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

World

Death toll from Israeli genocide in Gaza rises to 45,259 civilians 22 Dec 2024 - 10:40 pm
Children sit at sunset atop a concrete water storage tank overlooking the Hamad Residential City complex in the north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Rome's Trevi Fountain reopens to limited crowds 22 Dec 2024 - 09:52 pm
The mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri (4th right) throws a coin in the Trevi fountain on the day of its reopening after renovation works in Rome, on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
Spanish royals make surprise visit to flood disaster town 22 Dec 2024 - 09:01 pm
File: People with masks and soldier remove mud in a flooded street on November 6, 2024, in Catarroja, in the region of Valencia, eastern Spain, in the aftermath of deadly floods. (Photo by Cesar Manso / AFP)
One missing after oil rig sinks off Trinidad 22 Dec 2024 - 07:39 pm
Peninsula
2 US pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident 22 Dec 2024 - 07:24 pm
File photo used for representational purposes.
Thousands protest in Serbian capital over fatal train station accident 22 Dec 2024 - 07:08 pm
Students, pupils and citizens block a street in front of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade on December 20, 2024, standing in silence to honour the 15 victims of the tragedy that occurred at the railway station in Novi Sad in November 2024. Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP
Death toll in Brazil bus crash rises to 41 22 Dec 2024 - 07:00 pm
Handout picture released by Minas Gerais Fire Department shows firefighters and other rescue teams working on the site of a crash in Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on December 21, 2024. Photo by Handout / Minas Gerais Fire Department / AFP
Sanctions on Syria 'must be lifted as soon as possible': Türkiye FM 22 Dec 2024 - 06:57 pm
This handout picture released by the Turkish Foreign Ministry press service shows Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) being received by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Damascus on December 22, 2024. Photo by TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP.
High winds hit UK Christmas travel plans 22 Dec 2024 - 06:34 pm
File photo of Heathrow airport used for representational purposes.
At least nine dead in Brazil plane crash: authorities 22 Dec 2024 - 06:28 pm
Peninsula
France awaits appointment of new government 22 Dec 2024 - 05:02 pm
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (C) attends a meeting with the President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet (L), Senate President and party leaders excluding La France Insoumise (LFI) nor Rassemblement National party (RN), to finalise his government at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on December 19, 2024. Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / POOL / AFP.
Putin says Russia does not lose desire to improve ties with U.S. 22 Dec 2024 - 04:58 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of air and road infrastructure facilities in Russian regions via video link in Moscow on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)
Large earthquake hits battered Vanuatu 22 Dec 2024 - 04:49 pm
A handout photo from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, dated December 22, 2024, shows Australian disaster response team members operating a station to support local authorities in Port Vila after a powerful earthquake struck Vanuatu's capital on December 17. Photo by Niki Kuatonga / AUSTRALIA'S DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE / AFP
Germany pledges security inquest after Christmas market attack 22 Dec 2024 - 04:35 pm
People mourn at a makeshift memorial outside the Johanniskirche (Johannes Church), near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 22, 2024. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP.
Death toll in Nigeria food queue stampedes rises to 32 22 Dec 2024 - 04:22 pm
Peninsula
Women-only flight lands in Iran's Mashhad city for first time 22 Dec 2024 - 04:20 pm
Photo: AsemanAirlines / Instagram
Turkiye's top diplomat meets Syria's new leader in Damascus 22 Dec 2024 - 04:05 pm
Peninsula
Angry questions in Germany after Christmas market attack 22 Dec 2024 - 03:41 pm
The site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market is pictured in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 22, 2024. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP