Qatar

Premier meets US Senator 07 Jan 2016 - 02:16 am

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman...

SCH, Institut Pasteur in deal on infectious diseases and immunology research 07 Jan 2016 - 02:16 am

Minister of Public Health H E Abdallah bin Khalid Al Qahtani and Professor Christian Brechot, Director-General, Institut Pasteur, shake hands after signing the...

QNRF organises ‘Ibn Al Haytham Days’ 07 Jan 2016 - 02:15 am

Professor Wolfgang Ketterle, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics, with participants at the ‘Ibn Al Haytham Days’ event. DOHA: Qatar National...

Local fish output meets 80% of demand 07 Jan 2016 - 02:13 am

By Sidi Mohamed DOHA: The annual fish production in Qatar is between 12,000 and 14,000 tonnes which meets some 80 percent of the...

Qatar students in US attend annual gathering 07 Jan 2016 - 02:11 am

Participants from Qatar Research Leadership Programme during the QRLP meeting in Houston. DOHA: The Office of Education, Training and Development (OETD), part of...

Mowasalat holds mock fire exercise 07 Jan 2016 - 02:11 am

A mock fire drill in progress at Mowasalat headquarters in Mesaimeer. Doha: Within the framework of its occupational security, health and safety policy,...

Little Gandhi to be shown at Katara Drama Theatre on Saturday 07 Jan 2016 - 02:10 am

DOHA: Little Gandhi, a well-known documentary on the life of peaceful Syrian activist Ghiyath Matar, will be screened at Katara Drama Theatre on...

Qatar recalls ambassador to Iran 07 Jan 2016 - 02:05 am

Doha: Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalled yesterday its ambassador to Tehran following attacks on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and general consulate...

Tunisia charter a key achievement, says official 07 Jan 2016 - 02:03 am

Officials at a seminar ‘Five Years Into the Arab Spring: Achievements, Failure and Future scenarios’ at Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Centre....

Emir meets US official 07 Jan 2016 - 02:02 am

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bob Corker, at...

Weather forecast for tonight 06 Jan 2016 - 05:31 pm

Doha: The Department of Meteorology said Wednesday in its daily weather report that weather inshore tonight until 6.00 a.m. Thursday will be relatively...

Fish Out of Water: A surrealistic project 06 Jan 2016 - 09:31 am

Visitors can enjoy Balincini’s unique exhibition at Katara Building 19, Gallery 2 until January 14. By Raynald C Rivera DOHA: Italian lensman Carlo...

QR4.4m pearls, diamonds seized at HIA 06 Jan 2016 - 04:01 am

Ahmed bin Ali Al Mohannadi (centre), General Director, General Administration of Customs, with the inspector and another official. Doha: The General Authority of...

QU to utilise date palm waste to make products 06 Jan 2016 - 03:59 am

Postdoctoral Researcher Dr Patrik Soboliciak, Research Assistant Aisha Tanvir, and Qapco Polymer Chair at QU Prof Igor Krupa at a lab. DOHA: Qatar...

Environmental violation 06 Jan 2016 - 03:58 am

The Ministry of Environment has referred a vehicle and its driver to public prosecution for action as it discharged sewage in an undesignated...

Mercury levels will drop to 14 degrees today 06 Jan 2016 - 03:57 am

Clouds seen over Doha Golf Club yesterday. Pic: Kammutty VP / The Peninsula Doha: There were high winds yesterday and the weather was...

QU launches advanced disaster recovery data centre 06 Jan 2016 - 03:56 am

DOHA: Qatar University (QU) yesterday launched one of the Middle East’s most advanced disaster recovery (DR) data centres. Using technology from F5 Networks...

Call for cervical cancer tests 06 Jan 2016 - 03:55 am

By Sanaullah Ataullah DOHA: Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) has launched a month-long drive to create awareness about cervical cancer among women. The campaign...