Tribune News Network Doha ِAbdullah Mohammed Al Abduljabbar, vice-president of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) - Gulf Chapter,Qatar - has stated that th Amir His Highness Sheikeh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s speech at the opening of the Shura Council session on Tuesday addressed»»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), through its Administration of Private Schools and Kindergartens and School Licensing Department, held a recognition ceremony to honour 207 private schools and kindergartens under its “My White Flag” shield initiative, including 63 ins»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, will host the Qatar Paediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Conference (QPED 2026) from November 27 to 28, 2026. The conference will cover the latest approaches to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and endocrine dis»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Mohammed Al-Abduljabbar, vice-president of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) - Gulf Chapter - has stated that th Amir His Highness Sheikeh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s speech at the opening of the Shura Council session on Tuesday addressed key national is»»»

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stops by Paris to tout new stakes in French AI-enabled tech firms like medical booking site Doctolib. Also in this edition: OpenAI says it caught a spy red-handed, and China's trade surplus continues to boom despite soaring energy costs and trade conflicts.»»»

French police have launched violence charges against student protesters in Paris, arresting young demonstrators as security forces crack down on schoolchildren protesting against staff shortages and underfunding in education, RT correspondent Nadege Abderazzak has reported. The protests began in la»»»

Yemen’s Houthis will continue retaliatory strikes against Saudi airports and oil facilities as long as Riyadh continues its military operations in Yemen, the Houthi administration’s acting foreign minister, Abdulwahid Abu Ras, has told RT. He said the fighting could end if Saudi Arabia lifted its b»»»

WASHINGTON: More than a year after President Donald Trump deployed National Guard members to begin patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital, a federal appeals court on Wednesday opened a hearing on the legality of his action by asking the government if there were any limits on a president’s a»»»

The Ministry of Justice in Tirana was targeted in acts of vandalism during a protest on Wednesday evening, with windows smashed and the office providing free legal aid set on fire, according to Justice Minister Toni Gogu. No ministry employees were injured in the incident, Gogu said, thanking firef»»»

Bulgaria has received an average score of 3.28 for its care for children over the past 15 years, according to the Report Card 2026, published by the National Network for Children. The report was presented and discussed at a meeting of the National Assembly’s Committee on Labour, Demographic and Soc»»»

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian officials said Israeli strikes killed four people in Gaza on Wednesday, days after the anniversary of the declaration of a US-mediated ceasefire. Two young men died when Israeli forces struck a vehicle near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, civil»»»

Education Minister Mirela Kumbaro has condemned violence during student protests in Tirana after a fire severely damaged the ground floor of the Ministry of Education. In her first reaction to the incident, Kumbaro said the damage affected offices, equipment and documents, leaving the ground floor »»»

Geneva: The State of Qatar emphasized that, over the past several years, it has strengthened its position as a strategic partner of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) through its continued support for humanitarian responses to emergencies worldwide. This support has helped bolster UNHCR-led programs acr»»»

It was a secession vote no one in Westminster saw coming. In September, the village of Piddington in Oxfordshire held a referendum to declare independence from the United Kingdom. The vote, of course, had no legal weight, and was a symbolic gesture by the village’s 350 residents (285 of whom voted »»»

LONDON: Israel on Wednesday signed a deal with the US to acquire 12 twin-turboshaft attack helicopters, according to Israeli media. Under the deal, Israel’s Defense Ministry will acquire 12 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, with deliveries expected to begin in the early 2030s, the Times of I»»»

Pakistan says it intercepted 23 suicide drones launched from Afghanistan into Pakistani airspace in September alone. Since the conflict began in February 2026, the Taliban have increasingly used drones to attack Pakistan, raising concerns in Islamabad. The Pakistani army on September 23 said it had»»»

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Investments, and Industry Alexander Pulev discussed security, defense cooperation, and expanding economic ties in high-tech sectors with US State Department officials during a visit to Washington, where he also signed a joint declaration on c»»»

