Brasilia 12 July 2017 (Xinhua) Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison for his involvement in a corruption ring that embezzled billions of U.S. dollars from state oil company Petrobras Brasileiro, official sources said on Wednesday. Federal Judge Sergio Moro found Lula guilty of...

Doha 11 July 2017 Qatar and the United States have signed an agreement to help combat "terrorism financing" during a visit to Doha by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Tillerson made the announcement on Tuesday during a joint press conference in the Qatari Capital....

Istanbul / Doha (Reuters/Yahoo/Xinhua) 10 July 2017 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Kuwait on Monday for talks aimed at resolving the crisis triggered by the the cutoff of links with Qatar by Saudi Arabia and Arab allies. In Doha, a Western diplomat said creation of a "terror finance monitoring mechanism" would feature...

Mosul, Iraq 10 July 2017 (Yahoo News) Haider Al-Abadi, Primi Minister of Iraq made his way into Mosul’s streets on Sunday proclaiming victory over the Islamic State group. He congratulated the Iraqi Federal Police for their battle “victories” and accomplishing their mission in West Mosul, calling them “heroic.” He described Mosul as “liberated,” and his...

Russia By Roman Dobrokhotov Opinion 09 July 2017 A first date is always awkward. And indeed Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's first official meeting was exactly that awkward. It's likely that other participants in the G20 summit also had uncomfortable encounters with Trump and Putin - two of the least popular world leaders (according to...

Doha 09 July 2017 Qatar has announced the formation of a committee to pursue compensation potentially worth billions of dollars for damages stemming from the blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf crisis. Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri, Attorney General of State of Qatar announced today at a press conference in Doha....

Doha 08 June 2017 (NHRC) Mariam Bint Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Secretary General, National Human Rights Committee Qatar (NHRC) has said that NHRC is organizing an international conference on freedom of opinion and expression on 24 and 25 of July. She told that over 200 organizations around the world will be participating. In a meeting with Fatou...

Haveli Bahadur Shah, Jhang 07 July 2017 (AAP) Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday inaugurated the first unit of the Haveli Bahadur Shah Power Plant, adding 760 MW of electricity to the national grid in a step forward towards ridding the country of load shedding. The environment friendly power plant has a capacity of 1,230...

07 July 2017 (23:01:29) (Xinhua News) A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Friday objected to India's attempts to stir up disputes over the Doklam region. The Indian sides claims that, according to a 2012 India-China agreement, the tri-junction point of China, India and Bhutan will be decided by consulting with the Bhutan side, which means China...

Geneva 07 July 2017 (NHRC) Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al-Marri, Chairman National Human Rights Committee Qatar, met in Geneva today with Rafael Nageli and George Lindermann, officials of Human Rights Department of Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Present on the occasion was Delomasien of MENA Region Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. About his...