LONDON: Jordanian fighter jets struck what the military described as “terrorist hideouts” in southern Syria late on Monday, in retaliation for a deadly attack three days ago on a funeral at a church in Jordan’s Karak governorate. Following the strikes, Syria said eight civilians, including women an»»»

LONDON: Syrian Airlines announced on Monday that direct flights between Berlin and Damascus will resume next month. The first nonstop flight is scheduled to take off on Nov. 10, marking the airline’s first service connecting Germany with the Syrian Arab Republic in more than a decade. It halted fli»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a $1 million reward for information about voter fraud, in a fresh bid to sow doubt ahead of the US midterms and push his false claim about winning the 2020 election. “Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s public approval rating inched higher to 32 percent, up a percentage point from last week’s record low, ahead of the November 3 midterm elections that will decide which party controls Congress, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday. Trump’s fel»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), Qatar’s leading digital bank, has been recognised as the Safest Islamic Bank in Qatar, ranking 3rd among Islamic financial institutions in the GCC in Global Finance’s World’s Safest Banks 2026 rankings. The recognition reinforces QIB’s position as»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar will begin their bid for an unprecedented third consecutive AFC Asian Cup title against Thailand on January 11 after the final match schedule for the 2027 continental showpiece in Saudi Arabia was confirmed on Monday. The back-to-back champions are drawn in Group F, »»»

QNA Tashkent His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with President of the Republic of Uzbekistan HE Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as part of His Highness’s working visit to Uzbekistan, on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and friendship be»»»

The council also hailed the two sides’ focus on regional developments, emphasising the importance of de-escalating regional tensions and prioritising diplomatic solutions, with the aim of bolstering security and stability in West Asia and across the globe. The Shura Council also welcomed the outcom»»»

Regarding the promotion of equal opportunity, she emphasised that social responsibility programmes have contributed to expanding access to free or reduced-tuition education for students, particularly those from low-income families, with the number of beneficiaries rising from approximately 40 a yea»»»

QNA Doha Minister of Municipality and Chairman of Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company His Excellency Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiyah on Monday met with Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of Egypt Mohamed Farid Saleh, currently visiting the country to participate in World Inv»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Doha Film Festival (DFF) 2026, today announced acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase as head of its International Feature Film Competition Jury, bringing together an exceptional group of cinematic voices whose work challenges perspectives, transcends borders and illumi»»»

QNA DOHA The State of Qatar has condemned the storming of the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque by the extremist Israeli Minister of National Security and groups of settlers, under the protection of the occupation police, describing it as a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitaria»»»

Tribune News Network Doha HEC Paris, Doha will host an online masterclass on November 9 exploring how leaders can combine artificial intelligence (AI) with human intelligence to improve decision-making and address complex business challenges. Titled “AI and Human Intelligence: The Future of Thinkin»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) will convene the eighth meeting of its Partners and Family Advisory Group (PFAG) via video conference on Thursday, 29 October 2026, under the theme “Together We Shape Digital Transformation in Primary Healthcare.” The meeting will»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Academic Bridge Programme, part of Qatar Foundation’s Pre-University Education, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar - a Qatar Foundation partner university- is to host the ‘Building Bridges to Higher Education: Advancing STEM Readiness and Global Compete»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar’s ambassador to Mauritania HE Shaheen bin Ali Al Kaabi hosted a ceremony honouring doctors and healthcare professionals who participated in Qatar Charity’s medical campaigns in the country, recognising their efforts to provide specialised care for children. Attendees»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Thirty-two second-year medical students from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) completed biomedical summer research projects at elite international institutions in Qatar, the US and the UK. The projects are part of the college’s Advanced Biomedical Sciences Research (AB»»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Municipality (MoM) has announced the adoption of new regulations for the subdivision of farms in Qatar, which include reducing the minimum area for a farm resulting from a subdivision from 100,000 square metres to 50,000 square metres. This measure aims to strike a balance »»»

QNA Doha Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Dr. Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad met with United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States Dr. Abdallah Al Dardari, on the sidelines of the ongoing World Investment Forum in Doha. »»»

QNA Tokyo Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Toshimitsu Motegi in Tokyo, on Monday. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the relations and ways to support and develop them. The»»»

QNA Doha Minister of State for International Cooperation, HE Dr. Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad, on Monday hosted a panel discussion on the role of the private sector in funding development in developing countries as part of the World Investment Forum (WIF) in Doha. Addressing a panel, HE Dr.»»»

LONDON: An Israeli court on Monday ordered a West Bank settlement security chief to be released under house arrest after he was charged with shooting and seriously wounding a Palestinian woman at an unauthorized roadblock last month. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ordered that Pinhas Shem Tov Ran»»»

NEW YORK: Five outside groups significantly funded by dark money have poured more than $1 billion into the US midterm election campaign. With just over a week until voting day, the records in the notoriously expensive US election system have been shattered. An AFP analysis of federal data shows jus»»»

JERUSALEM: Over the past six decades, Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have been a steady tenet of successive Israeli governments — but nothing compares to their exploding pace over the past few years. Almost half of the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory — all illegal un»»»

TRIPOLI: Libya’s Ministry of Transport said on Monday that airspace restrictions issued by the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization ​in 2015 during the country’s civil war have been removed. The ministry said the decision, which was formally issued on October 23, was announced by ICAO Sec»»»

Tunis, Oct. 26 (TAP) - Public Works and Housing Minister and acting Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Slah Zouari paid a working visit to Bizerte Governorate on Monday morning to inspect progress on the new Bizerte Bridge project, accompanied...»»»