Bulgaria will not extradite Iva Mihaylova to North Macedonia without a ratified international treaty permitting it, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry said after receiving an Interpol request for her international search, arrest, and extradition. The ministry’s Directorate for International Operationa»»»

ATHENS, Greece: News about US Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle dominated in Greece Wednesday a day after her resignation, as government officials fretted about potentially losing Washington’s attention. The White House publicly asked for the ambassador to Greece to resign after she faced severe critic»»»

By Staff, Agencies The British Navy has been left without its only icebreaker after HMS Protector suffered simultaneous engine failures at sea, forcing the vessel to be towed back to Devonport naval base in Plymouth, The Telegraph reported Tuesday. The incident has renewed concerns about the UK's m»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education held a ceremony to honor private schools and kindergartens that won the third edition of the 'Rayty Baydaa' (My Flag is White) Award for the 2025–2026 academic year. The ceremony took place at the Ministry's theater at its permanent headqu»»»

A Russian media outlet accused of spreading Kremlin-friendly narratives has moved its editorial address to Budapest, but its contact page lists a surprising name as editor-in-chief: Mária Schmidt, the former director of the House of Terror Museum, a close friend of former PM Viktor Orbán. She denie»»»

BUTEMBO, DR Congo: The fear of Ebola is keeping women and children from seeking health care in eastern Congo, health workers and aid agencies say, contributing to soaring maternal deaths and falling childhood immunization rates that could strain the health care system for years to come. Health work»»»

DUBAI: Yemen’s armed forces have carried out 2,309 precision strikes against Houthi positions across several battlefronts, leaving an estimated 1,250 militia fighters killed and destroying more than 460 military vehicles and equipment, a military spokesperson said on Wednesday. Majed Al-Nuzaili, sp»»»

In the past 24 hours, Russian air defense forces shot down 23 drones over the territory of the Ryazan region and 68 drones over the Saratov region, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that despite US President Donald Trump's attempts to »»»

AL-MUKALLA: Yemeni government forces in Taiz have vowed to repel intensified Houthi assaults and break the siege imposed on the city by the Iran-backed militia, while thanking Saudi Arabia for providing air support and military logistical assistance. Col. Abdul Basit Al-Baher, a Yemeni army officer»»»

British troops have practiced retaking the disputed Falkland Islands in the event of another Argentine attempt to take over the territory, The Times has reported. The exercise comes as tensions rise between Britain and Argentina over a British-Israeli oil project near the islands, known in Argentin»»»

LONDON: The health of two Palestinian women prisoners held at Damon Prison is worsening due to inadequate healthcare provided by Israeli authorities, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said on Wednesday. The group said that Basmala Saad, 20, and Israa Huje, 31, are suffering from »»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s political and economic leaders, and figures from the country’s wider business community, condemned recent Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, and expressed solidarity with the Kingdom following the strikes against civilian infrastructure. The president, Joseph Aoun, spoke by telephone»»»

NAIROBI: A traitor to his peers but a hero to many, a Ugandan army officer has leaked unprecedented footage of a secret jail where he says political opponents of the government were brutally tortured. The east African country has been ruled for 40 years by President Yoweri Museveni, whose son Muhoo»»»

LONDON: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh arrived in Beirut on Wednesday with a diplomatic delegation amid heightened regional tensions, Lebanese media reported. An Amal Movement delegation led by Khalil Hamdan, a member of the group’s leadership, received Khatibzadeh at Beirut Inte»»»

BAKU (Sputnik) - The strategic link between Moscow and Beijing plays an important stabilizing role in the international arena, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. "In the international arena, the strategic link between Moscow and Beijing plays an important stabilizing role. Ou»»»

Vladimir Zelensky has a pattern in dealing with Western partners who disappoint him: raise the disagreement in public, question the partner’s judgment and explain why the decision benefits Russia and Vladimir Putin. Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz heard variations of that argument for years, a»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday led Arab states in condemning Colombia’s opening of an embassy in occupied Jerusalem, calling it a flagrant violation of international law and UN resolutions, and a decision that undermines the city’s legal and historical status. The Saudi Foreign Ministry said the»»»

