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

World / Asia

S. Korea, US and Japan hold trilateral talks on N. Korea 19 Feb 2023 - 12:34 pm
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin meet at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Petr David Josek / POOL / AFP)
Japan bids farewell to four pandas returning to China 19 Feb 2023 - 12:01 pm
Twitter / panda_xiang_xiang
North Korea says it fired ICBM as warning to US, Seoul 19 Feb 2023 - 11:44 am
This picture taken on February 18, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 19, 2023 shows test-firing of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Plane crashes in Philippines, search underway for 4 on board 19 Feb 2023 - 09:38 am
Peninsula
North Korea fires ICBM missile that lands in Japan's EEZ 18 Feb 2023 - 05:00 pm
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno leaves the prime minister's office after a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on North Korea's missile launch, in Tokyo on February 18, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT
North Korea fires missile as US, S. Korea prepare for drills 18 Feb 2023 - 03:49 pm
A woman walks past a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
12 South African cheetahs arrive for India rewilding 18 Feb 2023 - 01:54 pm
Pic: Twitter / DD News Odia
Cambodians celebrate traditional fishing methods at annual ceremony 18 Feb 2023 - 12:14 pm
Villagers catch fish during the annual fish-catching ceremony at the Choam Krovean commune in Tboung Khmum province on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP)
Four killed, 14 wounded in Karachi police attack claimed by Pakistan Taliban 17 Feb 2023 - 11:14 pm
Volunteers carry an injured paramilitary soldier to a hospital following an attack on a police compound in Karachi on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Taliban claim attack on police in Pakistan's Karachi, 2 dead 17 Feb 2023 - 08:14 pm
Security personnel take position behind a police vehicle near site of an attack to a police compound in Karachi on February 17, 2023. - A gunbattle was raging on February 17 night inside a Pakistan police building in the port city of Karachi, an AFP correspondent near the scene said. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
Poor Pakistanis worry IMF bailout measures risk stark future 17 Feb 2023 - 04:40 pm
Daily wage labourers wait for work at a market in Peshawar, Pakistan, on February 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
China top tech dealmaker goes missing amid graft crackdown 17 Feb 2023 - 01:58 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 18, 2022 shows a general view of the construction site of the Workers' Stadium, a planned venue for the 2023 Asian Cup, in Beijing. - Alleged corruption at the top of Chinese football has left President Xi Jinping's dream of his country becoming a global force in the sport appear more remote than ever. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
France drops Covid testing for travellers from China 17 Feb 2023 - 12:13 pm
This aerial photo taken on February 16, 2023 shows people wathcing plum blossom in Ningbo, in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
Hong Kong’s January visitors plunge 93% from pre-pandemic level 17 Feb 2023 - 11:59 am
A man (R) takes a picture of a sculpture (L) floating on the water in the North Point district of Hong Kong on February 16, 2023. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
Japan aborts launch of 1st H3 rocket carrying defense sensor 17 Feb 2023 - 11:54 am
White smoke emerges from the main engines of the next-generation H3 rocket (L) as it fails to lift off the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on February 17, 2023. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Tourism revival boosts Thai economy but exports sluggish 17 Feb 2023 - 11:23 am
In this file photo taken on December 9, 2022 tourists take pictures at Wat Arun Buddhist temple in Bangkok. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
New Zealand cyclone fatalities reach 8; more deaths feared 17 Feb 2023 - 10:58 am
This undated handout photo received on February 16, 2023 from the New Zealand Defence Force shows flooding in the Hawkes Bay region in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo by PLTOFF Callum Post / New Zealand Defence Force / AFP
Indian officials end 3-day probe of BBC, alleging tax dodge 16 Feb 2023 - 09:48 pm
Indo-Tibetan Border Police stand guard outside the office building where Indian tax authorities raided BBC's office in New Delhi on February 15, 2023, following a protest against the BBC by Hindu Sena activists, an Indian right-wing organization. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

Europe

Migrants swim through the waters close to border the with Morocco to enter Spain's north Africa's Ceuta enclave on July 31, 2026. Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP Thousands cross into Spain's north Africa enclave in new migrant crisis
Peninsula Spain lifts national state of emergency as wildfire situation improves
A fisherman tries to move his boat, blocked by algae on the bottom of the Danube river in front of the Calafat-Vidin bridge, connecting Bulgaria and Romania near the village Antimovo, southeastern Bulgaria, on July 22, 2026. (Photo by Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP) Mammoth bones found on parched bed of Danube in Bulgaria
Peninsula Arab World Institute in Paris announces finalists for 2026 Design Awards

Africa

Representational image Cyanide poisoning likely killed 15 elephants in Kenya: investigators
Peninsula Damietta Port Authority confirms smooth vessel movement, full operational efficiency following drone attack
File photo US Ebola patient treated in Germany makes recovery
Peninsula Rwanda to phase out 2G, 3G networks

Americas

Peninsula Selection process for next UN chief begins
(FILES) Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures from the balcony of Casa Rosada presidential palace after a Te Deum marking the 216th anniversary of the May Revolution that led to Argentina's independence from Spain, in Buenos Aires on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) Milei demands expulsion of foreigners expressing 'hate' against Argentina
Peninsula US military declares continued enforcement of blockade against Iran
Peninsula US issues new Iran sanctions targeting oil tankers

Peninsula

Peninsula

Videos
Peninsula

Canada drawing lessons from success of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Ambassador
Peninsula

Qatar demonstrates leadership in sustainability
Peninsula

Mozambique eyes stronger ties with Qatar to boost trade, energy and tourism

Trending News

  1. Peninsula

    Qatar Airways extends suspension of flights to Kuwait, Bahrain and Erbil

  2. Peninsula

    Ministry warns against a slimming product containing undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients​​

  3. Volunteers and firefighters battle a wildfire in Fethiye, in the province of Mugla, southwestern Turkey on July 30, 2026. (Photo by Murat Kocabas / AFP)

    Turkiye confronts growing wildfires on tourist coasts

  4. Peninsula

    9 police officers killed, 28 injured in checkpoint attack in northwestern Pakistan

  5. Peninsula

    Qatar condemns targeting of two LNG carriers off Egypt's Damietta Port

Today’s Newspaper

Check all issues & supplements

Latest Updates

Business

Peninsula

RTGS settles 497 million large value electronic transactions worth QR10.26 trillion in 2025: QCB