Qatar

FM sends messages to UN on deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria 09 Jan 2016 - 01:16 am

Doha: Foreign Minister H E Dr. Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah has sent messages to Ilebo Oscar Rosselli Ferrera, President of the United...

Reservoir using rainwater is near completion 09 Jan 2016 - 01:15 am

The rainwater harnessing reservoir being built in Al Kheesa on the outskirts of Doha is at the last stages of completion. DOHA: Water-scarce...

Premier meets Turkish labour undersecretary 08 Jan 2016 - 02:42 am

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met Turkey’s Ministry of Labour and Social...

QC provides medical care for Syrians in Lebanon 08 Jan 2016 - 02:40 am

A member of Qatar Charity medical team attends to a patient. DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has undertaken the treatment of injured Syrians in...

10 Filipinos pardoned on National Day: Embassy 08 Jan 2016 - 02:38 am

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani pardoned 10 Filipinos on the occasion of Qatar National Day last month, the...

Workshop on GCC SMEs financing on Monday 08 Jan 2016 - 02:35 am

Doha: A workshop on financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the GCC will be held on Monday as a collaboration between the...

Paintings expo by three blind females at Katara 08 Jan 2016 - 02:33 am

One of the artists gives a painting demonstration for officials at the exhibition at Katara. Pic: Kammutty/The Peninsula DOHA: Three students of Al...

Vaccination centres asked to review polio immunisation schedules 08 Jan 2016 - 02:30 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has asked all vaccination units at private healthcare facilities to review their polio immunisation schedules in...

Annual Honey Festival opens in Umm Salal 08 Jan 2016 - 02:26 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Environment yesterday launched its annual ‘Honey Festival’ at the winter vegetable market in Al Mazrouah Yard in Umm Salal....

Netflix officially goes live in Qatar 07 Jan 2016 - 10:19 am

Netflix goes live in Qatar. We tested the App in our office and it works fine. (Photo: Mohamad Bwary) By Pramod Prabhakaran Doha:...

Emir watches Djokovic’s match at Qatar ExxonMobil Open 07 Jan 2016 - 02:17 am

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday attended part of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2016 at the Khalifa International Tennis...

Premier meets US Senator 07 Jan 2016 - 02:16 am

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman...

SCH, Institut Pasteur in deal on infectious diseases and immunology research 07 Jan 2016 - 02:16 am

Minister of Public Health H E Abdallah bin Khalid Al Qahtani and Professor Christian Brechot, Director-General, Institut Pasteur, shake hands after signing the...

QNRF organises ‘Ibn Al Haytham Days’ 07 Jan 2016 - 02:15 am

Professor Wolfgang Ketterle, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics, with participants at the ‘Ibn Al Haytham Days’ event. DOHA: Qatar National...

Local fish output meets 80% of demand 07 Jan 2016 - 02:13 am

By Sidi Mohamed DOHA: The annual fish production in Qatar is between 12,000 and 14,000 tonnes which meets some 80 percent of the...

Qatar students in US attend annual gathering 07 Jan 2016 - 02:11 am

Participants from Qatar Research Leadership Programme during the QRLP meeting in Houston. DOHA: The Office of Education, Training and Development (OETD), part of...

Mowasalat holds mock fire exercise 07 Jan 2016 - 02:11 am

A mock fire drill in progress at Mowasalat headquarters in Mesaimeer. Doha: Within the framework of its occupational security, health and safety policy,...