Beijing 05 June 2017 (APP) Pakistan and India will be officially accepted as members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) during a meeting to be attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Astana, Kazakhstan, later this week, a senior diplomat said on Monday. The two countries will go through procedures in line with SCO rules...

Doha 'AlJazeera News' 05 June 2017 In a series of statements released on Monday, the governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Yemen - along with Egypt, Libya and the Maldives - announced they were severing ties with Qatar. The move came at the end of a few weeks of rising...

Doha 'AlJazeera News' 05 June 2017 6:30pm - Israel praises anti-Qatar moves Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's defence minister, has praised the measures against Qatar, saying "there is no doubt that this opens very many possibilities of cooperation in the struggle against terror". 6:25pm - Saudi shuts Al Jazeera office Saudi Arabia has shut down Al Jazeera...

Doha 'AlJazeera News' 05 June 2017 The following statement was posted online in Arabic by the Qatari foreign ministry on Monday. "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar expressed its deep regret and surprise at the decisions by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain...

Doha AlJazeera Network 05 June 2017 Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain say they are severing diplomatic relations with Qatar. The Saudi kingdom made the announcement via its state-run Saudi Press Agency early on Monday, saying it was taking action for what it called the protection of national security. The three Gulf...

Manila 4th June 2017 Casecnan Community Development Corporation (CCDC), Philippines has announced here in Manila for allocation of 10,000 hectares of land for displaced Arab families wishing to settle in the Philippines. CCDC, the development arm of BUGKALOT TRIBE of Nueva Viscaya who legally owns 169,000 hectares of land has proposed to build 'COMPASSION CITY...

Doha 4th June 2017 Recently 5th Surgical Research and Innovation Ideas Symposium was hosted by Department of Surgery and Medical Research Center, Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC). Over 300 professionals from Qatar’s healthcare, academic and research communities attended three days long symposium which showcased the research creativity, innovation, and enthusiasm of clinical researchers from across Hamad’s...

Beijing 04 June 2017 (APP) With the formal commissioning of its second unit later this month, the Sahiwal power plant will become one of Pakistan’s clean coal power plants with the largest installed capacity, generating 9 billion KWH of electricity per year, which will meet the energy needs of nearly 10 million local people. The...

Islamabad Daily 'The News' Pakistan 04 June 2017 The Musharraf government did its best to find any wrongdoing with regard to the Park Lane Flats but it failed, said Hussain Nawaz, elder son of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, after appearing before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) for the fourth time in seven days. Talking to...

Helsinki MOFA Qatar/NATO 04 June 2017 The State of Qatar took part in the Annual NATO Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation held in the Finnish capital of Helsinki. Qatar's Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, HE Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al-Thani, who...