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A top Iranian official died from the coronavirus Monday as the outbreak stretches across the hardest-hit country outside of China, The Associated Press reported, citing state radio. The official, Mohammad Mirmohammadi, was a member of the Expediency Council which advises Iran's supreme leader. He reportedly died at a north Tehran hospital due to the virus. He was 71. His mother had reportedly died due...

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Qatar will this month become the first Arab country to host a regional research conference of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society. The conference, devoted to chemistry and chemical engineering in the MENA region, will be held at the Ritz-Carlton, Doha, from March 10 to 12 and represents only the second ACS conference to be held...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday issued the following decrees: 1. Decree No 5 of 2020 ratifying a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the field of legal and judicial training between the governments of Qatar and Turkey, signed in Doha on 15/11/2017, annexed to this decree and shall have the powers of law in line with...

QNA/Doha Weather inshore until 6 pm on Monday will be misty at places at first, becoming moderate temperature daytime with blowing dust to dusty at times, relatively cold by night, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report, warning of strong wind expected over most areas with poor visibility at times. Offshore, it will be misty with scattered clouds...

Ashghal has announced a temporary traffic direction shift on part of Al Mirqab Al Jadeed Street between C-Ring Road (Suhaim bin Hamad Street) towards the intersection of Al Mirqab Al Jadeed Street with Mohammed bin Qasim Street from tomorrow (March 4) for a period of two weeks. Traffic on 1km of the street will be converted from one lane...

THE ESSENTIAL QATAR GUIDE Travel & Accommodation Getting Here Hamad International Airport Opened in April 2014, the state-of-the-art Hamad International Airport is conveniently located just south of Doha city. HIA is a five-star airport by Skytrax and ranked Fourth Best Airport in the World by the 2019 Skytrax World Airport Awards, it can handle 8,700 passengers per hour and has an annual capacity...

Humanitarian assistance needs to be scaled up significantly to more than a million people displaced by fighting in northwest Syria, a senior UN aid official said on Monday, amid reports that children are freezing to death on the Turkish border. “People are traumatized and frightened and urgently need better access to shelter, food, sanitation, basic health services and protection”, said Kevin...

On Saturday the United Nations called for further reductions in violence in Afghanistan, and for the conditions for intra-Afghan peace talks to be met, following the announcement of an agreement between the United States and the Taliban. On February 29, the United States and the Taliban signed a peace agreement in Doha, the capital of Qatar, which includes guarantees to...

Tehran (IP) - China's ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Chang Hua, has appreciated the Iranian Red Crescent Society who sent the first shipment of humanitarian aid to Covid-19 patients in China, saying his country stands with Iranians until the complete elimination of the Coronavirus. Iran Press/Iran news: The Chinese ambassador after a meeting with Mahmoud Reza Piri the secretary-general...

Pompeo predicts 'rocky and bumpy' future in AfghanistanJason Ditz Posted onMarch 1, 2020CategoriesNewsTagsAfghanistan, Pompeo, Trump With a peace deal signed Saturday, the US occupation of Afghanistan has entered the beginning of the end, at least ideally. If all goes well, all American troops will be out of Afghanistan within 14 months. The ink on the paper is hardly dry, but US officials are already looking...

Virus continues to spread around world with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Indonesia among countries reporting first cases. by Kate Mayberry, Virginia Pietromarchi & Hamza Mohamed 2 hours ago Six people have died in the United States from the coronavirus with researchers warning the virus could have been circulating in the community for weeks, as more countries around the world reported their first...

OPEC ally Russia is not saying whether it will agree to further cuts to offset dent in demand from coronavirus. by Radmilla Suleymanova A worker overseas the loading of oil supplies into freight wagons at an oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia MORE ON OPEC Oil gets coronavirus rout reprieve on OPEC official reassurances4 days ago Coronavirus fears have oil prices over...

Ahead of Erdogan-Putin summit, Syrian opposition forces take strategic Idlib positions backed by Turkish drone power. by Mariya Petkova 5 hours ago Russian President Putin and Turkey's Erdogan are scheduled to meet in Moscow on March 5 about the raging war in Syria MORE ON BATTLE FOR IDLIB Saraqeb: Situation in flux as Syrian forces, rebel groups battletoday Erdogan says he...