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Qatar University to host Time Bank 10 Apr 2013 - 04:22 am

Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad, President of Qatar University, and Michael O’Neill, British Ambassador, with volunteers for ‘Time Bank’ at Qatar University yesterday. Shaival...

UAE minister hails QF activities 10 Apr 2013 - 04:20 am

UAE Minister Reem Ibrahim Al Hashemi during a visit to Qatar Foundation. DOHA: The UAE Minister of State, Reem Ibrahim Al Hashemi, yesterday...

Emir receives credentials of four envoys 10 Apr 2013 - 04:18 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received yesterday the credentials of four new ambassadors to Qatar. The Emir...

1,077 apply for Kahramaa jobs 10 Apr 2013 - 04:16 am

DOHA: Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has received more than thousand applications from job seekers and graduates at Qatar Career Fair...

PCE to hold emergency mock drill today 10 Apr 2013 - 04:15 am

DOHA: The Permanent Committee for Emergency (PCE) conducted training yesterday for an emergency mock drill to be conducted today at Mashaf area in...

Emir receives credentials of four envoys 10 Apr 2013 - 04:15 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received yesterday the credentials of four new ambassadors to Qatar. The Emir...

PCE to hold emergency mock drill today 10 Apr 2013 - 04:14 am

dOHA: The Permanent Committee for Emergency (PCE) conducted training yesterday for an emergency mock drill to be conducted today at Mashaf area in...

Emir appoints new secretary general for SCFA 10 Apr 2013 - 04:14 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani issued yesterday an Emiri decision No. 23 of 2013 to appoint Hamad...

Egyptian PM arrives 10 Apr 2013 - 04:13 am

Egypt’s Prime Minister Dr Hisham Qandil is greeted at the Doha International Airport by Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage HE Dr Hamad...

DFI to screen Saudi film five more times 10 Apr 2013 - 04:13 am

DOHA: After sell-out screenings last weekend, critically acclaimed Saudi film Wadjda will have five more screenings next week as part of the latest...

Qatar, Palestine sign MoU on security 10 Apr 2013 - 04:12 am

The Minister of State for Interior Affairs H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Dr...

QNB holds management training programme 10 Apr 2013 - 04:11 am

Participants in the Qatar National Bank training programme. DOHA: Qatar National Bank (QNB), under its Learning and Development Center, has organised a management...

QP Environment Fair from Saturday 10 Apr 2013 - 04:10 am

DOHA: The seventh edition of the three-day QP Environment Fair 2013 will open on Saturday at the Doha Exhibition Center. It will be...

Filipinos unfazed 10 Apr 2013 - 04:09 am

Labourers working at the construction site at West Bay. Doha: Many Filipinos in Qatar remained unfazed by mild aftershocks yesterday. The Philippines is...

Quake hits near Iran’s N-site, 32 dead 10 Apr 2013 - 04:08 am

Damaged homes in the earthquake stricken town of Bushehr in Iran yesterday. DUBAI: A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran’s only nuclear power...

Libyan parliament passes law against torture, abductions 10 Apr 2013 - 04:07 am

TRIPOLI: Libya’s national assembly approved a law criminalising torture and abductions yesterday as the government seeks to stamp its authority on a country...

Qaeda admits role in Syria 10 Apr 2013 - 04:07 am

DAMASCUS: Al Qaeda in Iraq admitted yesterday to long-held suspicions it is behind jihadists fighting Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, as Washington said...

Gunmen kill 12 peacekeepers and UN staff in South Sudan 10 Apr 2013 - 04:07 am

JUBA: Five Indian peacekeepers and at least seven UN civilian workers were killed yesterday in an ambush in South Sudan with others still...