Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Municipality has made 94% progress in preparing the National Strategy for Open and Recreational Areas, a major initiative aimed at expanding recreational destinations, strengthening green infrastructure and improving the quality of urban life across the country. The str»»»

Jakarta: An Indonesian ferry carrying 243 passengers and crew is out of contact while sailing north in bad weather from Java to Borneo, rescue officials said Sunday. The passenger and cargo ship Virgo Transport 8 departed from Surabaya, East Java, on Saturday before running into bad weather and los»»»

UPDATEAI leaders warn rapid advances could let rogue agents seize the internet New York: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Saturday called on artificial intelligence (AI) firms to slow down the development of the powerful technology, amid mounting worries over the risks of "superintelligent" computer s»»»

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico blasted the European Commission’s energy policy, warning that high electricity and gas prices are destroying Europe’s competitiveness. Fico said Slovak companies are paying more than €100 per MWh for electricity while competitors in the US, China and some Western E»»»

Contact lost with Virgo Transport 8 amid bad weather in Java Sea Jakarta: Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation Sunday after a passenger ship carrying at least 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island, officials said. The »»»

At the first stop of his autumn tour of the country, on Saturday in Veszprém, Péter Magyar also spoke about the significant expectations and hopes directed at Tisza regarding the restoration of order in the country and accountability, indicating that many results have already been achieved, but tha»»»

"Our job is to be ready so that when the country needs us, it can count on us," Viktor Orbán said on Saturday in Kötcse, Somogy County. The president of Fidesz and former prime minister, speaking to journalists at the invitation-only gathering called the Polgári piknik (Civic Picnic), organized by »»»

French aircraft joins hunt for survivors after MV Matui disaster off Vanuatu Sydney: One person died and 30 are missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Vanuatu, the South Pacific nation's government said on Sunday. The vessel, MV Matui, had set sail on Friday with more than 40 passengers and cr»»»

Viral videos show dispute escalating over grill, locks and access before police step in Dubai: What began as an argument over a barbecue at a Canadian rental property escalated into allegations of food being knocked off a grill, unauthorised entry into a tenant’s home, changed locks and a missing d»»»

In an age of instant communication, taking time to think can be a mark of wisdom We live in an age of instant communication. An email can cross continents in seconds, a WhatsApp message can reach hundreds of people at once, and a response can be expected almost as soon as a message is sent. Somewhe»»»

US advisers provided intelligence, but promised air cover never came as militants advance Dubai: More than 100 US military advisers were helping Saudi Arabia with intelligence and targeting. Senior commanders with Yemen’s UN-backed government repeatedly warned that a major Houthi assault was coming»»»

A new documentary alleging that Israel relied on powerful AI tools to kill thousands in Gaza has sent shockwaves through the Venice Film Festival, with one of the film’s insiders describing planning airstrikes as “insanely fun.” The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has categorically rejected the film’s »»»

Dar Es Salaam: Members of the 28th Chinese medical team in mainland Tanzania provided free health consultations and services to fronline workers at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area on Saturday. The medical team offered consultations, physical examinations and health assessments, covering specialtie»»»

Mexico City: Mexican top flight football team America announced that it had managed to sign Uruguayan center-back Santiago Bueno on loan from Premier League outfit Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 27-year-old, who has almost two years left on his Wolves contract, will be tied to the Mexico City-based t»»»

Hundreds of illegal migrants, including more than 40 “age-disputed” children, who were returned from the UK to France under the ‘one in, one out’ deal have disappeared, The Guardian reports, citing human rights organizations. The migrant exchange scheme was brokered by Paris and London last summer »»»

Anthropic said Thursday it had disrupted several state-sponsored surveillance operations using its artificial intelligence models, warning of the growing AI use to target dissidents and minorities. The campaigns, detected between January and July, originated in China, Iran and West Africa and targe»»»

