Qatar

Bye, bye 2015... 31 Dec 2015 - 07:30 pm

The last sun set of 2015 over Doha Metro Rail (Red Line) project near the Barwa Village yesterday. Picture by: Salim Matramkot

Man held with 47 forged credit cards, goods 31 Dec 2015 - 05:32 pm

The man with cards and invoices in custody. DOHA: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Ministry of Interior has caught an Asian...

Doha-bound Al Shamal Road to be closed temporarily 31 Dec 2015 - 04:12 pm

Doha: The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ announces that it will implement a temporary closure on part of the south-bound carriageway of Al Shamal...

UK-HMC team performs two kidney transplants 31 Dec 2015 - 02:11 am

Surgeons from the UK-based Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals with HMC experts. Doha: Visiting surgeons from Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals in the...

RAF offers shares to buy building for rentals for charity works 31 Dec 2015 - 02:10 am

RAF officials Dhiyab Al Shahli, Jaber bin Hamad Al Sharqi and Abdul Nasser Fakhroo at the press conference yesterday. (Salim Matramkot) DOHA: Sheikh...

QA achieves 20pc fleet growth in 2015 31 Dec 2015 - 02:09 am

Akbar Al Baker (third right), Chief Executive, Qatar Airways Group, and other officials celebrate the airline becoming the first in the world to...

Ministry holds training course on human rights 31 Dec 2015 - 02:08 am

Officials at the event. DOHA: The Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Interior, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), yesterday...

Algerian singer Lila Borsali wows fans with Andalusian music 31 Dec 2015 - 02:08 am

Algerian singer Lila Borsali performs at Katara Opera House. DOHA: Algerian singer Lila Borsali dazzled a big crowd with her Andalusian music at...

Foggy morning, light rains likely 31 Dec 2015 - 02:06 am

DOHA: The Meteorology Department has forecast a foggy morning today with chances of light rains in the northern parts of the country later....

MIA, America Merrill Lynch to conserve Iran masterpiece 31 Dec 2015 - 02:05 am

DOHA: Qatar Museums (QM) yesterday announced a partnership between Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the conservation...

Lecture on women scholars of Hadith in Islam today 31 Dec 2015 - 01:59 am

DOHA: The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) and Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) MA programme in the Study of Muslim...

Digital Champions, volunteers honoured 31 Dec 2015 - 01:51 am

‘Digital Champions’ and volunteers of the ‘Better Connections’ programme with officials at the ceremony yesterday. BAHER AMIN By Raynald C Rivera DOHA: Over...

New health insurance from June 1 31 Dec 2015 - 01:48 am

DOHA: Services of the state-owned National Health Insurance Company (NHIC) providing health insurance cover to Qataris under the national health insurance scheme, Seha,...

Design for 65 new parks getting ready 31 Dec 2015 - 01:45 am

By Mohamed Osman Doha: Work on preparing designs of 65 new public parks to be built across the country is going on, according...

Firm booked for environment violation 31 Dec 2015 - 01:42 am

The Ministry of Environment has booked a company for violating environment protection rules. The ministry said on its official Twitter account that the...

British experts join HMC surgical team in kidney transplant surgeries 30 Dec 2015 - 06:01 pm

Doha: Visiting surgeons from Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals in the United Kingdom (UK) assisted in two kidney transplant procedures at Hamad Medical...

Foreign ministry launches diplomatic child project 30 Dec 2015 - 04:45 pm

Doha: The Diplomatic Institute at the Foreign Ministry in cooperation with Al Jazeera Children's Channel launched today at the ministry premises the Diplomatic...

Thursday weather: Light rain on Northern areas 30 Dec 2015 - 04:39 pm

Weather maps illustrate constantly misty to foggy at places in the early morning of Thursday, 12/31/2015 to Friday, 01/01/2016, leading to low horizontal...