central Bulgaria on Sunday, forcing the Sofia-Burgas express train, carrying around 120 passengers, to wait at Kalofer and holding up a local train at Kazanlak, Bulgarian State Railways reported. Train services b»»»

Riyadh: The Saudi stock index closed higher on Sunday, gaining 35.74 points to finish at 11,068.65, with a total trading turnover of SAR 2.9 billion. A total of 160 million shares were traded, with shares of 148 companies advancing, while 101 companies declined. Meanwhile, the parallel market index»»»

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri condemned the Israeli occupation army’s brutal killing of civilians, including children and women, in Maifadoun, Al-Rmadieh, and Maydoun on Saturday, and in Arabsalim early Sunday, as well as the destruction of the Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh Al-Fawqa and the target»»»

Repair work was underway in the basement when the incident occurred Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief over the loss of life in a building collapse in south-west Delhi’s Satya Niketan, assuring that the authorities involved in relief work at the tragedy site are doing the»»»

Share: People carry the body of a person who was killed by an Israeli air strike on a house in Arab Salim village, southern Lebanon, on September 6, 2026. © Mohammed Zaatari, AP Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon Sunday killed four people, two of them women, the country’s health ministry said.»»»

Tunis, Sept. 6 (TAP) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti met on Sunday in Cairo with Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Fahmy.The meeting discussed ways to activate joint Arab action and develop...»»»

Grass and bushes caught fire near the railway station in Gorno Sahrane, Central Bulgaria on Sunday, forcing the Sofia-Burgas express train, carrying around 120 passengers, to wait at Kalofer and holding up a local train at Kazanlak, Bulgarian State Railways reported. Train services between Tazha an»»»

Euronews is the leading international news TV and digital media outlet from Europe The Arab Media Summit 2026 will host the Euronews Forum, marking the event’s first edition outside Europe. Organised by Euronews, the European Union’s leading international news network, the Forum will held on the se»»»

Paris, France: Gianni Infantino will stand in next March's FIFA presidential election, despite the backlash over his now-abandoned plan to bring private investment into the World Cup, football's global governing body announced Sunday. "The FIFA President announced in April that he will stand for re»»»

Doha, Qatar: Relatively humid weather is expected across Qatar on Monday, September 7, with hazy to misty conditions in some places, according to the Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD) QMD said inshore conditions will be hazy to misty in some areas at first, becoming hot during the daytime with a c»»»

Jakarta: About 170,000 passengers were left stranded on Sunday as Indonesia shuttered its main international airport and seven others, cancelling hundreds of flights after Mount Anak Krakatoa spewed a plume of volcanic ash and lava from more than 150 kilometres away. Mount Anak Krakatoa erupted on »»»

In tonight's programme, a UN report says foreign fighters and support networks are fuelling Sudan’s war and worsening violence against civilians. Also, Uber is pulling out of Nigeria and Uganda, leaving thousands of drivers scrambling for new sources of income. And finally, we discuss the festival »»»

Nanchang: Four fatalities were confirmed in east China’s Jiangxi Province on Sunday after landslides and mudslides devastated areas of Suichuan County the previous day. In Mingkeng Village in Gaoping Town, a mudslide and landslide on Saturday left three dead and nine others missing as of Sunday noo»»»

AI, energy, books, healthcare and entertainment fill the calendar through December Abu Dhabi: Residents and visitors will have almost 300 events to choose from across Abu Dhabi and Al Ain during the second half of 2026, with major exhibitions, global congresses, concerts, sporting events and consum»»»

With thousands of people driven from their homes by a massive flash flood that swept entire villages away, FRANCE 24 visits a school in Nepal's remote Rasuwa district that has been converted to a temporary shelter for the dispossessed.  Thirty kilometres from the Nepal-China border, a sch»»»

DOHA: Visit Qatar, in partnership with the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO), World Triathlon and the Qatar Triathlon Federation, has revealed further details of the Lusail course that will host the 2026 Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final, taking place from December 10–12, as t»»»

