Seoul 26 Apr 2017 (Yahoo/Reuters) The U.S. military moved parts of an anti-missile defense system to a deployment site in South Korea on Wednesday amid heightened tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs, triggering protests from villagers and China. The top U.S. commander in the Asia-Pacific, Admiral Harry Harris, told the U.S. Congress...

Doha 26 April 2017 (NHRC) A group of students from Al-Iman Secondary School for Girls visited today offices of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) today on Wednesday. On their visit, they were given two lectures on "Historical Development of National Human Rights Institutions" and "Library of the National Human Rights Commission". Jaber Al-Huwail in...

Doha 26 April 2017 (NHRC) Sultan Bin Hassan Al-Jamali, Executive Director, The Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions participated in the consultations of the High Commissioner for Human Rights with the regional stakeholders held today in Beirut to determine the strategic direction of the Office of the High Commissioner from 2018 to 2021. Sultan...

Dubai, UAE 26 Apr 2017 (QR) Qatar Airways plans to introduce a fifth daily non-stop service from Doha to Bangkok from 1st June 2017. The increased frequency, along with its double-daily Phuket flights and the five-month-old Krabi operations (four flights a week), will take the number of weekly Qatar Airways departures from Thailand to Doha...

Doha 25 April 2017 Ewa Polano, Ambassador of Sweden to Qatar announced today that a number of MOUs were in pipe line to be signed at the forthcoming meetings in Stockholm between Qatar and Sweden. She was addressing a press conference this afternoon on the occasion of Sweden National Day celebrations. Ambassador told that among...

Doha 25 Apr 2017 Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, Minister of Transport and Communications opened 4 days long 'Gulf Region Education Assistive Technology Conference (GREAT) 2017 at the Qatar National Convention Center. Present on the were Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi, Minister of Education and Higher Education, David Dikter, CEO ATIA, US and...

Manila 24 April 2017 (PNA) Exemption of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from paying the airport terminal fee will begin on Sunday (April 30). They just have to declare that they are an OFW to be exempted. This exemption shall be recognized at any point of sale, whether in the Philippines or abroad. According to Manila...

Kabul, Afghanistan 24 April 2017 (AP) U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived unannounced in Afghanistan on Monday to assess America's longest war as the Trump administration weighs sending more troops. Kabul was the final stop on a six-nation, week-long tour Mattis said was intended to bolster relations with allies and partners and to get an...

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) 24 April 2017 Afghanistan’s Defence Minister General Abdullah Habibi and Army Chief of Staff General Qadam Shah Shahim, have resigned in the wake of a Taliban attack that left scores of soldiers dead, the presidential palace says. The attack happened on Friday at an army base near Mazar-e Sharif. Insurgents...

Doha 24 april 2017 Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani inaugurated the Kahramaa Awareness Park in Doha this evening. Opening ceremony was coincided with the celebration of 5th anniversary of 'Tarsheed', a national campaign for Conservation of water and electricity being held under 'One Promise, One Journey'...