Iran has forced the US fleet to retreat more than 1,000 km from its borders, leaving no American warships in the Strait of Hormuz or surrounding waters, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander claims. Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi made the remarks in a televised interview, Iran’s Pres»»»

EVs and hybrids surge as petrol-only vehicles drop below 50% of new car sales Petrol-only vehicles accounted for just 49% of new car sales worldwide in the first half of 2026, marking the first time on record that pure internal-combustion models have slipped under half of the global market, accordi»»»

Guterres calls for peace, humanitarian aid, and respect for international law United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. "It is time for the ceasefire to become pe»»»

British author Jeffrey Archer passes away, leaving a legacy of bestsellers British author Jeffrey Archer, who penned a series of best-selling novels, served as a Conservative MP, died suddenly at 86, his publisher HarperCollins said. Archer died "suddenly and peacefully at his home between writing »»»

Tunis, Oct. 5 (TAP) - Minister of Trade and Export Development, Samir Abid, on Monday called for a comprehensive approach to preparing for the date season, covering the entire value chain, from production to storage and marketing, in order to...»»»

Yemen’s Houthis have claimed a direct missile strike on Riyadh’s main international airport as part of a large-scale barrage targeting airports, military bases and oil infrastructure across Saudi Arabia. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on Monday night that the group had carried out three»»»

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday warned foreign financial institutions that if they conducted any business with Iran or its banking sector they could be sanctioned by Washington. “Foreign financial institutions continuing to transact with sanctioned Iranian financial institutions could be ta»»»

LONDON: British author Jeffrey Archer, who penned a series of best-selling novels, served as a Conservative MP and was convicted of perjury, died suddenly at 86, his publisher HarperCollins said. Archer died “suddenly and peacefully at his home between writing sessions” on Monday, HarperCollins sai»»»

Conservative Senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise on Sunday in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election by finishing ahead of the incumbent left-wing President Lula, whom he will face in the runoff on October 25. Suspicions of U.S. interference have been hanging over the campaign»»»

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday as a measles outbreak spreads through under-immunised rural communities, with 108 cases reported this year. The order expands who can administer MMR vaccines and comes as neighbouring Pennsylvania battles an outbreak t»»»

Tribune News Network Doha In a landmark decision underscoring the international prestige of Qatari horse racing, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) has adopted the decision of the International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee (IRPAC) to promote the HH The Am»»»

QNA Doha As part of efforts to strengthen regional cooperation and support the readiness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to address challenges in the evolving regional and global operating environment, the Qatar Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Saudi Arabia Centre fo»»»

QNA Doha Qatar has underscored that it places significant priority on technical cooperation and capacity-building as part of cooperation with the United Nations and its human rights mechanisms, particularly the Human Rights Council and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. This came»»»

QNA Doha Al Noor Center for the Blind has launched an initiative to strengthen the inclusion of people with visual disabilities in society, reflecting the idea that their light is among the community and highlighting those persons’ capabilities and achievements. Launched in partnership with Qatar M»»»

Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) HE Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari met with Head of the British Office for Sudan and UK Special Representative to Sudan, Richard Crowder, on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation bet»»»

QNA Doha The second conference on the Holy Quran and Human Knowledge convened in Doha on Monday. The event aims to advance sound human knowledge when it comes to the Holy Quran. It was kicked off concurrently with the opening of the Book of the Ummah Forum, bringing together a pantheon of researche»»»

Tribune News Network Doha A pan-Qatar inter-school and inter-college championship to create awareness, change mindsets and build a more inclusive generation has been launched by HOPE Qatar Centre for persons with disabilities. The initiative is designed to reach more than 200,000 school and college»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Imec, the world’s leading R&D centre for advanced semiconductor technology, has appointed Dr. Aymen Adam Mohib as regional managing director of imec Qatar, effective October 1, 2026. Based at Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), Dr. Aymen Adam Mohib will lead the organi»»»

Tribune News Network Doha For Abdulrahman Al Jumaily, director of financial operations & accounting at Qatar Foundation, and social representative of the HEC Paris, Doha Executive MBA Class of 2026, leadership is ultimately about the impact an individual can create beyond immediate responsibilities»»»

Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) HE Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi met with Ambassador of Norway to Qatar (non-resident) HE Olav Myklebust on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them, in addition to several t»»»

Tribune News Network DOHA Qatar Airways (QA) Privilege Club on Monday announced two limited-time offers, giving members travelling from Doha an enhanced opportunity to collect Qpoints and retain their current tier or restore their tier status. Tier Restoration From October 11 to December 18, 2026, »»»

Tribune News Network Doha Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) welcomed more than 140 high school seniors and their parents to a special Open House, giving prospective students a chance to learn about studying medicine at WCM-Q and the preparations needed to transition from high school to college. »»»

Tribune News Network Doha The General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has honoured Qatar Charity (QC) in the non-profit institutions category in recognition of the housing initiatives delivered by Alaqraboon Center for families in Qatar. The recognition was presented during the fo»»»

QNA Doha The Public Prosecution, through its Institute of Criminal Studies, organised a regional training course on combatting trafficking in persons in conformity with international standards. Convened in partnership with the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Embassy of Malaysia in Doha hosted the Breast Cancer Awareness Talk 2026, themed “Splash of Pink”, jointly organised by PERWAKILAN Doha and Malaysian Ladies in Qatar (MyLQ). The programme was held in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month and aimed to promote g»»»

