CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
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World / Europe

Turkish central bank raises key rate to 46 pct over inflationary pressure 17 Apr 2025 - 06:59 pm
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Rubio in Paris to meet Macron on Ukraine war 17 Apr 2025 - 01:08 pm
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens as President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, April 14, 2025. Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP.
Amputee Palestinian boy image wins World Press Photo award 17 Apr 2025 - 12:46 pm
World Press Photo of 2025 award winner Samar Abu Elouf poses next to her winning photograph depicting a nine-year-old Palestinian boy who lost both arms during an Israeli attack on Gaza City at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Robin van Lonkhuijsen / ANP / AFP)
Germany sees 'worrying' record dry spell in early 2025 16 Apr 2025 - 08:28 pm
The lakeshore is seen on Reichenau Island in Lake Constance (Bodensee), southern Germany, where the water level of the lake is at its lowest level in spring for decades, on April 12, 2025. (Photo by Silas Stein / AFP)
Meta to start using Europeans' data for AI training May 27 16 Apr 2025 - 08:04 pm
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EU approves sale of new Alzheimer's drug, with conditions 16 Apr 2025 - 03:49 pm
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'Put it on': Dutch drive for bike helmets 16 Apr 2025 - 03:41 pm
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EU lists seven 'safe' countries of origin, tightening asylum rules 16 Apr 2025 - 02:07 pm
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Europe seeks to break its US tech addiction 16 Apr 2025 - 11:12 am
(Files) A woman walks past a Google logo at the Google Campus in Warsaw on February 13, 2025. (Photo by Sergei Gapon / AFP)
Key points of pandemic agreement signed by WHO member states 16 Apr 2025 - 08:35 am
A handout photograph by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus smiling after a consensus on the Pandemic Agreement at the WHO headquarters. (Photo by Christopher Black / WHO / AFP)
WHO countries reach landmark agreement on tackling future pandemics 16 Apr 2025 - 08:28 am
A handout photograph taken and released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on April 16, 2025 shows Co-chair of the negotiations and French ambassador for Global Health Anne-Claire Amprou (L) and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus after a consensus on the Pandemic Agreement at the WHO headquarters. (Photo by Christopher Black / World Health Organization / AFP)
Crypto scammers hack UK minister's X account 15 Apr 2025 - 07:36 pm
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Macron to honour craftspeople who rebuilt Notre Dame 15 Apr 2025 - 04:13 pm
(Files) Workers operate on scaffoldings during reconstruction works around the wooden structure of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, in Paris on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP)
Employee dead, client critical after Paris cryotherapy session goes wrong 15 Apr 2025 - 01:52 pm
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EU announces €1.6 billion in new aid package for Palestine 14 Apr 2025 - 10:27 pm
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa (left) and EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas ahead of a European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the European Convention Center Luxembourg (ECCL) in Luxembourg City on April 14, 2025.  (Photo by John Thys / AFP)
Gravedigger in Sicily arrested for re-selling burial niches 14 Apr 2025 - 06:08 pm
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UK govt races against time to keep steel furnaces running 14 Apr 2025 - 05:33 pm
British Steel staff members talk before posing for a photograph with Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (unseen) with the blast furnaces in the background, during her visit to British Steel's site in Scunthorpe, northern England on April 14, 2025. (Photo by Peter Byrne / POOL / AFP)
EU announces 1.6 bn euros in new aid for Palestinians 14 Apr 2025 - 02:00 pm
EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks to the press as she arrives for a European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the European Convention Center Luxembourg (ECCL) in Luxembourg City on April 14, 2025. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)