Washington 29 June 2017 (US DOD) NATO defense ministers discussed threats to alliance nations from Russia and terrorist groups, and policies and capabilities needed to counter these threats, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in Brussels today. Alliance and partner nation ministers also discussed the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan and pledged to grow the allied...

Vancouver, Canada 01 July 2017 (SBS/AAP/Xinhua News) Canada is celebrating its 150th birthday, marking the day in 1867 when the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia merged to form a self-governing state. Later joined by Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island and the territories of Nunavut...

Hong Kong, China 01 July 2017 (Xinhua) President of China, Xi Jinping Saturday attended the signing ceremony of the framework agreement on the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. With the support of the central government, Guangdong Province, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the Macao SAR will make joint efforts...

Davao, Philippines 1st July 2017 (Misc News Sources) President Rodrigo Duterte graced at the 50th founding anniversary of Davao Del Sur. In his address at the Davao del Sur Sports and Business Complex in Digos City, President Duterte appealed to the New People’s Army to stop fighting the government forces so that peace talks will...

New York 1st July 2017 Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Foreign Minister of State of Qatar met with the permanent representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the United States, the French Republic, the United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation. He held a meeting with representatives...

Berlin 30 June 2017 (NHRC) Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al Marri, Chairman Qatar National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) held a number of meetings at the German Foreign Ministry where he met with Philippe Ackerman, Regional Director for the Middle East and Morocco, Ms. Yasmine Pamuk, Human Rights Office Officer. Al-Marri briefed on the repercussions from...

Washington (MOFA) 29 June 2017 Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Foreign Minister of Qatar spoke about the importance of the US-Qatar economic partnership at a meeting with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Mohammed Al-Thani, CEO of the Qatar Investment Authority , and Sheikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Advisor to Ruler of...

Geneva (MOFA Information Office) 29 June 2017 Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office and International Organizations in Geneva, met today with HRH Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The meeting discussed the flagrant violations of international human rights law and...

Washington (MOFA) 29 June 2017 Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Foreign Minister of State of Qatar met with Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General at the Embassy of Qatar in Washington today. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the visit being paid by Qatar Foreign Minister to the United States of America. During the meeting...

28 June 2017 AlJazeera News 0930 PM Qatar's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it will employ a Swiss law firm to seek compensation for those affected by a decision of Gulf countries to cut ties with Doha and impose a blockade against it. NHRC chairman Ali Bin Smaikh al-Marri said the rights body would...