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Organisers and activists have warned that immigration authorities in the United States detained and questioned at length dozens of individuals owing to their Iranian descent, a claim that Customs and Border Patrol dismissed as "false".
Activists and the Washington, DC chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) said immigration authorities detained and questioned at least 60 Iranians and Iranian-Americans over the...
Kathmandu, Nepal - Back in 2011, on the day Ramesh Bishwokarma opened his restaurant in the packed tourist quarter of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, his very first Chinese customer walked in, saw Nepalese workers inside, then turned around and left.
"I ran up to him and asked him, Why? Was it the cost? Was it the menu? Was it the fact that...
After ousting his protege-turned-foe from the helm of Tata Sons Pvt. in a boardroom coup three years ago, Ratan Tata was looking forward to a partial retirement. Instead, he's fighting the battle all over again -- this time in a court.
India's Supreme Court is expected to hear as early as this week an appeal by the $111-billion conglomerate to...
Many students and teachers have been injured after they were allegedly attacked by members of right-wing students' group in New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday.
Witnesses said violence followed a public meeting organised by the JNU Teachers Association in connection with a rise in hostel charges for the students announced some weeks ago.
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As India's JNU protests fee increase, poor...
Beirut, Lebanon - Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has promised to target US forces in the region in retaliation for the killing of top Iranian and Iraqi commanders in a United States drone attack earlier this week.
On Friday, Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, an elite branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy leader of the Iraqi Popular...
Six Katyusha rockets fell in Baghdad, including three inside the capital's heavily fortified Green Zone housing government buildings and foreign missions, the Iraqi military said.
The three other rockets fell in the nearby Jadriya area, the military's statement said on Sunday.
Police sources said six people were wounded in the attacks.
Witnesses told AFP news agency two rockets hit near the US...
The United Nations Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Monday about the situation in Libya, as Turkish troops begun deploying to the country in a bid to shore up the UN-recognised government in Tripoli.
The meeting, held at Russia's request, is formally focused on an international conference on Libya that Germany hopes to organise by month's end. So far,...
US President Donald Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric with Iran and Iraq late on Sunday, warning of a "major retaliation" if Iran strikes back for the US assassination of one of its top military commanders and threatening sanctions on Iraq after its parliament called on American troops to leave the country.
Trump and his advisers have been defending the drone attack that killed Iranian...
Strong winds are expected in some places Monday along with cool conditions around the country, the weather forecast shows. Offshore areas, too, are also likely to see strong winds Monday along with high seas, according to the Qatar Met department.
Doha and other parts of the country experienced some rain and thundery conditions Sunday, particularly in the evening, as had...
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Qatar University has adopted, for the first time, an electronic system for inductory meetings for new students in the spring semester 2020, which started yesterday and will continue until January 9 for all colleges.
Chairman of the Strategic Initiative Committee on the Electronic Induction Programme Dr
Nizam Hindi said that the online induction meeting aims to develop the educational process at...
The Ministry of Culture and Sports, represented by the QFPD, is set to launch the first edition of the Doha Publishing Fellowship Programme (DPFP) on Sunday January 12, in co-operation with Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Press.
This year’s inaugural DPFP will host 42 Qatari, Arab and foreign publishers from 22 countries around the world in a two-day forum boasting...
As part of its aim to promote the exploration of different countries and cultures, the Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII), part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, has opened registration for its spring 2020 language courses.
Courses available for children, teenagers and adults, include Arabic, German, French, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish. Meanwhile, adults...
Ooredoo announced yesterday that its Ooredoo ONE entertainment is available on the go with Ooredoo tv App.
The Ooredoo tv App enables Ooredoo ONE customers to access more than 60 channels at home or when they are out and about at no extra cost.
Viewers can choose from a whole host of genres, from kids, series and movies, to news and...
Vodafone Qatar has launched the first offer of 2020 that gives postpaid and prepaid customers the opportunity to enjoy unlimited entertainment through a complimentary subscription to the online streaming service, WAVO by OSN.
On WAVO, viewers can watch exclusive award-winning series that are not available anywhere else, the biggest Hollywood blockbusters, Arabic shows and movies, a great selection of Western...
