Qatar

Qatar Rail completes digging tunnels for Doha Metro 25 Sep 2016 - 05:23 pm

Doha: The Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani on Sunday attended Qatar Railways...

Rasheeda Interchange on Al Shamal Road shut to traffic 25 Sep 2016 - 04:55 pm

Doha: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) will close Rasheeda Interchange on North Road to traffic, including the bridge and the whole ramps. The...

Fresh aid from RAF to displaced people in Iraq 25 Sep 2016 - 11:41 am

DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has provided fresh humanitarian aid of QR1m to more than 30,000 internally displaced...

QC spends QR14.7m on several social causes 25 Sep 2016 - 11:02 am

DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has spent QR14.7m on various social causes inside Qatar during the first half of this year and managed to...

Al Muraikhi meets UN officials 25 Sep 2016 - 10:56 am

New York: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, met in New York with Assistant UN Secretary-General...

Customs officials seize 29kg of marijuana 25 Sep 2016 - 10:39 am

Doha: The General Authority of Customs (GAC) yesterday announced the seizure of 29kg of marijuana, in five different cases, from a number of...

QU-QFC initiative to provide tax education to students 25 Sep 2016 - 08:17 am

DOHA: An initiative to promote tax awareness amongst young Qatari students has been launched by Qatar University College of Business and Economics (QU-CBE)...

Emir tells Qatari students to improve skills 25 Sep 2016 - 08:06 am

Los Angeles: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Qatari students in the US State of California on Friday. The...

iPhone 7 and Plus launch draws huge crowd 25 Sep 2016 - 08:03 am

DOHA: The much-awaited iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were launched in Qatar on Thursday midnight with customers seen lining up to grab...

Katara Hospitality opens second Murwab-managed hotel in Switzerland 25 Sep 2016 - 07:58 am

DOHA: Murwab Hotel Group, Katara Hospitality’s operating arm, has unveiled the legendary Hotel Royal Savoy Lausanne in Switzerland, in a grand opening ceremony...

Private schools can conduct evening classes for adults 25 Sep 2016 - 07:54 am

DOHA: In a new initiative that would benefit several expatriate communities in Qatar, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education has allowed private...

Photographers pick up lens for Philippine charity event 24 Sep 2016 - 02:14 pm

DOHA: The Alliance of Filipino Journalists in Qatar (AFJQ) – the first and only organization of Filipino journalists and media practitioners in the...

Woqod working to address shortage of fuel stations 24 Sep 2016 - 11:06 am

DOHA: As the issue of shortage of fuel stations in Qatar has come to the fore again after the end of summer vacation,...

Online fancy car plate bids fetch over QR16m 24 Sep 2016 - 10:35 am

DOHA: More than QR16m have been collected at the fourth online auction of 25 fancy car plates which concluded on Thursday night. The...

‘ShowcaseQatar’ contest on social media 24 Sep 2016 - 09:57 am

DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) will mark this year’s World Tourism Day (WTD) celebrations with a five-day social media competition in which residents...

Demand for affordable creches soars 24 Sep 2016 - 09:17 am

DOHA: More affordable nurseries (crèches) have begun opening across the city to cash in on the increasing demand from low and middle income...

FM holds meetings in New York 23 Sep 2016 - 06:43 pm

DOHA: Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani yesterday held separate meetings with several foreign ministers on the sidelines of...

Major initiative to educate 400,000 Syria refugee kids 23 Sep 2016 - 06:36 pm

DOHA: Qatar yesterday launched a $100m initiative to provide education and training to 400,000 Syrian refugee children and youth in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon,...