Education minister praises conduct of Junior Science Olympiad tests

HE the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Mohamed Abdul Wahed Ali al-Hammadi  has praised the performance of students of 70 countries in...

HBKU faculty contributes to disability conference

A faculty member from the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) is contributing to proceedings at the ongoing...

Iran nuclear deal stays alive after talks, avoids sanctions blow The...

European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal have demanded that Iran stop taking steps away from the accord but stopped short of triggering a mechanism that...

Qatar foreign minister: Gulf crisis has ‘moved from stalemate’ Sheikh Mohammed...

Qatar's foreign minister has said he hopes for "progress" in the efforts to resolve the Gulf diplomatic crisis following talks with Saudi Arabia, adding that the parties have...

Several killed in central Baghdad as assailants fire live rounds At...

At least 19 people, including protesters and three police officers, have been killed in Baghdad in an attack by unidentified gunmen near the Iraqi...

Florida shooting: Saudi king orders cooperation with US officials A Saudi...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman told US President Donald Trump on Friday he has directed his security services to cooperate with US authorities investigating the deadly shooting at a...

ICSS, Sorbonne University organise conference on sport volunteerism

The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), through its programme “Save the Dream”, and the Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University organised the EU-funded First International...

QCDC releases ninth edition of Career Guide

Qatar Career Development Centre (QCDC) has released the ninth edition of its annual Career Guide magazine, which features a slew of articles, interviews, and...

Navy celebrates graduation of courses

The Qatar Amiri Navy celebrates the graduation of a number of courses for the 2019 training year. Source:gulf-times.com

Qatar’s climate-friendly plan for WC 2022 highlighted at COP25

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has presented an event, ‘Technology to meet climate change challenges and creating value from CO2’, on the...

“The Indian government’s stand on data localisation is a bit of...

Indians’ long wait for a policy framework that safeguards their privacy, at work and in personal spaces, may end soon. Yesterday (Dec. 4), the Narendra...

Lebanon to start government formation talks as protests persist Demonstrators reject...

Consultations to form a new government in Lebanon will formally begin on Monday, the presidency has announced, more than a month after a wave of protests...

Lebanese banks to cap interest paid on deposits Half of the...

Lebanese banks will impose new caps on interest rates on deposits and pay savers half the interest due on foreign currency holdings in Lebanese...

Muhasasa, the political system reviled by Iraqi protesters Demonstrators demand removal...

Baghdad, Iraq - "No to muhasasa, no to political sectarianism," chanted protesters in Baghdad's Tahrir Square as calls for a complete overhaul of the political...