Quetta (Pakistan),12 April 2019 (Daily Dawn) At least 20 people were killed and 48 injured in a blast believed to be targeting members of the Hazara community in Quetta's Hazarganji market on Friday morning. The attack claimed the lives of nine Hazara and one Frontier Corps (FC) soldier who was deputed for the community's security...

Khartoum, 12 April 2019 (Xinhua News)   Chairman of Sudan's transitional military council Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf on Friday announced his resignation. "I, chairman of the transitional military council, declare my resignation from this post," said Ibn Auf in a statement broadcast by official Sudan TV. "I announce selection of Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan as...

Washington, 12 Apr 2019 (Yonhap News) South Korean President Moon Jae-in emphasized the importance of maintaining dialogue between the United States and North Korea to peacefully resolve the North Korean nuclear issue in a series of meetings with key U.S. officials on Thursday. "President Moon stressed that the countries need to maintain the momentum for...

Berlin, 11 April 2019 (MOFA News) Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs affirmed that Qatar and Germany have agreed that the political solution is the best solution for the Libyan issue away from the military solution, expressing the hope that wisdom will prevail to end the Gulf crisis....

Khartoum, 11 April 2019 (AlJazeera News)   Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir has been removed by the military after months of anti-government protests against his three-decade rule. General Ahmed Ibn Auf was sworn in on Thursday evening as chief of a new military council that will rule the country for two years, hours after declaring that...

Washington, 05 April 2019 (Economic Times) A US count of the F-16s with Pakistan has found that none of them are missing, contradicting India's claim that one of its fighter jets shot down a Pakistani F-16 during an aerial dogfight on February 27, a leading American magazine reported Thursday. Two senior US defense officials with...

Doha, 05 April 2019 (QNA) Amir of State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will be addressing at the opening session of 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)  on Saturday at Hotel Grand Sheraton Doha. 140th Assembly will take off with the theme ‘Parliaments as platforms to enhance education for peace, security and...

Washington, 05 April 2019 (Xinhua News) David Malpass, US Undersecretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department, was selected as President of the World Bank Group for a five-year term beginning on April 9, 2019, the World Bank Group said in a statement Friday. Malpass, 63, was chosen by U.S. President Donald Trump in...

Doha, 03 April 2019  Qatar Leadership Centre (QLC) held its annual graduation ceremony this evening at the National Museum of Qatar. Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson, QLC Board of Directors  honoured the ceremony.  present on the occasion were Sheikh Dr. Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, Managing Director and Member;  Yousuf Mohamed Al...

Doha, Qatar 03 April 2019 Qatar Petroleum participating in the 19th International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG2019) in Shanghai, China. The conference and exhibition is considered as the premier event for the world’s LNG industry, which features the largest number of high-level LNG industry leaders as plenary speakers. The four-day event is...