CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World / Americas

Ex-Arizona lawman seeks to reclaim mantle as 'America's toughest sheriff' 26 Aug 2019 - 08:03 am
FILE PHOTO: Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio campaigns in his bid to become the Republican nominee for an open Senate seat in Wickenburg, Arizona, U.S. August 24, 2018. REUTERS/Conor Ralph/File Photo
Warplanes dump water on Amazon as Brazil military begins fighting fires 25 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm
Aerial view of burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on August 24, 2019.  AFP / Lula Sampaio
Thick smoke chokes Brazil's north as Amazon fires rage 25 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm
Soldiers, firemen and volunteers combat forest fires in the surroundings of Robore in eastern Bolivia, on August 25, 2019.  AFP / Aizar Raldes
Brazilian troops begin deploying to fight Amazon fires 25 Aug 2019 - 11:28 am
Aerial view of burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. AFP / CARL DE SOUZA
Protests to greet G7 leaders as they discuss Amazon fires, trade 24 Aug 2019 - 11:22 am
Mounted police patrol on the beach in Biarritz, south-west France on August 24, 2019, on the first day of the annual G7 Summit attended by the leaders of the world's seven richest democracies, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United
Facing global pressure, Brazil's Bolsonaro may send army to curb Amazon fires 23 Aug 2019 - 08:16 pm
Aerial picture showing smoke from a 2-kilometre stretch of fire billowing from the Amazon rainforest about 65 km from Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, in northern Brazil, on August 23, 2019. (AFP / Carl DE SOUZA)
Bolivia enlists 'supertanker' plane to battle wildfires 23 Aug 2019 - 07:14 pm
Handout picture released by Bolivia's Presidency showing a Supertanker, an aerial firefighting airtanker, after it landed at Viruviru airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, on August 23, 2019, to help fight the fires raging in eastern Bolivia. (AFP PHOTO / B
Brazil's Bolsonaro blames Amazon fires on NGOs as Twitter erupts 22 Aug 2019 - 10:31 pm
Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, Brazil August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Canada opposes Russia's return to G8: Freeland 22 Aug 2019 - 09:53 pm
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (off frame) at the National Arts Center, on August 22, 2019, in Ottawa. (AFP / Sebastien ST-JEAN)
Pentagon cancels billion-dollar missile defense project with Boeing 22 Aug 2019 - 12:39 pm
Peninsula
MIT professor quits in protest over lab links to Epstein 22 Aug 2019 - 10:50 am
Peninsula
Police search for sniper who shot Los Angeles County deputy sheriff 22 Aug 2019 - 09:05 am
Peninsula
Trump, Maduro confirm talks as opposition stays mum 21 Aug 2019 - 05:19 pm
Peninsula
Venezuelan officials discussed Maduro exit behind his back: Bolton 21 Aug 2019 - 04:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: US National Security Advisor John Bolton listens as US President Donald Trump.   AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Trump administration plans to end limits on child detention 21 Aug 2019 - 04:01 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions while sitting in front of paintings of former U.S. presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson during his meeting with Romania's President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washingt
Dad 'empty' after 9-year-old Detroit girl killed by dogs 21 Aug 2019 - 11:38 am
Peninsula
Armed man holding 37 people on bus hostage in Rio de Janeiro 20 Aug 2019 - 02:40 pm
Peninsula
Omar, Tlaib host news conference on travel restrictions 19 Aug 2019 - 03:19 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Reps Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hold a news conference after Democrats in the U.S.   REUTERS/Erin Scott