Santiago, Chile: Chilean authorities said on Saturday that a tragic fire that erupted at a nursing home had killed 16 people. The blaze began on Friday night at the nursing home in the Araucania region, 640 kilometers (400 miles) south of the capital Santiago, and was extinguished in the early hour»»»

QNA Doha The State of Qatar has made substantial contributions to protecting and preserving falconry heritage at both the domestic and international levels through foremost efforts. These efforts culminated in UNESCO’s approval, in November 2010, of the inscription of falconry as a living human her»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The 10th edition of Katara International Hunting and Falcons Exhibition, S’hail 2026, concluded on Thursday. The exhibition was held under the theme “A Decade of Passion and Heritage,” amid a strong public turnout and broad international participation. The event marked the»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Charity (QC) extended its humanitarian and developmental footprint worldwide between January and July 2026 delivering aid worth QR 809 million. Backed by donors, the organisation implemented a range of humanitarian interventions and development projects benefiting ov»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Charity (QC), in partnership with the Ministries of Health of Niger and Yobe States in Nigeria and Middle East Clinic Limited, carried out 1,074 eye surgeries that enabled 1,018 vulnerable beneficiaries in northern Nigeria to regain their sight. The initiative is par»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Vodafone Qatar has launched Ahli, a new family mobile portfolio featuring four plans designed to provide greater flexibility, convenience and amazing value for families. Tailored to the connectivity needs of each family member, every line within an Ahli plan comes with its»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) has announced a new research grant programme to support high-impact, competitive faculty research. Accelerator grants are poised to transform the campus research landscape, providing long-term faculty members the support to expan»»»

Tribune News Network Doha A number of officials from the Ministry of Transport (MoT) have participated in a specialised training course on judicial oversight organised by the Public Prosecution, as part of efforts to strengthen regulatory efficiency and ensure safe and reliable transportation servi»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Media City Qatar and Qatar Satellite Company, Es’hailSat, have launched a new exclusive offering for Media City Qatar’s licensed companies providing them with special packages for a range of world-class satellite services and infrastructure to support their operations and »»»

Tribune News Network Doha MEPRA, the region’s leading industry body for public relations and communications, hosted the second edition of the MEPRA Qatar Leadership Majlis at W Doha, bringing together more than 100 industry professionals from over 40 organisations to examine how trust, resilience a»»»

QNA Vienna Qatar has condemned, in the strongest terms, the Houthi group’s targeting of civilian and economic facilities in Saudi Arabia, as well as the renewed attacks by Iran on the territories of several Arab states. Qatar further affirmed full solidarity with these nations and categorical rejec»»»

The CIA has declassified dozens of presidential intelligence briefings revealing that US officials were warned years before the September 11 attacks that Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda network were considering strikes on American soil involving hijacked or explosive-packed aircraft, while also pu»»»

Kyiv: A Russian strike hit a grocery store in the town of Zviahel and killed two people, the governor of Ukraine's Zhytomyr Region, west of Kyiv, Vitaliy Bunechko, said on Saturday. Bunechko added that two petrol stations and another facility were also attacked. For his part, the governor of Zapori»»»

Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan HE Dr. Ayman Safadi, held a telephone conversation. The talks discussed cooperatio»»»

African Capitals: Sudanese clubs Al Hilal and Al Merreikh advanced to the second preliminary round of the CAF Champions League after beating Burundi's Aigle Noir and Zambia's Power Dynamos, respectively, in the second legs of the first preliminary round on Saturday. Al Hilal defeated visiting Aigle»»»

Ankara: Turkiye's Foreign Ministry on Saturday strongly condemned attacks on the East-West oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh and Medina regions, carried out by drones launched from Iraqi territory, which caused injuries and property damage. In a statement, the ministry reaffirmed Turkiye's supp»»»

Ajman’s data-driven approach earns top MENA honours for government and green initiatives Ajman Municipality and Planning Department has won four accolades at the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards for achievements in government innovation, sustainability, the circular economy and smart-c»»»

