Doha 15 January 2017: The streets of Aspire Park turned into a bobbing mass of color on Saturday afternoon as more than 6,000 people came together to show their support for the environment by taking part in the 12th Al Dana Green Run, setting a new attendance record in the process. Organized by Doha Bank...

ISLAMABAD 3- Dec 2016 (APP) Pakistan Stock Exchange (KSE 100 Index) has been ranked 5th best performing stock market in the world in the year 2016, by Bloomberg. With Karachi 100 Index gaining 43.05%, Pakistan remained the 5th best performing stock market in 2016, after Brazil IBOVESPA Index (63.36%), Kazakhstan KASE Stock Ex (59.95%), S&P/BVL...

Press Statement Mark C. Toner Deputy Department Spokesperson US Department of State Washington, DC December 29, 2016 The State Department today declared persona non grata 35 Russian officials operating in the United States who were acting in a manner inconsistent with their diplomatic or consular status. The Department also informed the Russian Government that it...

December 28, 2016 Remarks on Middle East Peace by John Kerry Secretary of State The Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. (Coughs.) Excuse me. Thank you for your patience, all of you. For those of you who celebrated Christmas, I hope you had...

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...