Qatar

Deputy Emir chairs second meeting of Qatar University Board of Trustees 06 Jan 2016 - 03:44 am

Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Qatar University (QU), chaired the...

Qatar to host regional human rights meeting 06 Jan 2016 - 03:39 am

By Mohammed Osman Doha: The Regional Conference on the Role of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Promoting...

Emir watches Qatar ExxonMobil Open match 06 Jan 2016 - 03:37 am

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open tennis tournament at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash...

The First Investor gets IAIR Awards recognition 06 Jan 2016 - 03:05 am

DOHA: The First Investor (TFI), the investment banking division of the Barwa Bank Group, was recognised at the IAIR Awards 2015 for its...

Weather forecast for tonight 05 Jan 2016 - 06:53 pm

Doha Skyline on a Cloudy Day at the Doha Golf Club. Photo by Kammutty VP Doha: The Department of Meteorology said Tuesday in...

Students learn to grow with educational gardens 05 Jan 2016 - 05:37 pm

Students of Newton International School Lagoon help in the Eco-garden at their campus. By Laura Ball In a dry, desert land like Qatar,...

Airport Petrol Station closed 05 Jan 2016 - 04:52 pm

A view of the closed Airpoert Petrol Station. (Salim Matramkot) Doha Airport Petrol Station on the Doha-Al Wakra road has been closed. The...

Ashghal announces alternative route for a section of Al Kassarat street in industrial area 05 Jan 2016 - 04:32 pm

Doha: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) announced that an alternative route of 600 meters will be put in place on a section of...

Thousands to take part in fourth Ooredoo Marathon on Friday 05 Jan 2016 - 02:55 am

Runners taking part in a previous event. Doha: The fourth Ooredoo Marathon will take place on Friday and thousands of runners of all...

Qatar Airways begins scheduled A350 Doha-Philadelphia service 05 Jan 2016 - 02:54 am

Qatar Airways is the first airline to land the A350 in the US. Doha: Qatar Airways (QA), the launch customer of the A350...

HBKU to host lecture on ‘Secularity: Good or bad’ 05 Jan 2016 - 02:53 am

Doha: The Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID), Woolf Institute – Cambridge, and the Muhammad Bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim...

HMC’s Qatari root cause analyst improves quality of patient care 05 Jan 2016 - 02:52 am

DOHA: To enhance patient safety within a hospital environment, Dr Moza Al Ishaq (pictured), Executive Director, Corporate Quality and Patient Safety Programme, Hamad...

Streetlights out of order 05 Jan 2016 - 02:51 am

Streetlights stretching from Safeer Hypermarket to Commercial Bank on D-Ring Road have not been working for two days, making it difficult for motorists...

‘Together for Benevolence’ to benefit 25,000 expat workers 05 Jan 2016 - 02:50 am

Qatar Red Crescent Society and Chevron Phillips Chemical Qatar officials at the donation presentation ceremony. DOHA: About 25,000 expatriate workers will benefit from...

Qatar International Falcons and Hunting Festival begins 05 Jan 2016 - 02:49 am

A falconer competes on the first day of the contest. DOHA: The seventh Qatar International Falcons and Hunting Festival (Marmi-The Challenge) kicked off...