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US President Donald Trump will hold a campaign event in a Miami, Florida, megachurch on Friday to shore up support from Christian conservatives after a prominent evangelical publication questioned whether the faithful should support the Republican.
The event by Trump at the 7,000-capacity King Jesus International Ministry church has drawn fresh attention to his administration's ties to "prosperity gospel" preachers who tell...
Shell companies have come under attack for obscuring illicit money flowing into real estate. But it turns out they’re also a problem for the Pentagon.
Some Defense Department suppliers have used such front companies to fraudulently win manufacturing bids, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office study of Defense Department contractors.
In some cases, the shell companies helped contractors obscure that...
Libya's eastern-based parliament has voted unanimously against deals on security and maritime cooperation the UN-backed government in Tripoli signed with Turkey, days after Turkish legislators approved a troop deployment to chaos-wracked Libya.
The country has been split into rival eastern and western administrations since 2014.
The UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) currently controls Tripoli in northwestern Libya, and a parallel administration holding the east...
Russia has halted oil supplies to refineries in Belarus, the Belarusian state energy firm said on Friday, amid a new contract dispute that is also threatening large Russian oil deliveries to Western Europe crossing the country.
Belarus's state firm Belneftekhim said deliveries had been halted as of January 1.
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Police in France fatally shot a man near Paris after he stabbed several people in a park, killing one person and wounding two more, a prosecutor said.
The attack happened on Friday in the town of Villejuif, about 8km (5 miles) south of central Paris.
The man's motives weren't immediately clear.
Police cordoned off the area, and ambulances and police vehicles lined a road...
Croatia is in a social crisis and, with no substantial difference between two candidates currently vying for the presidency, there is little reason for optimism, according to the International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES).
On Sunday, Croatia's conservative incumbent President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and Zoran Milanovic, a former prime minister, will...
Sydney, Australia - Vickii Lett has been a volunteer wildlife carer in New South Wales (NSW) for 32 years.
While she says her work can sometimes be heartbreaking, this year she has witnessed Australia's wildlife being wiped out on an unprecedented scale by fires that continue to rage across the country.
"The scope of these fires is something we've never experienced before," said...
Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Bone and Joint Center has performed its 100th robot-assisted knee joint replacement surgery using MAKOplasty advanced technology.
In March 2018, the Bone and Joint Center became the first healthcare facility in Qatar and the Mena region to introduce this highly advanced surgical technology.
The surgery was performed at the centre’s Short Stay Unit by a team of...
As part of its commitment to promoting a vibrant literary and scholarly community across Qatar and the Middle East, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) will have a robust presence at Doha International Book Fair 2020.
For the 10th consecutive year, HBKU Press will participate in this book fair and launch an eclectic long list of books spanning all...
AG Convergence, as part of Argon Global Group of Companies, will conduct an event with the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MoTC) on external threats and solutions in the digital age titled ‘Cyber Security Solutions & Risk of External Threats in IT’.
AG Convergence’s partner, SECUREITLAB as a leading cybersecurity company, will present the session, which is a priority topic...
Ooredoo has announced that it will continue its support for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open at the 2020 event with Silver Sponsorship.
The 28th edition of the ATP 250 tournament, a popular fixture on the tour, is set to be held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha from January 6-11.
Some of the world’s top tennis players have...
* FM, Iranian leaders review new developments
Iranian President Dr Hassan Rouhani met in Tehran Saturday with HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.
At the beginning of the meeting, the foreign minister conveyed greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to the Iranian president, wishing the Iranian people further...
In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration granted a path to citizenship for about 4,000 Liberians living legally in the United States on humanitarian programs.
The provision was buried in the $738 billion defense appropriation bill for fiscal year 2020 under “Other Matters.” The bill, which was signed into law on Dec. 20, will allow these Liberians to apply for green cards under...
In a serene forest in Turku, 90 minutes west of Helsinki, is an 87-year-old decommissioned hospital that bears lessons for designing effective healthcare facilities. Commissioned by the Finnish government during the height of the tuberculosis outbreak in the 1930s that claimed thousands of lives throughout the country, the Paimio Sanatorium was conceived as “an instrument for healing.”
For husband-and-wife designers Alvar and Aino...
