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

World

One dead in Senegal protests, opposition leader in clinic 21 Mar 2023 - 12:21 am
Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. File photo / AFP
Letter bomb explodes at Ecuador TV station, other media get envelopes 20 Mar 2023 - 11:58 pm
Handout photo released by Ecuador's National Police showing a police officer searching for explosives after a device detonated at the Ecuavisa channel premises in Guayaquil, Ecuador on March 20, 2023.  (Photo by Handout / Ecuadorエs National Police / AFP)
India to splurge $12 billion on airports as travel rebounds 20 Mar 2023 - 11:38 pm
This handout photograph taken on March 20, 2023 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during their visit at Buddha Jayanti Park in New Delhi. (Photo by PIB / AFP)
Blinken, days after visit, finds 'war crimes' in Ethiopia 20 Mar 2023 - 11:31 pm
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken speaks on the release of the 2022 Human Rights Report at the US State Department on March 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP
EU warns of 'very dangerous' Tunisia crisis 20 Mar 2023 - 10:49 pm
Supporters of Tunisia's opposition party Ennahda carry signs and flags during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia, October 15, 2022. (REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi)
IMF approves Sri Lanka's $2.9 billion bailout 20 Mar 2023 - 09:46 pm
A Sri Lankan man walks past currency exchange shop in Colombo on March 20, 2023. - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is seeking a 10-year moratorium on its foreign debt, President Ranil Wickremesinghe's office said on March 20 on the eve of a desperately needed $2.9 billion IMF bailout. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Hungary blocked joint EU statement on Putin’s ICC arrest warrant 20 Mar 2023 - 09:38 pm
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks in Lendava, a Slovenian city with a large Hungarian ethnic minority, on February 21, 2022.  File photo / AFP
French government survives 1st no-confidence vote 20 Mar 2023 - 09:20 pm
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne delivers a speech prior to the vote of two motions of no confidence at the French National Assembly, on March 20, 2023.  (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)
East DR Congo attack toll climbs to over 30: local sources 20 Mar 2023 - 09:07 pm
Peninsula
Kazakh ruling party wins snap poll, observers urge reforms 20 Mar 2023 - 08:59 pm
A woman votes at her home during parliamentary elections in Almaty on March 19, 2023. (Photo by Ruslan Pryanikov / AFP)
US aid worker and French journalist freed in West Africa 20 Mar 2023 - 08:52 pm
French journalist Olivier Dubois (left), freed nearly two years after he was kidnapped by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) in Mali, and US national Jeffery Woodke (right), freed after being kidnapped in October 2016 in Niger, are seen as they arrive at the Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey on March 20, 2023. (Photo by Souleymane AG ANARA / AFP)
Yemeni sides say deal reached to free nearly 900 prisoners 20 Mar 2023 - 08:45 pm
People gather at a market in Sanaa on March 18, 2023, ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
Arrests as Kenya opposition leads anti-government protests 20 Mar 2023 - 07:35 pm
A Kenyan Police officer arrests a protester following clashes with opposition supporters in Nairobi, Kenya on March 20, 2023.  (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP)
Pakistani police arrest scores more Imran Khan supporters 20 Mar 2023 - 06:39 pm
Supporters of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan, gather during a protest in Karachi on March 19, 2023, demanding release of arrested party workers in recent police clashes. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Malawi says cholera crisis risks worsening after Cyclone Freddy 20 Mar 2023 - 06:17 pm
Peninsula
Putin sticks to protocol during Chinese leader Xi's visit 20 Mar 2023 - 06:11 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 20, 2023. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin / Sputnik / AFP)
Central Africa opens probe after 9 Chinese miners killed 20 Mar 2023 - 05:40 pm
(FILE PHOTO) Chinese President Xi Jinping. AFP / WANG ZHAO
Nepal's PM secures vote of confidence in Parliament 20 Mar 2023 - 05:21 pm
File Photo: Nepali PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal. (Dipesh Shrestha/AFP)