Doha, 21 June 2021 (AlJazeera News) Qatar’s Emir has officially opened the Qatar Economic Forum 2021, which will focus on global leadership and strategies to support post-pandemic economic growth. The three-day virtual event held in cooperation with Bloomberg under the slogan “New Horizons for Tomorrow” began on Monday and will bring together more than 100...

Doha, 20 June 2021 (QT-QNA) Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Education Above All and UN Sustainable Development Goals Advocate, participated in a joint, virtual event alongside Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, to celebrate the milestone achievement of granting 10,000 scholarships to displaced youth, through a...

Sunday, 20 June 2021  Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy-Amir for Political Affairs and Head of the Political Office, Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan has said that as fundamental policy, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan does not allow anyone to use the soil of Afghanistan against security of others nor  allows others to interfere in our affairs....

Doha, 20 June 2021 (QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui Qatar and Cuba enjoy extremely close bilateral relations based on the strong foundations laid down by HH the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Ambassador of Cuba to Qatar HE Oscar Gonzallez said, in an exclusive interview with Qatar...

Tehran, 19 June 2021 (IRNA) Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi leading in initial votes counting in 13th presidential elections in Islamic Republic of Iran with 17.8 million votes till 1100 AM. It was announced by Iran's Deputy Interior Minister and Head of Election Office Jamal Araf announced on Saturday. He said that 28.6 million ballots have...

Islamabad, Kabul, Delhi, 17 June 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s proposal of a new trilateral mechanism involving Turkey for protecting Kabul’s airport after the US pulls out of Afghanistan has drawn mixed reactions from experts in South Asia. Speaking to reporters on Monday at the end of a series of meetings with...

Carbis Bay (UK), 13 June 2021 (France24/BBC/AlJazeera) The G7 summit in the resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, in the south-west of England, has seen the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and UK gather in person for the first time since the pandemic. Leaders of the world's largest economies unveiled an...

Sunday, 13 June 2021 Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in an epic five-set match, 6-7 (6-8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to win the men's singles title at the 2021 French Open and his 19th Grand Slam title. In a battle between the new and older generations in men's tennis, the 34-year-old Djokovic and member of...

A wandering herd of 15 wild Asian elephants in southwest China's Yunnan has caught global attention. The herd traveled approximately 500 km from their forest home in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture before reaching Kunming last week. Drones have captured footage of the elephant herd sleeping and a baby elephant getting stuck. Earlier, drones shot footage...

United Nations, 12 June 2021 (APP) Pakistani and Indian delegates engaged in a fresh verbal duel in the United Nations General Assembly Friday, after Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram drew world community’s attention to New Delhi’s grave human rights violations in occupied Kashmir and called for resolving the UN-recognized dispute in accordance with Security Council resolutions....