Doha, October: Under the patronage of the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, the Minister of Commerce and Industry HE Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al-Thani opened on Monday the seventh edition of Build Your House 2026, which »»»

LONDON: Jordanian fighter jets struck what the military described as “terrorist hideouts” in southern Syria late on Monday, in retaliation for a deadly attack three days ago on a funeral at a church in Jordan’s Karak governorate. Nearly an hour after the strikes, a Syrian health official said five »»»

PARIS: French student leaders vowed to go on protesting despite government concessions on education, keeping pressure on President Emmanuel Macron as the movement spreads to unions and other activists, stokes unrest and deepens the economic damage. The measures included a commitment to cap the size»»»

BELGRADE: Serbia’s long-running student protest movement celebrated a historic win in the country’s election, ending 14 years of rule by the country’s right-wing populist leader Aleksandar Vucic. Born out of nearly two years of anti-corruption protests sparked by a deadly railway station canopy col»»»

By Staff, Agencies Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected objections from the European Union and other parties to Turkey’s maritime agreement with Libya, saying they “have no legitimate legal basis” and stressing that Ankara is not seeking gains at the expense of other countries in the»»»

By Staff, Agencies The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) say Saudi Arabia has carried out 119 airstrikes and missile attacks targeting civilian sites in the capital, Sanaa, and the governorates of al-Jawf, Taiz, Saada, Amran, Ibb and Lahj, resulting in civilian casualties. YAF spokesperson Brigadier Genera»»»

Hungary has officially secured approximately HUF 92 billion (EUR 250.4 million) in funding through the European Economic Area (EEA) and Norway Grants for 2021–2028, following an agreement signed in Budapest with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Hungary to secure a huge amount of funds The deal ma»»»

LONDON: Jordanian fighter jets struck what the military described as “terrorist hideouts” in southern Syria late on Monday, in retaliation for a deadly attack three days ago on a funeral at a church in Jordan’s Karak governorate. The Jordanian Armed Forces said those responsible for the attack on F»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: US officials told authorities in Caracas weeks ago that Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado should be able to return to her country without problems, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday. His comments came a day after Machado landed in Caracas followi»»»

DOHA The third meeting of the Qatar-Uzbekistan Joint Committee on Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation was held on the sidelines of the 9th World Investment Forum 2026. The meeting was co-chaired by Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry HE Dr Ahme»»»

Manama: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani held a telephone call on Monday with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar. Both sides reviewed the latest developments in the reg»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister for Consular Affairs Khalid Al-Qahtani received Ukraine’s ambassador to the Kingdom, Anatolii Petrenko, in Riyadh on Monday. They discussed consular issues of mutual interest. Meanwhile, Ibrahim Al-Subhi, director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs bra»»»

RIYADH: When 14-year-old Moayed Al-Qarni stepped up to the microphone at a Riyadh event marking International Stuttering Awareness Day, he had a simple message to share: “My words are important, and they deserve to be repeated.” His statement resonated with many in the audience, which included peop»»»

LONDON: It is a measure of how much is at stake in Tuesday’s legislative election in Israel, and how finely balanced the outcome might be, that a record 22,000 police officers have been deployed in anticipation of a breakdown in public order when exit polls are published at 10 p.m. local time. Acco»»»

The official spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced that Saudi forces carried out 119 airstrikes and missile attacks over the past 24 hours. The strikes targeted civilian facilities in the capital, Sana’a, as well as the provinces of Al-Bayda, Taiz, Sa’ad»»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev congratulated Serbian citizens on their participation in the democratic process and the “Student List” on its election victory. In a post on X, Radev highlighted the close ties between the two countries. “Bulgaria and Serbia share strong relations, rooted in cen»»»

Presidential candidate Andrey Gyurov accused Prime Minister Rumen Radev of using the Council of Ministers’ official channels to promote Iliana Yotova and attack her political opponents, warning against the use of state institutions for election campaigning. “Mr. Radev, you hold an absolute majority»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Minister of Environment and Climate Change HE Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie affirmed that the State of Qatar is working to foster integration between the protection of natural resources and the achievement of sustainable economic development. This is being pursued »»»

DOHA Minister of Commerce and Industry HESheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani inaugurated the seventh edition of the 'Build Your House 2026' exhibition, held under the patronage of Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, from Oct»»»

By Staff, Agencies The administration of US President Donald Trump is pushing for former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to become the next United Nations secretary-general, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Members of Trump’s team have already approached Orban, who is reportedly op»»»

The administration of US President Donald Trump is pushing for former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to become the next UN secretary-general, the Wall Street Journal has reported. Members of Trump’s team have already reached out to Orban, who is open to the idea but will only run if there is»»»

Tragic end as mother elephant's efforts to save calf captured on CCTV Heartbreaking CCTV footage from Kerala’s Wayanad district has captured a herd of wild elephants desperately trying to reach a calf that rolled down a steep plantation slope. Despite the adults’ frantic efforts, the young elephant»»»

German police have detained two 19-year-old German citizens wanted by Bulgaria over the arson of Starlink antennas near Sofia on October 9, BNR reported. The two suspects were arrested in the German city of Duisburg and are expected to be extradited to Bulgaria. Bulgarian authorities have already s»»»

Ukraine’s foreign minister has taken a swipe at former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over reports that the US is backing him for the United Nations’ top job, while Poland’s Donald Tusk has also dismissed the rumours with a smile. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has mocked the possi»»»