Minister of Environment and Climate Change HE Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie metwith Ambassador of Turkiye to Qatar HE Yakup Caymazoglu on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of cooperation between the two countries in environment and climate change as well as ways to»»»

QNA Riyadh The State of Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Social Development and Family, is participating in the second Global CSR Forum held under the theme “From Commitment to Impact.” The forum opened on Monday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bringing together ministers, officials, experts and spec»»»

QNA Doha The Third National Forum for Social Workers, organised by the Ministry of Social Development and Family, began on Monday under the slogan Professional Responsibility and Social Impact. The two-day forum is being held under the patronage of Minister of Social Development and Family (MSDF) H»»»

US President Donald Trump has named his National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton as America's "Super Intelligence" czar, as fears over AI grow. Also, oil markets react to Houthi attacks as well as export data, and France's fiscal woes drive the euro to a 17-month low. »»»

MANAMA: The 31st meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council Electricity and Water Cooperation Committee was held in Manama on Monday, chaired by Bahrain’s Minister of Electricity and Water Affairs Yaser bin Ebrahim Humaidan, with the participation of GCC member states, including Saudi Arabia. GCC Secr»»»

We are deeply saddened by the loss of lives resulting from the crash of a military aircraft today (5 October) in Ondo state of Nigeria. We extend our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this tragic accident, and to the people of Nigeria.»»»

STOCKHOLM: American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control individual nerve cells in the brain. The Nobel Assembly of Sweden’s ​Karolinska Institutet »»»

Do voters care about attempted coups? Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro on the cusp of unseating Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the October 25th presidential runoff, Bolsonaro whose father was jailed over the Brazilian version of the January 6th storming of the US Capitol. Up and down the ballot, there are o»»»

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For nearly 30 years, Dafroza Gauthier, along with her husband Alain, tracked down Rwandan refugees in France suspected of having participated in the Tutsi genocide. She died in Reims on Saturday after dedicating her life to bringing to justice those allegedly responsible for the 1994 massacre of mo»»»

A 15-year-old student protesting in the northern French town of Lens had ‌his hand blown ‌off on Monday after he picked up a ‌police grenade. Demonstrations across France disrupted 589 schools, with at least 190 students injured, as calls mounted for a “black week” of protests against underfun»»»

France’s student protests have become the target of a wave of false and misleading videos shared by far-right figures, including Alex Jones and Tommy Robinson. Old footage and unrelated videos have been shared to portray the demonstrations as evidence of an “anti-white” or Islamist uprising linked »»»

Damascus, Oct. 5 (SANA) Syria’ s Finance Minister Mohamed Yisr Barnieh discussed with a delegation from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), an arm of the World Bank, ways to provide investment risk guarantees in Syria, in a move aimed at boosting confidence in the business environm»»»

Damascus, Oct. 5 (SANA) Damascus Chamber of Industry Chairman Mohammad Ayman al-Moulawi discussed Monday with Riad Hamad, General Representative of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Syria, ways to strengthen joint economic cooperation. During the meeting held at the chamber’s headq»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday announced they would develop a new legal tool to enable the EU to respond rapidly to trade wars or measures, such as dumping. While they did not say the proposal was a direct response to the actions of any particular co»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has thanked teachers for their dedication and their role in nurturing future generations on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day. In a post on his official X account, the prime minister said t»»»

Abu Dhabi, Oct. 5 (SANA) The United Arab Emirates strongly condemned Monday the Israeli occupation’s completion of work on the so-called “Sufa 53” line in Quneitra, emphasizing that it constitutes a violation of Syrian sovereignty and a threat to regional security and stability. In a statement post»»»

TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that negotiations with the United States were “meaningless” and only resulted in renewed American attacks, state media reported. “So far, they have attacked us three times after talks, and this shows that they are not seeking dialogue; rather,»»»

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Monday it seized two people it said were approaching an army outpost in an area of southern Syria it has occupied since the overthrow of president Bashar Assad. “A short while ago, IDF soldiers identified two suspects riding a motorcycle toward an IDF post in»»»

LONDON: King Abdullah of Jordan and the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohammed Al-Nahyan, oversaw the laying of the foundation stone for the Aqaba-Shidiya-Maan railway on Monday. The UAE-Jordan Railway Company is carrying out the transport project, which officials say will be capable»»»

A US envoy met over the weekend with Sudan’s top general as the Trump administration pushes for diplomatic efforts to end a war that has created what many describe as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, met Sa»»»

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council on Monday condemned indiscriminate drone strikes and attacks on civilians in Sudan, and slammed outside forces fueling the conflict with weapons and mercenaries. The United Nations’ top rights body decided to extend the mandate of the council’s independent intern»»»

Geneva: The World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemned the attack in Sudan's South Kordofan that targeted two trucks carrying food aid, which led to the death of its driver, calling for an immediate and unbiased investigation and holding people accountable. WFP stated on Monday that the investig»»»

DAMASCUS: Syria on Monday signed a framework agreement with an Emirati company for two huge property development projects as the country boosts efforts to attract foreign investment to finance reconstruction after years of war. The accord was signed by Dubai real estate tycoon Mohamed Alabbar, chai»»»

Hungary will not block the launch of the next, technical stage of European Union accession talks with Ukraine, according to the Financial Times. The London-based business daily reported on Monday, citing EU sources, that Prime Minister Péter Magyar has instructed Hungarian diplomats not to prevent »»»