25 Dec 2016 A Russian Military Tupolev Tu-154 plane with three engines was carrying more than 60 members of Russian army's official choir traveling to perform in Syria has crashed in the Black Sea near Sochi. Russian Defense Ministry announced all on-board feared dead. Military Choir was heading towards Syria to perform for Russian Air...

United Nations UN News Centre 23 Dec 2016 Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the adoption of a Security Council resolution which states that the establishment of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, have “no legal validity,” constitute a “flagrant violation” under international law and are a “major obstacle” to a two-State solution and a...

Doha 2 December 2016 The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) has hosted a meeting where a select group of summit delegates discussed strategies to improve the care and monitoring of those suffering from dementia. Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) provided secretariat support to the meeting, which was held in Hamad Medical City....

New Delhi |November 27, 2016 10:34 pm Khalistan Liberation Front Chief Harminder Mintoo and five others escaped from Nabha jail in Punjab on Sunday after armed men in police uniform tricked the sentries into opening the gates and bolted out with the inmates firing a hail of bullets. Among the escapees was another terrorist Kashmira...

Doha, November 02 (QNA) The third edition of Katara European Jazz Festival started on Wednesday amidst significant presence of heads of diplomatic missions of participant countries and a large crowd. Following the inauguration ceremony, Jazz lovers experienced the spectacular Saharan music that blend with rock sounds, African pulse, rhythmic trances and groove during the performance...

Doha 02 November 2016 Qatar welcomed 2.18 million visitors* in the first nine months of 2016, including 1,087,846 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nationals, according to Qatar Tourism Authority’s Tourism Performance Summary for the third quarter of 2016. 746,598 visitors from Saudi Arabia arrived in Qatar between January and September this year 2016; an 8% increase...

QNA Doha, November 01 (QNA) Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani attended 20th anniversary of Al Jazeera Media Network. It was held at its headquarters. Present on the occasion were Sheikha Moza bin Nasser, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior...

31 October 2016 DOHA Hamad International Airport (HIA) announced today that its dual Passenger Trains inside the airport terminal will begin operations from the 1st of November 2016. The Passenger Trains were officially inaugurated by Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways Group CEO and Engr. Badr Mohammed Al Meer, Chief Operating Officer of Hamad International Airport...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (APP): Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director said hard work and reforms were starting to pay off. “Pakistan, was recently upgraded from a frontier economy to an emerging market in the MSCI index,” she said that it was an important signal given a changing global landscape, especially for emerging and developing economies. Lagarde...

23 October 2016 Doha Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad AlThani, former Emir of State of Qatar from 1972 - 1985 passed away in age 84 on Sunday 23rd October 2016. He was grandfather of present Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad AlThani. Qatar will observe three days of mourning, the Emiri Diwan announced as per...