Doha 10 May 2017 (MOIPR) The Telecommunications Department at the Ministry of Interior received the Cisco Plaque of Recognition in recognition for being a Cisco Networking Academy, Academy support Centre and Instructor Training Centre of the year 2017. Edwin Paalvast, Senior Vice President, Cisco Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia presented the plaque to Brig....

Doha 10 May 2017 (MOIPR) Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Qatar attended the graduation ceremony of the second mandatory qualifying course for graduates of civil universities at the Police College, held at the College's headquarters on Wednesday morning. Present on the occasion was Director General of...

Chaman, Pakistan 5th May 2017 ('Geo' News) At least 11 were martyred and 46 injured early Friday when Afghan border forces opened fire on Frontier Corps Balochistan soldiers deployed for security of census team near the Chaman border. Earlier, the Inter-Services Public Relations statement said one civilian was martyred and at least 18 injured in...

Doha 02 May 2017 (NHRC) National Human Rights bodies of European Union in collaboration with European Friendship Association held recently a seminar on human rights in Brussels. It was attended by members of the European Commission, members of European Parliament, a number of international organizations and National Human Rights Committee of the European Union. Qatar...

Doha 01 May 2017 (NHRC) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) received students of the Faculty of Law, Qatar University. Jaber Hwail, Director Legal Affairs briefed on the role, functions and objectives of the Committee and its working methods to receive complaints and legal nature. He informed the visiting students about the nature and types of...

Doha 01 May 2017 (CRA) The Communications Regulatory Authority of Qatar (CRA) has coordinated the implementation of the second phase of the regulation on reducing roaming charges within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for the benefit of telecom consumers in Qatar and the rest of GCC member states. The reduced roaming rates will be for...

Washington US Department of Defense Press Operations 1st May 2017 Today, US Department of Defense released its Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military for Fiscal Year 2016. This year’s report shows fewer Service members are experiencing the crime and a greater proportion of Service members are reporting sexual assault than ever before. The...

Paris 28 April 2017 (QNA) Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz AL Kuwari, advisor at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar's candidate for the Director General post at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), presented his vision for the organization in presence of 58 members of UNESCO's Executive Board chaired by Germany's Michael Worbs. Dr...

IHS Jane's Int'l Defence Review 27 April 2017 The US Air Force (USAF) has completed a six-year upgrade programme for the McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender aerial refuelling fleet, with delivery of the final aircraft back to Travis Air Force Base (AFB) in California. Delivery of the 59th and final KC-10A to go through the flight...

English Daily 'The Peninsula' Qatar 26 April 2017 Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Qatar Dr Bahia Tahzib-Lie has said that Dutch companies are “big investors” in Qatar and fully committed to Qatar National Vision 2030. She was talking to 'The Peninsula' on the eve of National Day of the Netherlands which was...