Doha, 17 April 2019 6th Edition of the Qatar e-Nature schools contest concluded with an award ceremony recently held at Wyndham West Bay Hotel. A record participation of 339 students from 60 governmental schools and 53 private schools across Qatar including government and private schools was observed this year. Sasol, the international integrated chemicals and...

Doha, 16 April 2019 (QP) Qatar Petroleum has won exploration rights in five offshore blocks in the North Argentina, and Malvinas West basins in Argentina. The winning bids were announced today by Argentina’s Secretariat of Government of Energy (“SGE”) at the end of a public tender process that started in November 2018. They will be subject...

Doha, 16 April 2019 Maj. Gen. Majid Ibrahim Al Khulaifi, Director of Elections Department, Ministry of Interior and Head of the Central Municipal Council (CMC) Electoral Committee announced the winners of the CMC 2019 election in a press conference held in the Media Centre of the election in officers club of the Ministry of Interior...

Doha, 15 April 2019 The international conference on “National, regional and international mechanisms to combat impunity and ensure accountability under international law” was organized from 14 to 15 April 2019 in Doha by Qatar National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the...

Doha, 15 April 2019 (Ashgal) The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ has inaugurated main carriageway and three vital interchanges on Al Khor Road. Present on the occasion were Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, ministers, government officials, “Ashghal” representatives and  project contractors. The opening of the 33-kilometre Al...

Doha, 15 April 2019 'Tarsheed campaign for conservation of water and electricity in Qatar by General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has helped Qatar  in savings of QR 1.75 b in 2018', announced by Essa bin Hilal al-Kuwari, President of Kahramaa. He was addressing at the glittering 7th Annual celebrations of conservation program held at Hotel...

Quetta (Pakistan),12 April 2019 (Daily Dawn) At least 20 people were killed and 48 injured in a blast believed to be targeting members of the Hazara community in Quetta's Hazarganji market on Friday morning. The attack claimed the lives of nine Hazara and one Frontier Corps (FC) soldier who was deputed for the community's security...

Khartoum, 12 April 2019 (Xinhua News)   Chairman of Sudan's transitional military council Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf on Friday announced his resignation. "I, chairman of the transitional military council, declare my resignation from this post," said Ibn Auf in a statement broadcast by official Sudan TV. "I announce selection of Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan as...

Washington, 12 Apr 2019 (Yonhap News) South Korean President Moon Jae-in emphasized the importance of maintaining dialogue between the United States and North Korea to peacefully resolve the North Korean nuclear issue in a series of meetings with key U.S. officials on Thursday. "President Moon stressed that the countries need to maintain the momentum for...

Berlin, 11 April 2019 (MOFA News) Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs affirmed that Qatar and Germany have agreed that the political solution is the best solution for the Libyan issue away from the military solution, expressing the hope that wisdom will prevail to end the Gulf crisis....