Doha
07 Jan 2017

Novak Djokovic has taken the first battle of the 2017 ATP World Tour season against Andy Murray, beating the Scot 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to defend his Qatar ExxonMobil Open title and exact revenge on the World No. 1.

In an electrifying final, the Serbian captured his first title since … Read More

Five people are dead and a shooting suspect is in custody Friday after a lone gunman opened fire at a baggage claim area in Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, shooting some people in the head without saying a word, witnesses and investigators said.

Various media reports claim a suspect Esteban … Read More

World No. 1 Tennis player Sir Andy Murray (U.K.) will play final match with Novak Djokovic (Serb) World No. 2 tomorrow at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Courts, Doha, Qatar targeting who will pick Golden Falcon Trophy in Qatar ExxonMobil Tennis Open Championship 2017.

Fernando Verdasco (Spain), World No. … Read More

Moscow
06 January 2017
TASS

General Valery Gerasimov, Russian Chief of the General Staff said on Friday that ‘Admiral Kuznetsov’ aircraft carrier naval group will be the first to leave the conflict area as per the decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Russian Defense Forces on the reduction of … Read More

MANILA
06 Jan. 2017 (PNA)

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte visited today, Friday the Russian large anti-submarine ship, which is anchored in the country this week for a goodwill visit.

President of Philippines arrived at Pier 15, Port Area in Manila at 12:58 p.m.(local time) and was accorded foyer honors by the Russian Navy.

President … Read More

Doha
05 January 2017
(QNA)

Hamad International Airport (HIA) today joined the top tier of global airports becoming the sixth airport in the world to receive the ‘5-Star Airport’ designation by Skytrax, the London-based aviation institute and the gold standard for conveying the passenger’s voice in airport and airline rankings. This makes HIA … Read More

Doha
05 January 2017
(QNA)

Anil Khanna, President of Asian Tennis Federation praised success of Qatar ExxonMobil 2017, saying it was an example to follow for other Asian tennis competitions.

He said that the competition became one of the most prominent in the World and could continue to get more popular due to … Read More

Doha
04 January 2017
(QNA)

Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Interior Minister of State of Qatar met Wednesday with Mohammad Ali Sobhani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to State of Qatar.

During the meeting, they reviewed aspects of mutual cooperation between the two countries and ways of … Read More

Doha
04 January 2017

Chris Wood and Andy Sullivan will both compete at the 20th Commercial Bank Qatar Masters from 26-29 January just four months after making their Ryder Cup debuts and two months after representing England at the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf.

Wood, 29, won his first European Tour … Read More

Doha
04 January 2017
(QNA)

Emir of State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met at the Emiri Diwan on Wednesday with Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines Wilfredo C. Santos and Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador Guillermo Rubio Funes, who called on HH the Emir to greet … Read More

03 January 2017
Doha

Ambassador of India to State of Qatar, P. Kumaran formally announced the setting up of Indian Sports Centre (ISC) in Doha. Addressing to media this morning, Indian envoy highlighted about the initiative of Doha based prominent members of Indian community for promoting sports activities among Indian youth and … Read More

Doha
03 January 2017

Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) has relocated to its new building in Education City.

NU-Q has been housed in the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar building since it established programs in Education City in 2008.

The new building was recently awarded a LEED Gold certification, which is a mark of … Read More