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Qatar Airways Wins Top Awards At Paris Air Show, Unveils State of the Art 'QSuite'

21/06/2017
Doha,Qatar 21 June 2017 (Qatar Airways) Qatar Airways is enjoying a week of success and celebration as Qatar’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Jassim Saif Al Sulaiti met with France’s Minister for Transport, Élisabeth Borne, to reaffirm the countries' ongoing support and affiliation. Fresh from winning the Skytrax Airline of the Year award for the...

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Appointed Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

21/06/2017
Makkah, Saudi Arabia 21 June 2017 (SPA/BBC/Reuters) According to the Royal Order No. (A / 255) dated on 26/9/1438 AH including the selection of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as Crown Prince, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has called for pledging allegiance to Prince...

Qatar : QNA Hacking Linked to Countries Boycotting Doha

21/06/2017
Doha 21 June 2017 Qatar says it has proof that the recent hacking of its state-run news agency and government social media accounts, which set into motion a major diplomatic crisis in the region, is linked to countries that have recently cut ties with it. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed...

APP Signs MoU to Join Int'l News Agencies’ Portal

20/06/2017
Islamabad 20 June 2017 (APP) Associated Press of Pakistan, Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to join the international news agencies’ portal in collaboration with South Korean Yonhap News Agency. Managing Director, APP, Masood Malik welcoming the Head of Global Strategy Team of Yonhap News agency, Yoo Chang Yup and Deputy Head of Media Technology...

President Xi Says BRICS Cooperation Will Usher In New "Golden Decade"

19/06/2017
Beijing 19 June 2017 (Xinhua) Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that BRICS cooperation would be more productive and usher in a new "golden decade." Xi made the remarks when meeting with the heads of delegations from Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa, who are in Beijing to attend the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting. Chinese...

7 US Crew Missing After Philippines Merchant Ship & US Destroyer Collided Off Japan, NO Filipino Casualty

17/06/2017
Manila/Tokyo 17 June 2017 (PNA/NHK World News) The Department of Foreign Affairs said Saturday that the PHL Embassy in Tokyo has been advised by Japanese authorities that there are no Filipino casualties so far from the collision that happened at 2:30 a.m. Saturday about 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan. The ACX Crystal, a...

'Accountability Not New for Sharif Family', Shehbaz Sharif Appeared Before JIT

17/06/2017
Islamabad 17 June 2017 (APP) Chief Minister of largest province PUNJAB and younger brother of Pakistan Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that he responded to all the questions posed by joint investigation team (JIT), as the Sharif family was undergoing the accountability process for fifth time. “I appeared before the JIT constituted by...

Qatargas and Shell Sign New LNG Agreement

17/06/2017
Doha, Qatar 17 June 2017 Qatargas, the World’s Premier Liquefied Natural Gas Company, today announced the signing of a new Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Shell. Under the terms of the agreement, Qatargas will deliver up to 1.1 million tonnes of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) per annum to Shell for five years. Saad Sherida...

Qatar Charity Reveals Its Record in Cooperation with International Agencies

17/06/2017
Doha 17 June 2017 (QNA) The Qatar Charity (QC) has revealed that the number of cooperation and partnership agreements it has signed with United Nations organizations, agencies, humanitarian organizations and international and regional donors reached 93 agreements , with cooperation amounting to more than US $ 126.3 million. A report issued by the QC said...

Turkey's Exports to Qatar of Fruits and Vegetables Rise 724%

17/06/2017
Antalya, Turkey 17 June 2017 (QNA) Turkish exports of fresh fruits and vegetables to the State of Qatar have increased significantly in recent times, according to a statement issued by the West Mediterranean Exporters Association on Saturday. Turkey's exports of fruits and vegetables to Qatar in particular increased significantly, the Association's Chairman of the Board...

Trump Unveils New Cuba Travel Restrictions, Reversing Obama Admin Policy

17/06/2017
CNBC News 15 June 2017 President Donald Trump will unveil a new Cuba policy on Friday that will both seek to empower the Cuban people and severely limit travel to the communist nation, according to senior White House officials. Officials offered few insights about policy specifics, saying: "This is really the president's policy to announce."...

India : 5 Farmers killed in Police Firing During Protest

17/06/2017
Hindustan Times 07 June 2017 At least five farmers were killed and several injured in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district on Tuesday when police fired on protesters demanding better prices in the drought-ravaged region that recorded a farm suicide every five hours in 2016-17. Angry farmers ransacked and set ablaze a police outpost after the firing...

