Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has announced the launch of its Warm Winter Campaign 2026–2027. Under the theme of “Warmth and Serenity”, the three-month drive involves a wide range of winter-aid projects and aid for the benefit of more than 57,000 people in many vulnera»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Museums (QM) yesterday opened Beyti Beytak or My Home is Your Home, an exhibition exploring ideas of home, hospitality and belonging through architecture, art and design. Organised by the future Art Mill Museum and on view until May 29, 2027, the exhibition is presen»»»

Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 2,249 mosquito-borne dengue fever cases in the 24 hours leading into Sunday morning, marking the highest single-day infection tally documented this year. According to the latest data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the country also recorded seven m»»»

JEDDAH: Global Islamic finance assets are projected to reach $10.5 trillion by 2030, up 61.5 percent from $6.5 trillion in 2025, as the industry expands across established and emerging markets. The 2026 Islamic Finance Development Report, issued by the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the»»»

European and Asian flights return to Dubai for winter getaways Dubai: Planning a winter getaway or a family trip during the December holidays? More flight options are opening up for UAE travellers as airlines restore services to Dubai International Airport (DXB), including routes to Europe, the Phi»»»

Dhaka: The government in Bangladesh has initiated nationwide planting campaigns to grow tall palmyra palm trees as a natural defense system against fatal lightning strikes. Bangladeshi Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu on Thursday inaugurated the campaign in a northern distr»»»

Hormuz tensions rise as Iran warns of strikes on US bases in the Middle East From the Houthi attack on King Fahd International Airport to fresh Iranian threats over the Strait of Hormuz, it has been a tense day across the region. Here’s a quick look at the key developments and what they mean for UA»»»

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday condemned the deadly attacks on an Aramco oil field and an airport in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province a day earlier, which killed at least one Indian national. An Indian national was one of two people killed in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on W»»»

Airport operations have resumed as embassy reaches out to families of the victims An Indian national was among the two people killed when King Fahd International Airport in Dammam came under attack on Wednesday night, the Indian Embassy in Riyadh has confirmed. In a post on X, the embassy said Saud»»»

Bulgaria had issued more than 13,000 seasonal work permits to non-EU nationals by July 10, as businesses increasingly rely on foreign workers to fill staffing gaps, Nova TV reports. The National Employment Agency’s figures, analyzed by the Bulgarian Industrial Association, show that Bulgaria issued»»»

Tracing a legacy of compassion and innovation in UAE dentistry Abu Dhabi: Sama Tabrizi was just ten months old when her parents moved from Turkey to the UAE in the late 1960s. The family set up a dental clinic with a friend of her father’s in Al Ain, which set their base for the future beyond. “One»»»

Indian Embassy aids recovery and return of Riyadh attack victim Dubai: An Indian national injured in the October 10 attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport is returning home after being discharged from hospital, the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday. Mohammed Fazal Pasha, »»»

Saudi flight disruptions continued, with 45.49% of departures affected since October 8. Flight disruptions continued to affect UAE travellers on Tuesday, October 20, with Saudi Arabia cancellations and delays at Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports. DXB reported cancellations to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, wh»»»

JEDDAH: Jeddah Gov. Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi on Monday received South Korean Consul General Dae Hwan Kim. They exchanged cordial talks and discussed topics of mutual interest. Meanwhile, Fareed Al-Shahri, director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs branch in Makkah region, receiv»»»

Indian woman dies after air ambulance faces mid-flight technical fault An Indian woman died after the air ambulance transporting her from Agartala to Kolkata made an emergency landing in Dhaka when a technical fault caused the aircraft’s door to partially open mid-flight, Bangladesh media reported.»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has hosted the Managing Operations Training (MOT) workshop, organised by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to enhance the professional and operational capacity of disaster response personnel, as well as to faci»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Charity (QC) has launched 2026 “Winter Heroes” campaign to provide essential assistance to vulnerable families facing harsh weather and prolonged humanitarian crises. The campaign seeks to raise QR120 million for winter relief, humanitarian assistance and development»»»

DHAKA: Volunteer Saudi doctors have over the past week provided treatment to more than 5,000 men and women needing eye surgery and specialized care in one of the poorest regions of Bangladesh. The medical campaign was funded by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center and Al-Basar Interna»»»

Indian police released Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke from detention on Saturday after the activist was detained ahead of a rally calling for the resignation of India's chief election commissioner. Two other CJP leaders remain in custody after having been arrested whil»»»

Travel warnings issued amid UAE-Saudi flight cancellations and delays UAE travellers face another unsettled day of air travel on Sunday, October 18, as cancellations and schedule changes affect flights between the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, alongside delays on other international routes. Emirates, »»»

SYLHET, Bangladesh: Bangladesh is battling to contain the world’s worst measles outbreak, a crisis exacerbated by weak data, inadequate outreach and vaccination gaps that experts say offers a warning to other nations about the deadly risk of falling immunization rates. Bangladesh, whose routine vac»»»

NEW DELHI: India’s Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke was released from detention on Saturday, a day after his arrest during a police crackdown on protests against the election authority. Dipke, 31, was detained on Friday in New Delhi as he headed to join a rally that the CJP protest mov»»»

DHAKA: A fire gutted a beach resort in southeastern Bangladesh on Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring four, an official said. The fire broke out at Tuptup Resto and Resort at Inani in Cox’s Bazar district, a popular destination for domestic tourists, Syed Mohammad Morshed Hossain, deputy assis»»»

Fire at Bangladesh beach resort claims 10 lives, injures 4 A fire gutted a beach resort in southeastern Bangladesh on Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring four, an official said. The fire broke out at Tuptup Resto and Resort at Inani in Cox's Bazar district, a popular destination for domestic t»»»

