Qatar

OIC condemns attacks on Saudi missions in Tehran and Mashhad 22 Jan 2016 - 02:56 am

Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah attends an emergency meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the...

PM opens new Counter Cybercrime Centre HQ 22 Jan 2016 - 02:55 am

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with officers during the inauguration of the operations,...

Another foggy morning in Doha 22 Jan 2016 - 02:54 am

Street lights remained switched on at 8.19am on Doha-Al Wakrah Road, as thick fog blanketed the city yesterday. The foggy morning the country...

Emir holds talks with President Nieto of Mexico 22 Jan 2016 - 02:53 am

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the Emiri Diwan yesterday, in the presence...

Azerbaijan mission commemorates January 20 tragedy 22 Jan 2016 - 02:49 am

Doha: The Azerbaijan embassy commemorated the 26th anniversary of the tragedy of January 20. On this day of 1990, under orders from then...

Premier meets French official 21 Jan 2016 - 02:06 am

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met French National Gendarmerie Director-General Denis Favier...

Qatar China 2016 Year of Culture launch on Sunday 21 Jan 2016 - 02:03 am

Chinese Ambassador Li Chen (right) with Mohammed Al Othman, Director, Public and International Relations, Qatar Museums, at the press conference in Doha yesterday....

Bedaya Center opens exhibition at HIA 21 Jan 2016 - 02:02 am

Officials inaugurating the exhibition at the arrival terminal at HIA. DOHA: Qatar Airways’ Al Darb Nationalisation Programme, Hamad International Airport and Bedaya Center...

HBKU honours official for her contribution to Qatari society 21 Jan 2016 - 02:01 am

Dr Ahmad Hasnah, President, HBKU, honours Dr Aisha Al Mannai, Director, Muhammad Bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilisation. Doha:...

Police move in for workers’ safety 21 Jan 2016 - 02:00 am

As a thick layer of fog engulfed parts of the country yesterday, police intervened and stopped a group of workers from moving in...

QTA hosts Marketing Summit 21 Jan 2016 - 01:59 am

DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) hosted its Quarterly Framework Marketing Summit for the first quarter of 2016, where heads of QTA representative offices...

Josoor begins another block of programmes 21 Jan 2016 - 01:58 am

Officials at the event. Doha: Josoor Institute, a centre of excellence for sports and events industries, inspired and developed by the Supreme Committee...

Ezdan customer service centre dealt with 300,000 calls last year 21 Jan 2016 - 01:57 am

Ezdan Customer Service Call Centre works in three shifts round the clock. Doha: Ezdan Customer Service Call Centre, which operates under the umbrella...

CMU-Q to host regional 24-hour hackathon 21 Jan 2016 - 01:56 am

Officials outlining the upcoming event. DOHA: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) will host its first regional 24-hour hackathon from Friday at the...

Saudi-Iran flare-up won’t escalate into war: Expert 21 Jan 2016 - 01:55 am

By Mohamed Osman DOHA: A foreign policy analyst at the coveted Brookings Doha Centre sees no possibility of open hostilities between Saudi Arabia...

Sheikha Moza laments poor Arabic standards 21 Jan 2016 - 01:34 am

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser inaugurating the second edition of the Forum for the Renaissance of Arabic language, which is entitled ‘Linguistic...

Huge demand for land development 21 Jan 2016 - 01:32 am

Fahad Rashid Al Kaabi, CEO, Manateq By Mohammad Shoeb DOHA: Qatar’s Economic Zones Company (Manateq), which is responsible for overseeing the development of...