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SCH to issue patients’ bill of rights soon 21 Mar 2014 - 03:00 am

The Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Director at the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) Dr Jamal Rashid Al Khanji, doing a presentation at...

Parents irked at treatment meted out to boy hit by ‘H1N1 flu’ 21 Mar 2014 - 02:55 am

DOHA: A boy suspected to be infected with H1N1 is being treated at Hamad General Hospital, Al Sharq reports. About 10 days ago,...

Syrian army seizes Crusader castle 21 Mar 2014 - 02:55 am

A general view shows Syria’s 12th century Krak des Chevaliers castle in the Homs region, on August 19, 2013 A general view shows...

We will wipe out Twitter: Erdogan 21 Mar 2014 - 02:54 am

ANKARA: Turkey’s combative Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday warned that he would eradicate Twitter in the wake of damaging allegations of corruption...

Russia hits back at US with own sanctions after ‘hostile thrust’ 21 Mar 2014 - 02:53 am

Russian Black Sea Fleet submarines at the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Russia’s Lower House of parliament yesterday overwhelmingly approved a treaty to annex...

Scattered rains likely today: Met 21 Mar 2014 - 02:52 am

DOHA: The Meteorology Department has forecast scattered rains today and in the following days marking the transition from winter to spring. Rains are...

HMC celebrates GCC Nursing Day 21 Mar 2014 - 01:02 am

HMC nurses with officials during the celebration. Doha: Members of Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) nursing community gathered across its network of hospitals and...

Resistance only option for freedom: Meshal 21 Mar 2014 - 01:00 am

Khaled Meshal, leader of Hamas political bureau, speaking at the Qatar University. DOHA: Resistance is the only way to achieve Palestinian freedom and...

Blossoming season 21 Mar 2014 - 12:59 am

A blossomed mango tree in the Al Hilal area of Doha. In an indication of the change of season, which manifests in the...

MoI holds seminar for private security firms 21 Mar 2014 - 12:58 am

Officials attending the seminar at the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters. Doha: A seminar under the banner “Towards the excellence in security services for...

AAB Company participates in Gulf Traffic Week 21 Mar 2014 - 12:55 am

AAB pavilion at the Gulf Traffic Week. Doha: Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros. Co. (AAB), WLL, Sole Agents for Toyota in Qatar, has participated...

Emir, PM send greetings to Tunisian President 21 Mar 2014 - 12:54 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to Tunisian President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki...

Es’hail 2 in tender process 21 Mar 2014 - 12:54 am

Doha: Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, yesterday announced that a Request for Proposals (RFP) has been issued for the design and manufacture of...

TYC conference for women from today 21 Mar 2014 - 12:53 am

Doha: The Youth Change Everything Conference, a bi-annual initiative of The Youth Company (TYC), opens today at Youth Hub Qatar with the aim...

Two Qatari photographers on Brazil expedition 21 Mar 2014 - 12:53 am

DOHA: Two Qatari photographers are in Brazil for a two-week expedition as part the Qatar Brazil 2014 Year of Culture. In collaboration with...

UN aid enters Syria from Turkey 21 Mar 2014 - 12:52 am

Trucks carrying humanitarian supplies leave the Turkish border crossing at Nusaybin for the Syrian city of Qamishli in Mardin province, yesterday. NUSAYBIN: UN...

Independence day 21 Mar 2014 - 12:51 am

Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement wave flags as they celebrate Tunisia’s independence day in Tunis yesterday.

Yemen protest 21 Mar 2014 - 12:51 am

Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh for the killing of more than 50 pro-democracy...