Washington, 06 Feb. 2019 (QNA) Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs  of Qatar has announced that the State of Qatar intends to host this year a high-level regional meeting to address the brutal crimes committed by the ISIS group, in cooperation with the Special Advisor and Head of...

Doha, 06 Feb. 2019 (QNA) Qatar Charity (QC) has won the Social Responsibility Award in the category of the best national initiative titled 'Future's Writers' program. The QC received the award during the 6th Social Responsibility Awards organized by Dar Al Sharq, in the presence of Minister of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs Yousef...

Doha, 06 Feb. 2019 (QP) Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum held talks in Washington D.C. with Rick Perry, U.S. Secretary of Energy. The talks centered on cooperation between the State of Qatar and the United States in the field of energy and particularly in the...

Doha, 05 Feb. 2019 To express solidarity of people and government of Pakistan with the Kashmiri people, representatives of the Pakistani community and the civil society observed “Kashmir Solidarity Day” at the Embassy of Pakistan Doha. The observance of the Day every year is aimed at highlighting the illegal occupation of Kashmir by Indian forces; the plight of...

Washington, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that a date and venue for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be announced next week. Speaking at the White House, he reaffirmed the plan to hold the meeting in late February and appeared to confirm reports the venue will be...

Manila, 02 Feb. 2019 (PNA) The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said gains in anti-corruption initiatives by the government drove the improvement in the Philippines’ ranking in the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The Philippines climbed 12 spots (99th out of 180 countries) this year. This translates into a percentile rank of 45.0 (against...

Washington, Feb. 02 (Xinhua) Editor: Yang Yi The United States announced on Friday its decision to withdraw from a decades-long landmark nuclear arms control pact with Russia, sparking worries about future international security and arms race crisis. BLAME GAME The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty was inked in 1987 between the United States and the...

Manila, 01 Feb. 2019 (PNA) Philippines Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra assured that law enforcement officials are working closely with authorities abroad to keep an eye on transnational drug rings seeking to enter the country. "The Bureau of Customs and the Bureau of Immigration are cooperating with their counterparts in foreign jurisdictions, as well as with...

Beijing, 31 Jan. 2019 (Xinhua) Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani Thursday in Beijing, and they agreed to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership featuring mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and common development. Xi recalled the establishment of the strategic partnership between the two countries in Beijing in...

Doha, 30 Jan. 2019 (QNA) Li Chen, Ambassador of the People's Republic of  China said on Wednesday that the visit of Amir of State of Qatar to Beijing, which begins today, will play a key role in enriching the strategic bilateral ties and will enhance bilateral cooperation in all fields. He said that there is...