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Doha: The Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) and the United National Information Centre (UNIC) have agreed to hold joint activities to enrich the global...

Kiev: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich yesterday received the Qatari Ambassador, Jassim bin Rashid Al Khalifa, who presented his credentials. Earlier, Ukraine’s Special Representative...

DOHA: The idea of forming an informal association, popularly known as ‘committee’ to promote the culture of saving and facilitate interest-free loans is...

Doha: In light of the unrest in Egypt, the Institute of Higher Education at the Supreme Education Council (SEC) is considering steps to...

by Salim Matramkot Rest Upon the Wind, a play inspired by the life of Khalil Gibran, is being staged at Katara Drama Theatre....

Libyans attend a funeral ceremony for rebels who allegedly died in their fight against the Muammar Gaddafi regime in 1984, during Friday prayers...

Tunisian protesters clash with policemen during a demonstration outside a Tunis courthouse against the detention of a journalist, yesterday. TUNIS: A Tunisian journalist...

BAQUBA: Two coordinated bombs targeting worshippers streaming out of joint Sunni-Shia prayers in a mosque killed at least 30 people north of Baghdad...

BISHKEK: Iran’s new centrist leader Hassan Rowhani yesterday urged Moscow to help solve Tehran’s nuclear crisis as he met President Vladimir Putin for...

SANAA: Yemen is investigating the reported death of an eight-year-old girl from injuries suffered on the first night of her marriage to a...

CAIRO: Egyptian troops and helicopter gunships attacked Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula yesterday in a drive to crush a security threat now...

RABAT: Morocco’s Islamist-led government has unveiled a charter outlining a raft of long-awaited judicial reforms including a strengthening of the judiciary’s independence that...

RABAT: Sahrawi activists blasted Morocco yesterday for failing to probe the disappearance of relatives in Western Sahara, after Spanish experts reported finding the...

ISTANBUL: Riot police used tear gas to disperse pockets of anti-government demonstrators in several Turkish cities for a third night and Prime Minister...

ISTANBUL: The Syrian opposition coalition will appoint a provisional prime minister today to raise its international credibility as high-stakes diplomacy plays out between...

ISTANBUL: A lawyer accused two of Turkey’s corporate dynasties yesterday of backing the 1997 military overthrow of its first Islamist-led government, sending their...

While all major surgeries involve a certain level of risk, following risks are related to different types of weight loss surgeries. However, it...

By FAZEENA SALEEM Fight against the rising obesity in Qatar has taken a new turn, with demand for bariatric or weight loss surgery...