Ankara, 05 July 2019 (Anadolu) Turkey removed Murat Cetinkaya as Central Bank governor early Saturday and replaced him with the bank’s deputy governor, Murat Uysal, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette. According to a Central Bank statement, Uysal said in his first remarks as governor that he will continue to "independently...

Ankara, 05 July 2019 (Anadolu) In a phone call, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres discussed the UN's signing of "an action plan" with the PKK/YPG terror group, diplomatic sources said on Friday. The two top politicians touched on the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gambia’s...

04 July 2019 On the sidelines of preparation for the MSC Arab Business Delegation to Philippines from 09 to 16 July 2019, Management Solutions Consultancy (MSC) being the Qatar-based proponent of this trade mission has partnered with the Association of Chief of Police of the Philippines Inc. (ACPPI) through it’s Global Police Community Relations (GPCR)...

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Doha, 29 May 2019 The Consular Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a number of guidelines and advices to Qatari nationals wishing to travel abroad. The Department emphasized the importance of ensuring the validity of passports and identity cards by 6 months, obtaining entry visas from countries requiring prior visas and...

Ankara, 29 June 2019 (Anadolu) U.S. President Donald Trump in his meeting with Turkish president on Saturday in the sidelines of G20 summit in Japan said that Turkey “was not allowed to buy Patriot missiles by the Obama administration” and his administration is looking at different solutions regarding its purchase of Russia’s S-400 missiles. "Turkey...

Rawalpindi, 29 June 2019 (Daily Dawn) Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday blamed “fiscal mismanagement” for the country's economic woes, days after he was appointed to a newly formed committee responsible for steering the economy. The comments come days before the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due to decide whether...

Headingley, UK, 29 June 2019 Pakistan survived a scare to beat Afghanistan by three wickets with two balls remaining in a thriller at Headingley that moves Sarfaraz Ahmed's side above England in the race for a World Cup semi-final spot. Chasing 228 for victory, Pakistan fell to 81-3 and 156-6 as Afghanistan turned the screw...

Doha, 29 June 2019 Qatar has been announced as the host country for the 2020 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Forum, an event owned by the International Council for Small Business (ICSB). The Forum, considered a key platform for addressing how MSMEs can be empowered as the global workplace transforms, is expected to attract...

Washington, 29 June 2019 Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al-Marri, Chairman, National Human Rights Committee of Qatar has warned that "the Gulf crisis has reached its peak of escalation, which has increased the concerns and fears of the Gulf people." He called for "the need to take deterrent measures against the countries of the blockade, To...