Doha, 17 October 2016 Vodafone recently launched the fifth edition of its popular SMS-based competition, World of Prizes. The competition, which runs for 90 days starting on 12 October 2016, now gives customers the chance to play for free for a chance to win QR 50,000 Vodafone customers, joining World of Prizes for free by...

UCI Road 2016 World Championship 16 October 2016 – Doha, Qatar: Peter Sagan will wear the rainbow jersey for at least one more year. The 2015 Champion defended his title in style when he beat Mark Cavendish and Tom Boonen in a sprint of Champions at the UCI Road World Championships Doha 2016. Cavendish, the...

Doha, October 17 Dr. Rajitha Senrathne, Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine of Sri Lanka has met Ali Shareef Al Emadi, Minister of Finance, Qatar and Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health of Qatar during his visit. Senrathine told that Sri Lanka is very much interested in having close bilateral trade...

17 October 2016 Ahmet Demirok, ambassador of Turkey visited today the First Turkish School resuming it's academic role for Turkish youth residing in Qatar. ' Turkish children will benefit by establishing of this school to have a decent education in affordable moderate cost, which is heavily subsided in lines of Turkish government vision', Turkish envoy...

Doha, October 15 (QNA) - Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) said Saturday it has completed its preparations for hosting the Second International Arbitration Conference in Doha. The conference will take place on October 18 and 19. A statement released today from QCCI to the press said that 650 participants will take part in...

Doha, October 15 (QNA) Qatar Airways was chosen as the Middle East Airline of the Year at the 10th annual Aviation Business Awards held in Dubai . Qatar Airways was chosen on the back of the airline’s global network, modern aircraft, and luxurious Business Class service for providing them with an exceptional travel experience. Akbar...

Beijing, October 15 (QNA) - Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar's Candidate to the Post of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has lauded deep relationship between the Arab and Chinese cultures. He was addressing at the Peking University (PKU) under the title...

Doha, October 15 (QNA) Ministry of Public Heath (MOPH) has affirmed that the vaccine used against measles, mumps and rubella (German measles), also known as (MMR) is safe, effective and gives long-term protection, as it has been approved and used worldwide for more than 40 years. The MOPH's statement urged citizens and residents to not...

15 October 2016 Denmark’s Amalie Dideriksen outpowered all the favourites to capture the 2016 UCI World Championships Elite Women’s Road Race Gold in a fast and furious bunch sprint finale. Dideriksen narrowly beat the Netherlands’ top contender, Kirsten Wild, by half a wheel’s breadth at the end of a drawn-out bunch sprint. Finland’s Lotta Lepisto...

The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) of a resolution that acknowledges Al-Aqsa Masjid/Al-Haram Al Sharif to be an exclusively Islamic holy site. The General Secretariat stressed that this resolution was an expression of the condemnation and rejection by the...