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Montreal, Canada - Canada's Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to a contentious, multibillion-dollar oil pipeline, effectively giving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project the green light to move forward. In its unanimous decision, the court said the government's consultation process with indigenous groups "was anything but a rubber-stamping exercise". More: Interactive: Nations Divided: Mapping Canada's pipeline battle Indigenous peoples...

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 490 as of Tuesday, after Hubei, the province where the virus is thought to have originated, reported 65 people had died from the flu-like infection. China's National Health Commission said on Wednesday the number of confirmed infections in the country rose to 24,324 after an additional 3,887 people were diagnosed with the virus. More: Coronavirus:...

A top Iranian diplomat has said his country is open to resolving differences with its Gulf rivals, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, "as quickly as possible". Tehran's ambassador to Iraq, Iraj Masjedi, said in remarks published on Tuesday that his government "welcomes efforts to resolve issues either from inside Iraq or any other country in the region". Masjedi said top Iranian commander, Qassem...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Ankara and Moscow should resolve differences over the conflict in Syria's Idlib region without anger after a deadly flare-up in violence challenged the fragile cooperation between the two sides. The two countries support opposing sides in Syria's nearly nine-year war, but have worked together to contain the bloodshed partially and have forged close defence ties in recent years. Russia supports...

Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations envoy to Libya has said representatives of the country's rival factions attending talks in Geneva agree in principle to turning a fragile truce into a lasting ceasefire, as he decried ongoing violations of an arms embargo by both sides and their backers. Addressing reporters in the Swiss city, Ghassan Salame said on Tuesday his office had collected evidence...

Ankara, Turkey - Since last April, Syrian government forces have conducted an off-and-on military campaign to retake the final rebel stronghold in northwestern Idlib province. More than 1,000 civilians have been killed while hundreds of thousands of others have been displaced. In the early hours of Monday, the offensive took a dramatic and potentially critical turn when forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed eight...

United States senators largely cleaved neatly to party lines on Tuesday as they gave their justifications for voting to acquit or convict the president on the articles of impeachment that were passed by the House of Representatives and argued in a 12-day trial in the Senate. Speaking on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the chamber's top Republican, exhorted his colleagues to...

Washington, DC - President Donald Trump is expected to hone in on issues such as job growth and the performance of the United States economy in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, a political theme he hopes to ride to re-election in November. Assured now by Republican allies of an expected acquittal in his Senate impeachment trial, the nationally televised speech is a chance...

Masskar Hypermarket and Zarabi Department Store are celebrating their ninth anniversary at Wathnan Mall. The celebration, which began on February 1, continues until February 7. In a “one-of-its-kind” promotion at Masskar Hypermarket, the retailer is offering customers a QR50 gift voucher for every purchase of QR500. The voucher can be redeemed at Zarabi Department Store. Masskar Hypermarket is also offering a gift card...

Non-profit youth-centred organisation Injaz Qatar recently hosted an annual appreciation lunch in Doha to honour education partners who supported its programmes for the 2018-2019 academic year. The event was led by Sheikha Hanadi bint Nasser al-Thani, the founding chair of Injaz Qatar and chair of Injaz Al Arab, and Fawziya Abdulaziz al-Khater, the assistant undersecretary for Educational Affairs at the...

The Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) and its member organisations – Aspire Academy, Aspetar and Aspire Logistics – will organise more than 20 unique events for all members of the community to mark National Sport Day (NSD) on February 11, it was announced. The AZF will also host more than 18 entities participating in the NSD celebrations, offering something for people...

Qatar Airways has become the official airline sponsor of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to support its efforts towards cancer prevention and control. The announcement comes on the 20th anniversary of World Cancer Day. The UICC is a non-governmental organisation focused on leading initiatives that unite and support the cancer community to ensure cancer control continues to be...

The three-day seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical Safety and Security Management for Member States of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Asia Region, organised by the National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons (NCPW) in co-operation with OPCW, started yesterday. In his speech at the opening of the seminar, Chairman of the...

Academy Award-winning American sound designer Mark Mangini, Cannes Film Festival veterans American director James Gray and Austrian film director and screenwriter Jessica Hausner are confirmed as the first three Qumra Masters of the Doha Film Institute’s (DFI) annual talent incubator for emerging global talent, taking place from March 20-25. In the 6th edition of Qumra, the three prolific filmmakers will...