AMMAN — The number of real estate ownership transactions by non-Jordanian investors in the Kingdom rose in the first eight months of 2026, with Iraqi nationals topping the property owners list, according to data released on Saturday by the Department of Lands and Survey (DLS).Non-Jordanian investor»»»

Washington, Sept. 12 (SANA) US consumer prices accelerated in August as gasoline and other fuel costs surged, strengthening expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its policy meeting next week. The Consumer Price Index rose according to Reuters 0.4% from July, when it inc»»»

The cause of the fire remained unclear, but it had been under scrutiny before A fire at a nursing home in Chile that had previously violated regulations has killed 16 elderly residents and left others hospitalised, authorities said Saturday. The blaze began on Friday night at the single-storey care»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was willing to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Miami for talks on ending the war. However, the Kremlin immediately ruled it out, saying it was "impossible" and that a meeting would only take place in Russian capital Mo»»»

Doha, Qatar: The official spokesperson for Civil Defense in Saudi Arabia stated that on Saturday, the Civil Defense in Al-Tuwal Governorate in the Jazan region responded to the fall of a projectile launched by the Houthi group. The Saudi Civil Defense said that it resulted in two injuries and mater»»»

BRICS leaders adopted the consensus “New Delhi Declaration” on Saturday, calling for a structural update of the United Nations Security Council and an increased reliance on local currencies for intra-bloc trade instead of the US dollar. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the agreement of»»»

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi called on BRICS leaders to expand access to innovative and concessional financing and strengthen the New Development Bank, while saying Egypt was looking to assume the group’s presidency in the near future. Speaking at a closed session of the BRICS summit in N»»»

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi on Saturday, as Tehran called on the bloc to resist unilateral sanctions. Iran’s official news agency IRNA released video footage of the mee»»»

The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued the second edition of the Egyptian Real Estate Valuation Standards, more than 11 years after the first edition, in a new step aimed at improving the efficiency of non-bank financial markets and enhancing the quality and reliability of valuation wo»»»

Egypt’s trade with BRICS countries rose to $36.7bn in the first half (H1) of 2026, compared with $29.3bn during the same period of 2025, an increase of $7.4bn, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS). The Indian capital hosted the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit u»»»

Mexico: The new manager of the Mexico national team Rafael Marquez said on Thursday that he seeks to instill discipline, deep sense of identity, commitment in the team he is hoping to build. Marquez will take charge of the national team for the first time in friendlies against Colombia, Peru, the U»»»

Occupied Jerusalem: Palestinian National Council President Rawhi Fattouh said the escalating calls to march into Al-Aqsa Mosque during Jewish holidays, impose religious rituals inside its compound, and promote plans to establish what is being dubbed the "Third Temple" on its ruins represent a dange»»»

Toronto, Sept. 12 (SANA) A growing consumer campaign to buy Canadian and boycott US products is reshaping supermarket shelves across Canada, prompting grocers to improve country-of-origin labeling and seek alternative suppliers. The “Buy Canadian” movement began after US President Donald Trump impo»»»

Months of stalking escalated from secret tracking and home intrusion to a fatal shooting Dubai: An Indian-origin woman who had endured months of escalating stalking — including being secretly tracked with an Apple AirTag and finding the alleged stalker inside her home — was shot dead outside her wo»»»

He was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries When he went jogging in Pune, Virendra Dwivedi could not have known that it would be his last. As he ran on Pashan-Bavdhan Road, he was hit by a speeding car. The software engineer was rushed in the offending vehicle to a nearby hospital»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar has made substantial contributions to protecting and preserving falconry heritage at both the domestic and international levels through foremost efforts. These efforts culminated in UNESCO's approval, in November 2010, of the inscription of falconry as a living human herita»»»

Prime Minister Edi Rama has again criticized an Administrative Court decision concerning judges’ salaries, describing it as an unusual ruling with significant financial implications. In a post on X, Rama said the decision goes beyond an immediate 51% increase in judges’ salaries and also calls for »»»