Lisbon: Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has called for a confidence vote in parliament while the main opposition parties vowed to defeat him. The vote is scheduled for next Wednesday, and if the minority government he leads falls, the country could head to its third parliamentary election in just three years. According to Qatar News Agency, the two largest opposition

Washington: The US administration announced progress in repairing relations with Ukraine and moving towards a possible end to the war between Kyiv and Moscow. “I think we’re moving in a positive direction,” said US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz. According to Qatar News Agency, Waltz explained that they are currently talking to the Ukrainians about “a location, a date, and

Gaza: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that funding for the humanitarian response in the occupied Palestinian territories remains a major challenge, adding that only 4% of the required funds have been secured. According to Qatar News Agency, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric stated in a press release that the scale of the needs is

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he decided to open up a strategic debate on the protection of Europe by French nuclear deterrent. “I have decided to open up the strategic debate on the protection of our allies on the European continent through our nuclear deterrent,” Macron said in a televised address, while adding that any decision on nuclear

Doha: Qatari newspapers focused on several key topics in their Thursday editorials, prominently featuring the Cabinet meeting led by HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani. The meeting celebrated the outcomes of the Extraordinary Arab Summit held in Cairo, with the participation of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. According

Doha: In its editorial on Thursday, Al-Raya newspaper highlighted the State of Qatar’s active participation in the 108th session of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) held in The Hague. During the session, Qatar’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Qatar’s Representative to the OPCW, Dr. Mutlaq bin Majid Al Qahtani,

Doha: The New York Police Department evacuated on Thursday the Milstein Library at Barnard College, Columbia University, after receiving a bomb threat, coinciding with student protests in support of Palestine on campus. According to Qatar News Agency, a statement issued by Barnard College President Laura Rosenbury indicated that several offices at the college received a pipe bomb threat inside the

Guerrero: An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale struck the southern Mexican state of Guerrero on Thursday. According to Qatar News Agency, the US Geological Survey reported that the quake occurred 2,703 km from the city of Acapulco de Juarez in the state, at a depth of 10 km. So far, there have been no reports of material damage