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

World / Asia

Indonesia cracks down on forest arsonists 23 Jul 2025 - 02:15 am
Peninsula
Pakistan court sentences dozens from Khan's party to 10 years 22 Jul 2025 - 08:48 pm
Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, take part in a protest as they block the main road a day after the assassination attempt on Khan, in Peshawar, on November 4, 2022. (AFP/Abdul MAJEED)
Air India Hong Kong-Delhi flight's auxiliary power unit catches fire after landing 22 Jul 2025 - 05:38 pm
Representational file photo
Air India says no faults found after fuel control switch inspections 22 Jul 2025 - 04:47 pm
File photo for representational purposes only.
Bangladesh seethes as toll from jet crash at school hits 31 22 Jul 2025 - 04:15 pm
Onlookers gathered behind crime scene barrier tape cordoning off the area where Bangladesh Air Force personnel inspected the crash site a day after a training jet crashed into a school in Dhaka on July 22, 2025. Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP
Jeju Air crash families denounce report blaming pilot error 22 Jul 2025 - 01:38 pm
Recovery teams work at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
Pakistan landslide after heavy rain kills 3, with 15 missing 22 Jul 2025 - 11:38 am
Rescuers and people look as a crane removes the wreckage of a van from a drainage after heavy monsoon rains in Islamabad on July 21, 2025. (Photo by M ASIM KHAN / AFP)
Philippines flooding displaces thousands, two missing 22 Jul 2025 - 11:00 am
A cyclist crosses a flooded street in Manila on July 22, 2025, after heavy rains caused floodings enhanced by monsoon. Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP
VIDEO: At least 20 killed as Bangladesh fighter jet crashes into school 21 Jul 2025 - 06:16 pm
Peninsula
Anguish at Bangladesh hospital after jet hits school 21 Jul 2025 - 05:37 pm
Blood donors gather outside a hospital with documents after an Air Force training jet crashed into a school in Dhaka on July 21, 2025. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Pakistan stresses importance of relations with Afghanistan, calls for enhanced cooperation 21 Jul 2025 - 05:18 pm
Peninsula
At least 16 killed as Bangladesh fighter jet crashes into school: govt 21 Jul 2025 - 02:29 pm
Bangladesh's fire service and security personnel conduct a search and rescue operation after a Air Force training jet crashed into school in Dhaka on July 21, 2025. (Photo by Abdul Goni / AFP)
Radio journalist shot dead in the Philippines 21 Jul 2025 - 02:11 pm
Peninsula
Kindergarten staff arrested after 247 children poisoned with lead in NW China 20 Jul 2025 - 10:37 pm
Peninsula
Ishiba vows to stay on as Japanese PM despite possible upper house election setback 20 Jul 2025 - 08:50 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses the media at the vote counting centre in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. (Photo by Franck ROBICHON / POOL / AFP)
Sri Lanka bans kite flying near int'l airports to ensure flight safety 20 Jul 2025 - 07:39 pm
Representational file photo.
VIDEO: Indonesia ferry fire kills five as hundreds rescued 20 Jul 2025 - 05:53 pm
Peninsula
Election drubbing projected for Japan PM 20 Jul 2025 - 05:26 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (centre R) and LDP vice president Yoshihide Suga (4th L) place a flower on the name of a candidate who is certain to win with other party members, at the vote counting centre at Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters in Tokyo on July 20, 2025.  (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)