Jeddah, 15 July 2022 (AlJazeera) US President Joe Biden has said he brought up the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the top of a meeting with senior Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Speaking to reporters on Friday afternoon, Biden said he also discussed...

Doha, 14 July 2022 (QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui Bilateral relations between France and Qatar are excellent in all sectors including in the diplomatic, political, economic, investments, defence, internal security, sports, educational and cultural fields, the Ambassador of France to Qatar Jean-Baptiste Faivre, has said. “I am convinced that the relationship between the two countries must...

Doha, 14 July 2022 (QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui THE Republic of Turkiye was able to overcome crisis in no time and has been busy building its future since the coup attempt that targeted the Turkish government and people on July 15, 2016, the Turkish ambassador to Qatar has said, adding that the terrorist organization FETO’s...

Doha, 07 July 2022 (QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui As a well-developed and well experienced city, Busan is well placed to host World Expo 2030 and the Republic of Korea is keen and anxious to organise the event there, the country’s ambassador to Qatar Lee Joon-Ho, has said. The more than 1,500 year-old port city of...

Doha, 06 July 2022 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui Algerian people achieved the freedom of their homeland after long years of persistence, determination, enormous sacrifices and heroic efforts, as they resisted oppression, coercion and extermination by the French colonialists, the Ambassador of Algeria to Qatar Dr Mustefa Boutora has said. Algeria achieved its sovereignty 60...

Doha, 11 July 2022 (Doha News) By Oscar Leon Gonzalez With questions on Cuba frequently directed at him, the Cuban Ambassador to Qatar writes on the places one should visit upon traveling to the charming island. The Cuban archipelago covers a land area of 109,886.19 km2, of which 107,466.92 km2 make up the island of...

Doha, 10 July 2022 (QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui SULTAN bin Hassan Al Jamali, Secretary-General of National Human Rights Committee of Qatar, recently held a series of meetings with senior Turkish officials, including those from the country’s human rights institutions during his two day official visit to Turkey. The dignitaries with whom Sultan bin Hassan Al...

Islamabad,  06 July 2022 (Express Tribune) Pakistan has slashed the armed forces development programme by Rs72 billion or one-fifth of the allocation made on June 10 in order to meet a major condition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about achieving primary budget surplus in the new fiscal year. Having a primary budget surplus of...

Doha, 05 July 2022 QatarEnergy announced the selection of Shell plc. as partner in the North Field East (NFE) expansion project, the single largest project in the history of the LNG industry. The partnership agreement was signed today in a ceremony at QatarEnergy’s headquarters in Doha, by Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy...

Doha, 04 July 2022 Qatar Museums’ Years of Culture initiative, in collaboration with Anime Café and Store 974 recently hosted a community event for Doha’s manga and anime enthusiasts. The event featured an on-the-spot manga competition, during which attendees were invited to create a one-page manga and showcase their talents for a chance to win...