Qatar Rebuts Bahrain Destabilisation Claim

17/06/2017
Doha 17 June 2017 (QNA) Qatar has rejected accusations of attempting to undermine security in the neighboring Arab Gulf state of Bahrain. On Friday, Bahrain's official news agency BNA broadcast the recording of a 2011 phone call alleged to have taken place between Hamad bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, an adviser to Qatar's emir, and Hassan...

Israel Hopes GCC Rift will Intensify 'Hamas' Isolation'

16/06/2017
Nazareth, Palestine 16 June 2017 (AlJazeera News/ Jonathan Cook) Israel is seeking to exploit the rift between a Saudi-led bloc of Arab states and Qatar to advance its strategic interests in the region both against the Palestinian movement Hamas and against Iran, according to Israeli analysts. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt...

Saudi, Allies Working on List of Qatar Grievances

16/06/2017
London 16 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) 1030 PM Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Friday that a list of "grievances" involving Qatar was being drawn up and would be presented to Doha shortly. Speaking to journalists in Britain's capital, London, on Friday, Adel al-Jubeir called on Qatar to respond to what he claimed were international...

Afghanistan : UN Chief Calls for Peace and Compassion

16/06/2017
14 June 2017 – Expressing solidarity with Afghan people, in the wake of recent violence in the country, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today underscored the Organization's full commitment to work with the Government and people of the country to build a sustainable and prosperous future for them. “Peace is the solution […] the international...

President Trump Lambasted Former FBI Chief as a 'Leaker'

16/06/2017
Yahoo News 15 June 2017 President Donald Trump has lambasted James Comey, the former FBI director, as a "leaker" for making public his accounts of his meetings with the president.© AFP Brendan Smialowski) If there is one thing the White House has sought to hammer home about the FBI investigation into Russia's meddling in the...

Pakistan Asked HR Council to Respond to Gross HR Violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir

16/06/2017
Islamabad 16 June 2017 (APP): Pakistan has called upon the international community to urge India to put an immediate end to the ongoing bloodshed of innocent Kashmiris and behave as a responsible member of the international community by honoring its commitments and obligations under the international human rights and humanitarian law. Taking part in the...

China-Pakistan Study Centre Inaugurated in Islamabad

16/06/2017
Islamabad 16 June 2017 (APP) Advisor to the Prime Minister on foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, Friday terming Pakistan and China as “Iron Brothers” said the great friendship between the two has stood the tests of time and has moved from strength to strength under successive generations of leaders of both the countries, but in the...

IS Top Leader May Have Been Killed by Russian Airstrike in Syria

16/06/2017
Moscow 16 June 2017 (TAS) Russian President Vladimir Putin, "being the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, receives reports from the Defense Ministry on a regular basis," Kremlin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said, answering a question on whether the leader of the Islamic State (IS, terror organization outlawed in Russia) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been...

NHRC : Qatar Blockade Worse than Berlin Wall

16/06/2017
Doha AlJazeera News 16 June 2017 (0340 PM) The cutting of diplomatic ties, closure of air, land and sea and the restrictions placed on Qatar are "worse than the Berlin Wall", according to the chairman of Qatar's National Human Rights Committee (NHRC). Speaking in Geneva on Friday, Ali Bin Smaikh al-Marri called on the UN...

Hundred Dead Bodies Seen in Besieged Marawi, Philippines

15/06/2017
Philippines 15 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) A Philippines politician said residents fleeing besieged Marawi City have seen about 100 dead bodies in an area where the army and ISIL-linked fighters have clashed in the last three weeks. Zia Alonto Adiong, a local politician who is helping with relief efforts in Marawi, told reporters on Thursday...

US and Qatar Seal $ 12 bn Deal for F-15 Fighter Jets

15/06/2017
The United States and Qatar have signed a deal for the purchase of F-15 fighter jets with an initial cost of $12bn, as the US administration attempts to navigate an ongoing diplomatic crisis in the Gulf. The aircraft purchase was completed by Qatari Minister of Defence Khalid Al Attiyah and his US counterpart Jim Mattis...

India Beats Bangladesh, Faces Pakistan on Sunday in Final

15/06/2017
ICC Cricket.com 15 June 2017 India will meet Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 final, a dream match-up that few could have expected when the two sides met to kick off their campaigns. With India stomping over Bangladesh in a nine-wicket win in the second semi-final on Thursday, that match-up of rivals has become...
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