Budapest saw a new participation record at the 41st Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon on Sunday, with more than 24,000 entries. More than 24,000 people registered for the event, surpassing last year’s previous record. The field included runners from 117 countries, while Hungarian participants arrived»»»

NEW DELHI: Two people died and seven others were injured when a multi-storey building collapsed in the Satya Niketan area of south Delhi on Sunday, a local police officer said. The building collapsed at around 130 p.m. when repair work was underway in the basement. So far, nine people have been res»»»

As US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner head to Kyiv following what the White House described as "substantive" talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, FRANCE 24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg talks about what he describes as a climate of scepticism in Ukraine that these latest negotiations »»»

DOHA: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Thani met with Minister of Defense of the Republic of Sudan Hassan Daoud Kabroun Kian, and the accompanying delegation, during his visit to the State of Qatar. During the meeting, top»»»

Doha, Qatar: Visit Qatar, in partnership with the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO), World Triathlon and the Qatar Triathlon Federation, has revealed further details of the Lusail course that will host the 2026 Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final, taking place from December 10–1»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Speaker Berri: The cause of the South must be embraced as the cause of all Lebanese, and its defense is, in essence, the defense of Lebanon»»»

TASHKENT: Chairperson of Qatar Museums, HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, attended the official inauguration of the Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent (CCA Tashkent), the first permanent centre for contemporary art in Uzbekistan. The occasion comes at a significant moment in the cultura»»»

Sheikh Mohamed praises Vice-President as brother, friend and partner on Zayed’s path Dubai: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has paid a warm tribute to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai descri»»»

Ukraine abstained from the UN General Assembly resolution adopting a new world map, because the map it endorses shows occupied Crimea in a lighter shade than the rest of Ukraine. The resolution, tabled by Togo and carried as draft 80/L.104, commits the UN to the Equal Earth projection in place of t»»»

A Russian general charged by Kyiv over the 2024 missile strike on Ukraine's main children's hospital has been shot and badly wounded in the Saratov region. Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, who commands the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division based at the Engels-2 airbase, was hit twice at close »»»

The Russian Armed Forces have struck a dry cargo ship in the Black Sea that was carrying military equipment for the Ukrainian forces supplied by the West, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday. The Russian forces continue to carry out strikes against maritime vessels being used in the »»»

Algeria has acquired a new batch of Su-34M strike fighters this year, deepening its long-term defense partnership with Russia, reports Business Insider Africa. At least four Su-34s were delivered in 2024 under a broader arms package, with the first batch arriving in MayAlgerian defense publications»»»

Monza, Italy: The Italian Grand Prix at Monza was halted after just two laps in Sunday after Ferrari's Charles Leclerc slid off the track and smashed into barriers. The Monegasque, who is a two-time winner at Monza, lost control on the exit of the parabolica at the end of lap two, going straight in»»»

A medical team at the Senior Department of Cardiology at the Sixth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital successfully closed a congenital heart defect in a 48-year-old man using a fully intelligent imaging robot, reports Global Times. The system goes far beyond ordinary surgical robots by »»»

The last of the five air defense systems under the $5.43B contract between the two countries is to be transferred to India this Autumn, Hindustan Times reports. The contract was signed in 2018. In 2021-2023, the first three systems were deployed in India.Russia has offered India five more squadrons»»»

Nine rescued, two critical as teams race to reach students feared trapped beneath debris New Delhi: At least three people were killed, two were in critical condition and several others were feared trapped after a six-storey building housing students collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan on Sunday afte»»»

Trade with Senegal rose 24.5% in 2025 while UAE exports to Gabon climbed 27% Dubai: The UAE is stepping up trade and investment engagement with Senegal and Gabon, with Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Foreign Trade, holding high-level meetings in Dakar and Libreville focused on mining, re»»»