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Web Summit returns to Doha as attendance doubles and impact grows

Following an estimated €185 million in economic returns from last year’s event, the four-day summit is positioning Qatar as a growing hub for technology, startups and international collaboration.

Mobility

Qatar launches public trials of robotaxis in Doha

The event marks the first time members of the public are exposed to self-driving taxis, after months of tests that only involved government personnel.

Qatar

Qatar Football Festival features Finalissima 2026 and friendlies

Qatar Football Festival 2026 will be headlined by the men’s Finalissima between Argentina and Spain, with some of the world’s biggest football stars set to appear in Doha during a six-match international window.

Focus

Doha Forum 2025: Dialogue, Mediation and Global Cooperation

Doha Forum 2025 brought world leaders together to confront rising global tensions, deepen EU–GCC ties and support Syria’s transition. With Qatar’s mediation role in focus, the Forum emphasized moving from dialogue to real results.

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Grand Voyager | Exploring Qatar

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From sweeping desert dunes to buzzing souqs and soaring coastal views, Qatar is a land of striking contrasts. Join Lilly Douse as she explores Qatar — from Doha’s historic heart to the edge of the desert and sea.

Cult

Doha Celebrates Franca Sozzani and Regional Fashion Talent

In partnership with Media City

Doha hosted the first Franca Fund Gala, honouring Franca Sozzani and raising over $4M for preventive genomics. Paired with M7’s Threads of Impact exhibition featuring 100 regional designers, the event spotlighted Qatar’s rise as a cultural and creative hub.

Focus

Doha Forum 2025: From Dialogue to Action

The 2025 Doha Forum gathered global leaders to confront the world’s toughest challenges, highlight Qatar’s growing mediation role, and unveil major development pledges. Under the theme “Justice in Action,” the focus was clear: turning dialogue into real, measurable progress.

Qatar

Ukraine agreement 'only the beginning,' Schinas tells Euronews in Doha

Euronews sat with former VP of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas and the EU's Envoy for the Gulf Luigi Di Maio in the Qatari capital to discuss the war in Ukraine, EU competitiveness and cultivating new ties in the Gulf. The two were attending the Doha Forum.

Qatar

Doha Forum 2025 kicks off with theme of justice beyond mere promises

This year’s Doha Forum kicked off Saturday morning with a clear message: 'Justice in Action: Beyond Promises to Progress' isn’t just a theme, it’s a challenge.

Sport

Arab Cup Matchday Two starts at Lusail Boulevard fan zone

The festival-like atmosphere brought football supporters together, showing the tournament’s cultural side.

Qatar

Doha Forum 2025 aims to make justice more than a promise

The event in Qatar's capital is set to focus on turning commitments into impactful policies through open discussions on urgent issues, organisers said.

Culture news

Fashion and arts elites unite in Doha for inaugural Franca Fund Gala

The inaugural Franca Fund Gala in Doha raised over $4 million for cancer research, honouring Vogue Italia's late editor Franca Sozzani, with top fashion and arts figures in attendance.

Cinema

Doha Film Festival debuts with a bold vision for global cinema

97 films from 62 countries are being spotlighted at the inaugural Doha Film Festival, which is bringing star power and bold new voices.

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan’s social justice agenda takes stage at Doha Summit

At the World Summit in Qatar, Uzbekistan showcases its social development vision, advancing global cooperation, justice, poverty reduction, and inclusive growth.

Qatar

Doha hosts UN social summit as calls grow for action on equality

Doha is hosting the Second World Summit for Social Development this week with world leaders, experts and youth meeting to tackle poverty, inequality and the future of work.

Markets

Qatar and US warn EU law may threaten energy security in Doha talks

Both countries called on the EU to either repeal the law entirely or remove its most economically damaging provisions, specifically citing articles on extraterritorial application and transition plans.

Qatar

Trump pledges to safeguard Qatar's security after Israeli strikes

The unprecedented Israeli military operation resulted in the deaths of five lower-ranking Hamas members, along with a Qatari security staffer.

Qatar

Qatar denounces Israel over attack in Doha ahead emergency summit

Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani stressed the moment had come for consequences to Israel’s attacks in the wider Middle East.

World News

Qatar says Israeli air strike 'killed any hope' for hostage release

Doha says it will host an Arab-Islamic summit to formulate a coordinated regional response to Israel’s unprecedented airstrikes on Tuesday, which killed six people.

Gaza

Israeli hostage negotiation team to fly to Doha for talks with Hamas

Diplomatic efforts are ongoing as US President Donald Trump looks to secure a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Israel has previously accepted the US proposal, meanwile Hamas has "submitted a positive response" to the mediators.