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At least seven critically ill people in need of medical care and their relatives have been flown out of Yemen's rebel-held capital, Sanaa, on Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The WHO said on Twitter that the majority of the patients are women and children who suffer from conditions such as "aggressive forms of cancer and brain tumours, or who need organ transplants and...

Israel and Sudan have agreed to move towards forging normal relations for the first time, Israeli officials said on Monday, after the leaders of the two former foes met in Uganda. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan's sovereign council, in the city of Entebbe in central Uganda. More: Interactive - Israel's settlements: Over 50 years of land theft explained ...

Baghdad, Iraq - Evan al-Jaf was walking to her aunt's house in the Jadriya neighbourhood of Baghdad last month with three friends when she realised that a group of men had followed them from Tahrir Square, the city's main anti-government protest site. The 19-year-old, a volunteer field medic at the square and a first-year law student, said the men suddenly grabbed...

Slovenia’s first mosque opened in the capital Ljubljana yesterday after surmounting financial hurdles and right-wing opposition, 50 years after the initial request to build was made. Opponents of the project have repeatedly tried to halt it. Islamic community head Mufti Nedzad Grabus said the mosque’s opening was “a turning point in our lives”. “Slovenia is the last former Yugoslav state to get...

World War I drama 1917 was the big winner at the Baftas on Sunday, picking up seven awards including best picture and director for Sam Mendes, at a glittering ceremony that made headlines for a glaring lack of diversity among nominees. The thrilling drama, shot in what appears to be a single take, was also honoured in the outstanding British...

The Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros Co (AAB) Fleet Sales team has concluded a deal for supplying Toyota Camry Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) to Global Limousine. This comes in continuation of the success of the Toyota Hybrid Familiarisation programme held recently for top corporate customers, a press statement noted. The delivery of Camry HEVs took place at the AAB Tower Toyota showroom,...

Skyline Automotive, the official distribution partner of Hyundai Motor Company in Qatar, was a partner of The Color Run presented by Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First, for the second year in a row. As part of Skyline Automotive’s participation, the Hyundai Palisade flagship model was branded with The Color Run Love Tour theme and driven at the starting line to...

Qatar Charity (QC) has delivered food assistance and winter aid to the affected people, benefiting 13,000 persons from poor Syrian families. The aid comes as a continuation to Qatar Charity’s humanitarian efforts for the vulnerable Syrians, especially in view of the recent developments and nonstop internal displacement happening in Idlib and Aleppo. Delivering food aid, Qatar Charity distributed 84,000...

Katara – the Cultural Village yesterday honoured the finalists of Katara Award for Inventors. The inventors honoured include Dr Somaya al-Maadeed, head, Computer Science and Engineering Department at Qatar University; Dr El Tayeb Bentria, from Hamad bin Khalifa University; and Ghada Mubarak al-Maadeed. Dr Khaled bin Ibrahim al-Sulaiti, director general, Katara – the Cultural Village, said during the honouring ceremony that...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar (WCM-Q) have found that half of people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), with the majority having an active infection and in need of treatment. The research, published in the prestigious journal Addiction, estimated that over 220,000 people who currently...

Turkey has deployed additional armed vehicles and soldiers to its border with Syria as an intensifying military push by Syrian government forces in the country's last major rebel-held stronghold has prompted fears of a new refugee crisis. Backed by Russian jets, the Syrian troops have recently made large advances in Idlib province during the deadly offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee towards...

US President Donald Trump's Middle East plan for Israel-Palestine, announced on Tuesday, could open the door to multiple violations of international law, according to experts. The plan could lead to the annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank into Israel, including the vast majority of Israeli settlements, and was denounced by Palestinians, who were not involved in its making. More: 'Not an inch': Palestinians at...

Hundreds of students have marched in cities across Iraq to denounce the nomination of Mohammed Allawi as the country's next prime minister despite calls from influential Shia leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, for his supporters to clear roads and resume "day-to-day life". Anti-government protesters in Baghdad, Najaf and Nasiriya rejected the choice of Allawi, who they accuse of belonging to the same political establishment that...

New cases of infection with a novel strain of coronavirus, which emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, are being reported daily around the world. In China, at least 361 people have died, the government said on Monday. At least 17,205 people have been infected across the country. More: Timeline: How China's new coronavirus spread What we know so far about coronavirus ...