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  Seyne-les-Alpes, France---Helicopters began airlifting the remains of the victims of a Germanwings plane crash from the disaster site in the French Alps Wednesday...

Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi   Amman--Jordan on Thursday confirmed it is taking part in a Saudi-led coalition to defend Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour...

  Phnom Penh---Cambodia unveiled a new memorial at a notorious Khmer Rouge prison Thursday to remember the thousands who were tortured and murdered there...

Paddy Ankunda   Kampala---Uganda said Thursday it was boosting security over threats by Somalia's Shebab militants, hours after the US embassy in Kampala warned...

  Frankfurt---Consumer confidence in Germany is at its highest since late 2001, as the weaker euro and falling energy prices fuel optimism regarding the...

New Delhi: Qatar and India signed six agreements, including one on transfer of sentenced prisoners, as visiting Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin...

A display of fireworks at Al Rumailah Family Park on the Corniche last evening. Salim Matramkot

DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has intensified crackdown on outlets selling substandard electrical appliances. The ministry said yesterday it has closed...

Organisers and participants pose for a group photo at World Down Syndrome Day event. DOHA: Clinics at Child Development Centre of Hamad Medical...

ScorePlus has been recognised as the top performing international partner of The Princeton Review in academics and student growth for the third consecutive...

Doha: Quality Group of Companies is opening its sixth retail outlet, Quality Hypermarket, in Bin Mahmoud on Saturday at 4pm. Shamsudheen Olakara,  Managing...

DOHA: Private companies having more than 25 workers will be legally bound to employ at least one person with special needs in a...

DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has completed supervision of the eighth polio vaccination campaign in Syria, co-implemented with Unicef, World Health Organisation (WHO)...

DOHA: The Cabinet yesterday approved a draft law that would make wastage of electricity and water a punishable offence. The draft is being...

  Doha: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on his...

DOHA: Three more primary health centres — Omar Bin Khattab, Al Gharafa and Al Daain — have joined the national health insurance scheme...

DOHA: Non-urgent patients transported by ambulances to Hamad General Hospital (HGH) might be diverted to other hospitals within Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) during...

New Delhi: Trade and investment between Qatar and India reached $16.7bn  in 2013-14, a section of Indian media said. Qatar is the largest...