Bangladeshi mum and son were inseparable, daughter says in tribute after Al Ain cremation Abu Dhabi: Anushua Biswas, a young Bangladeshi expat, has opened up about her mother and brother, who were killed in a car crash in the capital on Monday night, and spoken of her father’s escape, which family »»»

Indian authorities on Friday detained Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the satirical youth movement "Cockroach Janta Party", ahead of a new protest in New Delhi, live images from the group showed. Police earlier closed a central New Delhi park in an attempt to stifle near-daily demonstrations ca»»»

Police restrictions and park closure follow protests over India’s voter-roll revision Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke was detained from his Delhi residence on Friday, minutes before he was due to leave for a flag-waving protest rally, as authorities tightened restrictions and closed a »»»

DHAKA: Abul Monsur Reaz was standing in a line to collect his boarding pass last Saturday, when a Houthi strike hit the Riyadh airport. Moments after the explosion, believing he was near his life’s end, the 38-year-old Bangladeshi pilgrim tried to remember the faces of his family back home: his 3-y»»»

By Staff, Agencies Iran and 12 other delegations walked out of a summit in Baku in protest against an address by “Israeli” President Isaac Herzog, as Tehran called for the regime’s expulsion from the regional forum. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi urged member states of the Confer»»»

The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, along with delegations from 12 other countries (out of a total of 28), walked out of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) as the President of the Zionist entity, Isaac Herzog, began his address. Delegations lef»»»

It all started as a bit of online satire by a few young people fed up by corruption. Clearly though, the Cockroach movement's no longer a laughing matter for India’s government which has shut transport and blocked rallying points in the capital to quell the momentum of youth-led mobilization that's»»»

BEIRUT: Yemen’s foreign minister warned on Wednesday that the Houthis would become “undefeatable” if the world allowed them the time to do so, and her government sought neither a ceasefire nor negotiations with the Iran-backed militia. “If the Houthis are given more time, they will become an undefe»»»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Azerbaijan on Wednesday, a day before the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), a Sputnik correspondent said. The Russian minister's plane landed at Baku airport. The Russian Foreign Ministry said t»»»

DHAKA: Shahed Ahmed was waiting for a flight at King Khalid Airport, talking to his 9-year-old son over video. When the call dropped, he sent a voice message saying he would call back when he arrived in Jeddah. He never did. Moments later, a Houthi strike killed him. A 35-year-old plumber from Bogu»»»

ISLAMABAD: Every day, Mohammed Saber places a single rectangular solar panel on the roof of the bamboo-and-tarpaulin shack that he and his family have called home for years, the last stop on their journey after fleeing the Myanmar military’s brutal crackdown on the Rohingya in 2017. The panel is pa»»»

Daffodil University, a leading private university in Bangladesh, once again participated in a lecture as part of the SputnikPro project. Sputnik Special Correspondent Christina Malyk discussed fake news, how it spreads across today’s media landscape, and ways to identify unreliable information with»»»

Nasrullah was travelling with 45 Bangladeshis when deadly attack struck the airport Dubai: A 35-year-old Bangladeshi Islamic scholar was killed in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh while travelling to perform Umrah, leaving behind three young children. Nasrullah Al Badr, a mu»»»

DHAKA: Moments after a Houthi strike hit the Riyadh airport where he was transiting, Nasrullah Badar called his family in Dhaka but could not utter a word. A day later, his brother learned he did not survive the attack. A 37-year-old teacher and imam, Badar was leading a group of 44 Bangladeshis on»»»

The former Solicitor General claims external forces are trying to destabilise the country New Delhi: Senior advocate and former Solicitor General of India Harish Salve has alleged that foreign funding and external interference are behind certain protests in India, claiming that attempts are being m»»»

By Staff, Agencies Yemeni armed forces have announced a new wave of missile and drone attacks targeting two Saudi airports in Riyadh and Dammam, along with oil and gas facilities operated by Aramco. In a statement issued on Sunday, Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said th»»»

RIYADH: Foreign ambassadors to Saudi Arabia condemned the Oct. 10 attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, expressing solidarity with the Kingdom and condolences to the families of those killed and injured. Egypt’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Hatem Abdelkader, said Cairo condemned in »»»

DHAKA: Bangladesh condemned on Sunday a deadly Houthi strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which killed at least two of its nationals. At least 12 people were killed in Saturday’s attack, including four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, as well as nationals of the US, Egypt, Jordan, Syria»»»

Russia has condemned the attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and called on all parties to the conflict to refrain from targeting civilian infrastructure, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "Russia condemns this attack and calls on all parties to the conflicts in the»»»

Emirates, Etihad, flydubai and Air Arabia report disruptions across UAE and Saudi routes UAE travellers faced flight disruptions on Sunday, October 11, with cancellations and delays affecting services from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. Several flights linking the UAE with Saudi Arabia, including Ri»»»

Doha, Qatar: With support from Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and in cooperation with Bangladesh-based BRAC International, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has been implementing a health care project for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. Being in progress for five consecutive mo»»»

Etihad, Emirates, flydubai and Air Arabia flights hit by Riyadh airport attack Dubai: Flights between the UAE and Saudi Arabia have been disrupted following an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, October 10, with Emirates, Etihad Airways, flydubai and Air Arabia repor»»»

RIYADH: The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen has vowed a firm response to a Houthi attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport that killed 12 people and injured 309 others, as US President Donald Trump condemned the strike as “not acceptable.” Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesman f»»»

RIYADH: Countries and international organizations have condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia’s airports, including Saturday’s strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that killed 12 people and injured 309 others, according to Saudi authorities. The condemnations, carried by the Saud»»»