Doha, 13 December 2018 (Qatar Tribune-QNA) QATAR’S general budget for 2019 will achieve a surplus of QR 4.3 billion, its first budget surplus in three years, the Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday. The surplus is a result of higher energy prices in international markets along with increasing non-oil revenues, the ministry said. The 2019 budget assumes an average oil price of $55...

Seoul, 13 Dec 2018 (Yonhap News) South and North Korea agreed Thursday to hold a groundbreaking ceremony later this month for their project to modernize North Korean railways and roads and connect them to the South, the unification ministry said. The ceremony will be held at the North's Panmun Station, just north of the inter-Korean...

Tokyo, 12 Dec. 2018 (Xinhua News) A series of commemorative activities have been held by Japanese civil groups recently in various cities to mark the 81st anniversary of Nanjing Massacre. Chang Xiaomei, daughter of a Nanjing Massacre survivor, shared her father's story at a testimony meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday at the invitation of a...

Islamabad, 13 Dec. 2018 Daily 'Dawn' Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced in the National Assembly on Thursday that Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to not stand in Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif's way, if he wants to head the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). "We met Prime Minister Imran Khan today...

Washington, 12 Dec. 2018 (Xinhua News) Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former long-term personal attorney, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in jail after pleading guilty to a series of crimes, including campaign finance violations, tax evasion and lying to Congress. Prosecutors had recommended a "substantial term of imprisonment" for Cohen, pushing back on...

Doha, 12 Dec. 2018 President of Ecuador Lenin Boltaire Moreno Garces is arriving in Qatar on Thursday on a three-day visit, Ivonne A-Baki, ambassador of Ecuador said in Doha addressing a press conference. Ecuador President along with eight member delegation will be visiting Qatar on way back home from China on the invitation of Amir of Qatar. Amir...

Time magazine has named a newspaper and four journalists, including Washington Post's murdered Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, as its Person of the Year. The Capital Gazette in the US state of Maryland's Annapolis, two Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kvaw Soe Oo, Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, as well as Khashoggi, were recognised as "Guardians" of...

Riyadh, 09 Dec. 2018   The State of Qatar participated in the 39th Summit of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs led the State of Qatar's delegation. Minister of State for Foreign...

Doha, 09 Dec 2018 International fame Nepali singing reality show 'Voice of Nepal Grand finale' will be held in Doha at 0500 PM in Amphitheater, Asian Town on 14th of December 2018, it was announced at a press conference by Probin Gurung, Doha based Nepali businessman and Chief Organisor of the mega event. Present on the...

Doha, 08 Dec. 2018 Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, State of Qatar held talks in Doha today with visiting U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Discussions between the two energy ministers covered bilateral ties and cooperation in the energy field. The talks also focused on strengthening existing energy partnerships between Qatar and...