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

World / Asia

S. Korea opposition leader calls martial law 'illegal' 03 Dec 2024 - 06:37 pm
Police stand guard in front of the main gate of the National Assembly in Seoul on December 3, 2024, after South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
'All political activities' banned under S. Korea martial law: commander 03 Dec 2024 - 06:33 pm
Peninsula
S. Korean national assembly sealed after martial law declared: Yonhap 03 Dec 2024 - 06:15 pm
People gather in front of the main gate of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea on December 4, 2024, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
South Korea president declares martial law 03 Dec 2024 - 04:49 pm
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen speaking on a television in a train station in Seoul late on December 3, 2024, after he declared emergency martial law, saying the step was necessary to protect the country from
China to maintain supportive monetary policy in 2025 03 Dec 2024 - 04:47 pm
Peninsula
South Korea's inflation rises 1.5% in November 03 Dec 2024 - 04:34 pm
Peninsula
Relief as Delhi schools reopen but smog crisis persists 03 Dec 2024 - 02:57 pm
Children attend a class at a school in New Delhi on December 3, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
China curbs exports of key chipmaking components to US 03 Dec 2024 - 01:57 pm
File photo for representational purposes only
Japan to use AI to tackle online manga and anime piracy 03 Dec 2024 - 01:57 pm
Peninsula
Bradman 'baggy green' cap sells for $250,000 at auction 03 Dec 2024 - 11:42 am
A cap worn by Australia's greatest cricket legend Don Bradman is on display at an auction house Bonhams in Sydney on December 2, 2024. (Photo by Saeed Khan / AFP)
Nepal PM departs for China visit, breaking with India tradition 02 Dec 2024 - 11:27 pm
Nepal's prime minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli waves alongside his wife Radhika Shakya before his departure, at the Tribhuvan International airport in Kathmandu on December 2, 2024. (Photo by Aryan Dhimal / AFP)
China says FM urged 'fair' competition in talks with German counterpart 02 Dec 2024 - 06:15 pm
China's FM Wang Yi
30-strong Japan A-bomb delegation to collect Nobel prize 02 Dec 2024 - 12:44 pm
Peninsula
Sweet-toothed bear lured out of Japanese supermarket 02 Dec 2024 - 10:27 am
Peninsula
Cyclone Fengal toll rises to 20 in South Asia 02 Dec 2024 - 10:22 am
A family is being rescued from a cyclone-affected area after heavy rainfall in Puducherry on December 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
New Zealand scientists dissect world's rarest whale 02 Dec 2024 - 08:14 am
(Files) A handout photo taken on July 5, 2024 and received on July 16 from the New Zealand Department of Conservation shows rangers Jim Fyfe (L) and Tumai Cassidy walking beside what appears to be the carcass of a rare spade-toothed whale. (Photo by Handout / New Zealand Department of Conservation / AFP)
Plastic pollution talks fail to reach landmark deal 01 Dec 2024 - 08:37 pm
An art installation depicting a whale with an interior lined with plastic waste is displayed near the entrance of Bexco in Busan on November 30, 2024, the venue of the fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution (INC-5). (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
More time needed for plastic pollution treaty: chair 01 Dec 2024 - 04:05 pm
INC-5 Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso brings down a gavel, made using recycled plastic bottle tops from the Dandora landfill in Nairobi, during the start of a plenary of the fifth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in Busan on December 1, 2024. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)