Category: General

Munich: Munich Airport canceled about 1,600 flights on Thursday and Friday due to a strike by airport workers. The strike was urged by trade union Verdi to demand improved working conditions for workers in Germany’s public sector. According to Qatar News Agency, Germany’s second-largest airport said it is trying with airlines to work on achieving the greatest possible stability through

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba urged leaders from the Group of Seven nations to maintain unity in efforts to bring peace to Ukraine. This call was made during a virtual meeting held to mark three years since the onset of Russia’s invasion. According to Qatar News Agency, Ishiba emphasized the importance of ensuring that the peace process does not

New York: HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani met with HE UN interim Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) and Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag, at the UN Headquarters in New York. According to Qatar News Agency, the meeting focused on

Beirut: Two people were killed and two others injured in an Israeli occupation raid on eastern Lebanon Tuesday. According to Qatar News Agency, the Lebanese News Agency reported that an Israeli drone launched a raid on the Shaara area in the Jennata region on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanon mountain range, resulting in two deaths and two injuries. On

Geneva: HE Minister of State for International Cooperation Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad met Tuesday with HE President of the Saudi Human Rights Commission Dr. Hala Al Tuwaijri, on the sidelines of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. During the meeting, they discussed the cooperative relations between the two countries and ways to support

Doha: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor condemned the Israeli occupation’s orders to seize control of three Palestinian refugee camps in northern West Bank and bar their residents from returning. According to Qatar News Agency, the Monitor described the move as a dangerous escalation of Israel’s apartheid policies and forced displacement of Palestinians. It highlighted a public declaration by Israel’s Defense

Beirut: Two people were killed and two others injured in an Israeli occupation raid on eastern Lebanon Tuesday. According to Qatar News Agency, the Lebanese News Agency reported that an Israeli drone launched a raid on the Shaara area in the Jennata region on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanon mountain range, resulting in two deaths and two injuries. On

Doha: The UK’s Premier Keir Starmer pledged to increase defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2027, indicating that Europe is experiencing a new and unsafe age. Speaking to parliament, Starmer said that the goal is to reach a defense spending of 3 percent of GDP by 2035, noting that the UK’s external development aid funding will be reduced