From jets to geopolitics: Qatar eyes strategic edge at economic forum
Trump’s shadow loomed over Qatar Economic Forum 2025, marked by billion-dollar deals and a presidential jet gift. But delegates at the forum called for greater cooperation with the Global South.
23 May, 2025
QEF 2025: Former Egyptian foreign minister warns of rising global disorder
Speaking to TRT World at the Qatar Economic Forum, Nabil Fahmy warned that rising geopolitical tensions are stalling growth and deepening global divides, urging collective action and strategic independence.
23 May, 2025
How the Parsi community from Persia shaped India’s economic growth
Though minuscule in numbers, the community’s growth contributed to the rise of the world’s most populous nation as an economic powerhouse.
23 May, 2025
At least 36,000 people killed in wars in 2024: UN
More than 36,000 civilians were killed in 14 war zones in 2024, the United Nations said on Thursday.
22 May, 2025
US revokes Harvard University’s right to enroll foreign students
The Circassian exile: 9 facts about the tragedy
Thousands stranded in flood waters as torrential rain pummel eastern Australia
What the first American pope means for the world
Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID ‘devastating’
21 May, 2025
Erdogan emerges as key power broker in a fragmented world order
As Western diplomacy falters, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan positions Türkiye as a pivotal actor in global peace efforts, from Ukraine to the Middle East, backed by personal engagement
20 May, 2025
Countries pledge over $170 million to WHO ahead of US exit
China, Qatar, Switzerland and others have pledged over $170 million for the World Health Organization (WHO).
19 May, 2025
Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer
Former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said on Sunday.
18 May, 2025
Pope Leo formally takes charge of Catholic Church with elaborate inaugural Mass
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu Tinubu is among heads of state attending the inauguration in the Vatican.
15 May, 2025
No guarantees talks with Ukraine will be smooth—Lavrov
Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation for peace talks with Ukraine, said upon arriving in Istanbul that his team aims to achieve a lasting and sustainable peace by addressing the underlying causes of the conflict.
14 May, 2025
World’s ‘poorest president’, Jose Mujica, dies
Uruguay’s former president Jose “Pepe” Mujica loses his life to cancer, government announces.
14 May, 2025
Trump blasts Western war hawks and ‘interventionists’, cites Saudi Arabia as Middle East model
Saudi Arabia has achieved a “modern miracle the Arabian way,” says Trump in Riyadh as he bashes “neocons” and western “interventionists” in the region.
13 May, 2025
Trump faces backlash over plan to accept Boeing gift from Qatar
Bipartisan criticism is mounting in Washington over US President Donald Trump’s plan to accept a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar for use as Air Force One.
12 May, 2025
Trump defends resettling white South Africans as refugees in US
President Donald Trump has defended the decision to resettle a group of white Afrikaners in the United States as refugees, saying they were fleeing a “terrible situation” in South Africa.
12 May, 2025
US agrees to lower China tariffs as Beijing reciprocates gesture
The United States and China have announced an agreement to drastically reduce their tit-for-tat tariffs for 90 days.
