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

World / Asia

Philippine lawmakers deny TV giant ABS-CBN’s franchise bid 11 Jul 2020 - 06:45 pm
A journalist lights a candle outside the ABS-CBN headquarters, following Philippine congress' vote against the broadcast network's franchise renewal, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Bangladeshi coronavirus sufferers shun hospitals 11 Jul 2020 - 01:54 pm
This photograph taken on July 9, 2020 shows empty beds at a COVID-19 coronavirus ward in a hospital set up by Al Manahil Welfare Foundation Bangladesh in Chittagong. AFP / STR
Virus-free UK pilot, symbol of Vietnam's pandemic success, to return home 11 Jul 2020 - 12:32 pm
A vendor selling rice noodles waits for customers along a street at sunset in Hanoi on July 9, 2020. / AFP / Manan VATSYAYANA
Singapore ruling party, stung by poll setback, faces succession questions 11 Jul 2020 - 11:01 am
Workers’ Party supporters celebrate the results of the general election in Singapore July 11, 2020. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)
Australia's Victoria state records another day of high coronavirus infections 11 Jul 2020 - 08:54 am
Police and medical workers stand outside an entrance to a public housing estate which is undergoing a forced lockdown in Melbourne on July 10, 2020, as the city records another 288 new cases in a fresh outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.  AFP / William
Australia approves remdesivir as virus treatment 10 Jul 2020 - 03:57 pm
Peninsula
Furore after Indian police shoot gangster dead 10 Jul 2020 - 01:21 pm
Policemen stand guard next to an overturned vehicle after the gangster Vikas Dubey was shot dead by police, on a highway at Sachendi in Uttar Pradesh state on July 10, 2020. / AFP /
Fake pilot scandal prompts US to block Pakistan’s flag carrier 10 Jul 2020 - 01:03 pm
Peninsula
China's Kazakhstan embassy warns citizens of pneumonia deadlier than COVID-19 10 Jul 2020 - 11:13 am
Medical specialists wearing protective equipment work at the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing facility in Almaty, Kazakhstan July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mariya Gordeyeva
In masks and gloves, Singaporeans vote under COVID-19 cloud 10 Jul 2020 - 12:25 am
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat (L), of the incumbent People's Action Party, gives a thumbs up during a campaign walkabout in the Bedok South estate neighbourhood ahead of the general election in Singapore on July 8, 2020. / AFP / ROSLAN
Seoul mayor found dead after leaving message 'like a will' 09 Jul 2020 - 08:00 pm
South Korean policemen conduct a search operation for Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS
Australian city wakes to another lockdown as more state borders close 09 Jul 2020 - 08:37 am
Response personnel prepare to distribute goods to residents inside a public housing tower, locked down in response to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Melbourne, Australia, July 9, 2020. AAP Image/James Ross via Reuters
Millions of Australians back in lockdown amid Melbourne virus outbreak 08 Jul 2020 - 11:16 pm
Police in the southern New South Wales (NSW) border city of Albury check cars crossing the state border from Victoria on July 8, 2020 after authorities closed the border due to an outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus in Victoria. With the city of Melbourne go
Six injured in huge blast at China fireworks factory 08 Jul 2020 - 10:42 pm
file photo/REUTERS
Bali hosts first centre to return captive dolphins to the wild 08 Jul 2020 - 01:55 pm
Bottlenose dolphins Rocky and Rambo are seen as Femke Den Haas cleans a net, after they were relocated at the Bali dolphin Sanctuary rehabilitation centre in Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia December 10, 2019. Courtesy of Tim Calver/Ric O'Barry's dolphinProject.
Thailand expects to delay plans for 'travel bubble' on virus worries 08 Jul 2020 - 10:55 am
A waitress wearing a protective mask and face shield reacts at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, after the government eased some protective measures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Hong Kong bans protest anthem in schools as fears over freedoms intensify 08 Jul 2020 - 09:19 am
Workers work on a board after the opening of temporary national security office, in Hong Kong, China July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
New Zealand reviews hotel quarantine security after Covid escape 08 Jul 2020 - 08:13 am
Peninsula