Sofia, The Bulgarian caretaker government was sworn in Tuesday ahead of a new round of a snap parliamentary ballot due to be held on June 9 at the same time as the European Parliament election.

The interim government, headed by Dimitar Glavchev, is s…

Beijing, President Xi Jinping of China met today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is currently visiting Beijing.

During the meeting, President Xi affirmed that Beijing and Moscow have chosen the path of peaceful coexistence. Xi consid…

Baghdad, President of Iraq Abdul Latif Jameel Rashid, discussed regional developments and the necessity of supporting efforts to enhance security and peace in the region, including halting aggression against Gaza, in a phone call today with his Irania…

New York: The State of Qatar stressed its support for the request of the State of Palestine to obtain full membership as a sovereign state in the United Nations, urging all member states to support this legitimate and deserved request.

This came in t…

Washington: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday; no tsunami warning was issued, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after the earthquake.

But Indonesia’s g…

Doha: HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani exchanged cables of greetings with his brothers Their Excellencies prime ministers of the brotherly Arab and Islamic countries on the occas…

Washington: Millions of people in North America saw a total solar eclipse, in which the moon completely obscured the sun.

The total eclipse path extended from Mazatlan, Mexico to Newfoundland, a region with 44 million people that spans 15 US states. …

Doha: HH the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Thani exchanged cables of greetings with his brothers Their Highnesses, Excellencies crown princes and vice presidents of the brotherly Arab and Islamic countries on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr.

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Doha: Weather inshore until 6:00 pm on Tuesday will be partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a chance of scattered rain maybe thundery at times, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report.

Offshore, the weather will be partly clou…

Doha: HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani exchanged cables of greetings with his brothers Their Majesties, Excellencies, and Highnesses leaders of the brotherly Arab and Islamic countries on the occasion of the blessed Eid Al Fitr.

HH the Ami…

Mogadishu, Somali army killed around 50 Al-Shabab militants, an Al Qaeda-linked group, in an airstrike in the center of the country.

Somalia news agency said that the army with the support of international security partners carried out an airstrike, …

Doha: The Amiri Diwan announced that HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will receive Eid Al Fitr well-wishers at Lusail Palace on the first day of Eid as follows: Immediately after Eid prayer and until 6:00 am with Their Excellencies sheikhs,…

Doha: The Amiri Diwan announced that HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will perform Eid Al Fitr prayer along with citizens at Lusail praying area on Wednesday morning.

The Amiri Diwan wished that this blessed occasion be full of goodness an…

Dublin, The Irish Parliament approved the appointment of Simon Harris as Prime Minister officially today, succeeding Leo Varadkar who resigned last month.

Harris, aged 37, has become the youngest Prime Minister in Ireland’s history. He will lead a co…

Washington, The United Kingdom announced Tuesday that it will keep selling arms to the Israeli entity despite the rising voices calling for the need for Western countries to stop supplying the Israeli occupation with the weapons it uses in its devasta…

El-Arish, An aircraft of the Qatar Armed Forces carrying 5 tons of assistance arrived Tuesday in El-Arish city of the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt.

The aid bound for Gaza include relief essentials provided by the Education Above All Foundation and…

Doha: Weather inshore tonight until 6:00 am on Wednesday will be partly cloudy to cloudy with chance of scattered rain maybe thundery at times, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report, warning of thundery rain at places associat…

Brussels: Ukraine’s Western backers are failing to give Ukraine the air defense systems it desperately needs to protect itself from Russian bombardments, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.

Borrell said Kyiv was asking its allies t…

Brussels: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued Tuesday a landmark decision against Switzerland for its failure to act on climate change, a legally binding decision, and set a precedent for the judiciary that convicted one of the 46 member …

Riyadh, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, discussed in a telephone call Tuesday with his Maltese counterpart Ian Borg, the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and its neighboring areas, along with the efforts …

Moscow, Russian and Kazakh authorities ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding in the area for at least 70 years.

“The difficult days are still ahead fo…