Doha, 02 October 2021 (QNA/Ashraf Siddiqui) Qatar made history on Saturday as Qataris voted in the  country’s first legislative elections to choose two-thirds  members of the Shura Council. Eligible voters trickled in throughout the day across  various polling stations to  elect 30 members of the 45-seat body. Polling stations closed their doors at 6 pm...

Yinchuan, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) 277 deals worth approximately 156.7 billion yuan (appx. 24 billion U.S. dollars) have been signed at the ongoing fifth China-Arab States Expo in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The deals cover various fields including electronic information, clean energy, new materials, green food, and tourism cooperation. Among them, investment of nearly...

Kabul, 17 August 2021 The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan over and wished for peaceful relations with other countries. Addressing first official press conference after taking over Capital City Kabul on Monday, yesterday, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid assured the world community that we're committed that you will not be harmed anyway from our soil." He...

Doha, 30 July 2021 THE Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has decided to continue with the third phase of the gradual lifting of COViD-19 restrictions in August. The lifting of COViD-19 restrictions was scheduled to be implemented in four phases. The first phase began on May 28, 2021, the second phase on June 18 and...

Doha, 14 July 2021 (QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui Ambassador of France to Qatar Franck Gellet has concongratulated the French community members in Qatar and friends of France on the occasion of the 231st National Day celebrations. Speaking on the occasion, the French envoy said, “Once again, the 14th of July comes with a specific characteristic...

Doha, 20 June 2021 (QT-QNA) Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Education Above All and UN Sustainable Development Goals Advocate, participated in a joint, virtual event alongside Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, to celebrate the milestone achievement of granting 10,000 scholarships to displaced youth, through a...

Istanbul, 16 May 2021 (Anadolu News) By Associate Prof. Yusuf Ozkir “Please remain,” the owner of the New York Journal, William Randolph Hearst, is claimed to have said in a telegram to an illustrator in Cuba at the time, during the last years of the 19th century; “… You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish...

Ankara, 14 May 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkey will gradually begin lifting lockdown restrictions starting next week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. "We will start implementing our normalization calendar as of Monday," Erdogan said while addressing a virtual meeting of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party. The restrictions will be eased in phases...

Doha, 29 Oct. 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui Qatar and Turkey share deep-rooted relations and the bilateral trade has increased from $340 million in 2010 to over $2 billion in 2019, Ambassador of Turkey to Qatar HE Mehmet Mustafa Goksu has said. “COVID-19 pandemic has hardly had any impact on the bilateral trade,” the...

Doha, 23 August 2020 (Qatar Tribune) The Pakistani community in Qatar hosted a reception in honour of the new Ambassador of Turkey to Qatar HE Mehmet Mustafa Goksu, outgoing Ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar HE Ashud Ahmed and outgoing Kazakhstan Ambassador to Qatar HE Askar Shokybayev. Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador Ahmed described his tenure...