diff --git a/searx/engines/tencent_news.py b/searx/engines/tencent_news.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..865251069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/tencent_news.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Tencent-News: A search engine for retrieving news from Tencent."""
+
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+import json
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException, SearxEngineTooManyRequestsException
+
+# Metadata
+about = {
+    "website": "https://news.qq.com/",
+    "wikidata_id": "Q47524073",
+    "use_official_api": True,
+    "require_api_key": False,
+    "results": "JSON",
+}
+
+# Engine Configuration
+paging = True
+results_per_page = 10
+categories = ["news"]
+
+base_url = "https://i.news.qq.com"
+
+
+def request(query, params):
+    query_params = {
+        "page": params["pageno"],
+        "query": query,
+        "search_type": "all",
+        "search_count_limit": results_per_page,
+        "is_pc": 1,
+    }
+
+    params["url"] = f"{base_url}/gw/pc_search/result?{urlencode(query_params)}"
+    return params
+
+
+def response(resp):
+    results = []
+
+    try:
+        data = resp.json()
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        raise SearxEngineAPIException(f"Invalid JSON response: {e}") from e
+
+    sec_list = data.get("secList")
+    if not sec_list:
+        raise SearxEngineTooManyRequestsException(
+            suspended_time=0, message=f"Response is empty or rate-limited by {base_url}, secList not found in response."
+        )
+
+    for section in sec_list:
+        news_list = section.get("newsList", [])
+        for news in news_list:
+            results.append(parse_news(news))
+
+        videos_list = section.get("videoList", [])
+        for video in videos_list:
+            results.append(parse_news(video))
+
+    return results
+
+
+def parse_news(item):
+    images = item.get("thumbnails_qqnews") or item.get("thumbnails_qqnews_photo") or []
+
+    published_date = None
+    timestamp = item.get("timestamp", "")
+    if timestamp:
+        published_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(timestamp))
+
+    return {
+        "title": item.get("title", ""),
+        "url": item.get("url", ""),
+        "content": item.get("abstract", ""),
+        "thumbnail": images[0] if images else None,
+        "publishedDate": published_date,
+    }
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 6aafaeb63..fb32b1518 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -1879,6 +1879,11 @@ engines:
     shortcut: ts
     disabled: true
 
+  - name: tencent news
+    engine: tencent_news
+    shortcut: qqn
+    disabled: true
+
   - name: tmdb
     engine: xpath
     paging: true