Doha 23 November 2016 Thousands of Policymakers, Academics, and Healthcare Professionals are expected to attend 2016 WISH Summit. World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) will host its biennial summit from 29 - 30 November at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) in Doha. WISH 2016 will bring together thousands of high-level policymakers, academics, and health...

26 Nov 2016 Second Batch of local talented Artists moved into Fire Station Studios in last September, thus completed the first ever initiative to nurturing emerging talent and builds on a longer tradition of patronage of the arts, and a passion for supporting the development of artistic talent in Qatar. Under the guidance of Sheikha...

Amman, Jordan, November 25, 2016. The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed a US$1m grant agreement with the United Nations Development Program/Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (UNDP/PAPP). The grant will support Phase II of an initiative aimed at improving the living conditions of low-income Palestinian families in East Jerusalem by providing...

Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has confirmed plans to introduce a new addition to Qatar’s calendar of festivals and tourism events during 2017. The new festival is part of QTA’s strategy to grow and diversify Qatar’s tourism offering, particularly in the area of family and urban entertainment. The festival will be organised by QTA, in collaboration...

25 Nov 2016 Cuba mourns death of it's revolutionary leader and World's longest ruler Fidel Castro dies in age 90 (13 August 1926 - 25th Nov. 2016). He ruled Cuba 49 years as Prime Minister (1959 to 1976), as President (1976 to 2008). Son of a wealthy Spanish farmer also served as the First Secretary...

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif as termed today Kashmir an unfinished agenda of sub-continent’s partition. He said said that Pakistan would never abandon Kashmiris in their freedom struggle. “The world in general and India in particular should know that Pakistani nation would never abandon their Kashmiri brethren and would continue...

24 Nov 2016 Doha Ambassador Yevhen Mykytenko of Ukraine said ' diplomatic relations between Ukraine and the State of Qatar go back to year 1993 when a relevant Memorandum was signed by the two states here in Doha in Sheraton hotel. Over the last 23 years both countries enjoyed a quite intensive political dialogue. Three...

Doha November 23, 2016: RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has delivered its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to the Dunkerque LNG Regasification Terminal, located in France. The cargo, aboard RasGas’ Maran Gas Asclepius, was delivered to the EDF Group on November 22, 2016. Hamad Mubarak Al Muhannadi, Chief Executive Officer, RasGas said on the occasion...

Doha 23 November 2016 The official opening of Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Communicable Disease Center (CDC) last week marked the start of the largest expansion phase in HMC’s history. The addition of this latest facility to HMC’s portfolio brings the total number of hospitals to nine at present, with three more hospitals set to open...

Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan inaugurated the ninth International Defense Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2016, Pakistan’s biggest defense exhibition today, at the Expo Centre, Karachi. 90 delegates from 43 countries and 418 companies from 34 countries are participating in four-day (Nov 22-25) long Defense Exhibition and Conference. Nine new countries...