ANKARA: Opposition lawmakers attended a parliamentary meeting with their eyes blindfolded and mouths taped in protest at the government’s seizure early Wednesday of Halk TV, Turkiye’s most-watched news channel. At a meeting of the parliamentary budget and planning committee, lawmakers from the main»»»

Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has confirmed an initial outbreak of sheep and goat pox at a farm in the village of Petrovo, Stara Zagora Municipality, where 72 small ruminants are kept. The owner alerted the competent authorities after clinical signs of the disease appeared and fully cooperat»»»

RTA plans futuristic underground transport, Metro lines and flying taxis to ease traffic Dubai: Imagine a future Dubai where passengers travel through high-speed underground tunnels, goods and services move beneath busy streets, driverless vehicles navigate roads above, and flying taxis carry commu»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), through its Administration of Private Schools and Kindergartens and School Licensing Department, has held a recognition ceremony to honour 207 private schools and kindergartens under its 'My White Flag' shield initiative, including 63 in»»»

BELGRADE - Once it receives a US licence in mid-November, Telekom Srbija will start operating on the US market on December 1, and its priorities are to continue to develop a 5G network, expand its operations in Europe and collaborate with US firms in the AI sector, Telekom Srbija CEO Vladimir Lucic»»»

RIYADH: Restaurants remained busy, friends gathered over meals and card games, and cars continued moving through the streets of Riyadh as residents carried on with their daily routines despite regional tensions and security concerns. While the current situation might suggest that life in the Saudi »»»

An OpenAI employee has been arrested for allegedly planting a recording device in a conference room at the company’s California office where executives discussed highly confidential information, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday. FBI Director Kash Patel identified the suspect as Abdulrah»»»

Nairobi: Kenya hosting the 2029 World Athletics Championships will help combat the endemic doping problem among its athletes, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on a visit to Nairobi on Wednesday. The east African nation is a global athletics powerhouse, particularly in long-distance and »»»

UAE says years of investment in alternative routes are being tested by the crisis Dubai: The disruption around the Strait of Hormuz is exposing just how vulnerable global trade remains to a single chokepoint, with businesses now being forced to find costly alternatives as geopolitical tensions resh»»»

The diesel deal between Russia and the US benefits both countries and the global market, Kirill Dmitriev, Russian special presidential envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries, told journalists on the sidelines of the International Russian Energy Week forum. Russia will continue its ec»»»

President Iliana Yotova has called for an immediate halt to hostilities in the Black Sea and a moratorium on drone attacks against commercial and civilian infrastructure, as two ships were struck in the area, BNT reported. Yotova thanked the rescue teams that worked throughout the night to save sai»»»

Bulgaria plans to request membership in a NATO initiative to counter low-altitude aerial threats by October 30, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told Parliament during a hearing prompted by a question from MP Hamid Hamid about the country's participation in allied air defense and anti-drone progra»»»

BELGRADE - A televised debate on Serbia's EU integration, hosted by the RTS on Tuesday evening, featured Ana Brnabic from the Aleksandar Vucic-United Serbia electoral list, Dunja Simonovic Bratic from the Ivica Dacic-Stabiity Factor list, Aleksandar Baucal from the Student List-The Students Will Wi»»»

By Staff, Agencies An OpenAI engineer has been arrested for planting a recording device inside a conference room at the company’s California office where executives discussed highly confidential information, the US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. FBI Director Kash Patel identified the s»»»

MI5 chief Ken McCallum has urged the public not to exaggerate the impact of alleged Russian attempts to influence the outcome of the UK’s 2016 Brexit referendum. McCallum’s comments came after some pro-Brexit politicians accused Prime Minister Andy Burnham of questioning the legitimacy of the vote »»»

A bipartisan group of 12 US senators has urged President Donald Trump to abandon a diesel deal with Russia, arguing that it will betray Ukraine while doing little to curb surging energy prices. The decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel exports, announced on October 9, reportedly blindsided U»»»