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HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to Dr Abdelaziz Djerad on the occasion of his appointment as prime minister of Algeria. Doha Institute Arabic courses registration opens The Language Centre at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies announced that it has opened its doors for registration...

Ooredoo has announced a simplified prepaid SIM card package specially designed for visitors to Qatar. The new, simplified Ooredoo Visitor SIM enables visitors to stay in touch with family and friends back home, as well as stay connected to the Ooredoo Supernet within Qatar, with an easy-to-use package that includes local and international calls, and local data. The Ooredoo Visitor SIM...

Nine Qatari projects have been nominated to the third phase of the ninth edition of the World Summit on Information Society Prizes 2020 (WSIS2020), sponsored by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) announced yesterday. The nine Qatari projects are “SafeSpace” under “C5: Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs”, “Open Data” portal...

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) and Al-Azhar University Gaza (AUG) have celebrated the inauguration of the university’s new toxicology and pharmacology lab, under a project to establish specialist medical labs at Gaza medical education institutions. Held at the Gaza City campus, the ceremony was attended by the AUG Board of Trustees and top management, as well as public figures, representatives...

A student at the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), recently addressed the United Nations (UN) Alliance for Civilisations (UNACO) fellowship alumni, during the event at the UN Headquarters in New York. Mohamed Alazemi, a comparative religion programme student and president of the CIS Student Council, spoke on peace building in the Middle East. He...

Qatar’s efforts to promote the sustainable adoption of water, energy and food (WEF) technologies provided the backdrop for a recent experts’ workshop by the College of Law at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). The two-day event also sought to strengthen collaboration between WEF nexus researchers in Qatar and the United Kingdom. Organised in partnership with the Institute of Advanced Studies, University...

Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Nesma’ak customer service centre has achieved Centre of Excellence certification by BenchmarkPortal, a global leader in the contact centre industry. The Centre of Excellence designation is one of the most prestigious and coveted awards in the customer service and support industry. Maryam Hamad al-Marri, senior supervisor, Nesma’ak Hamad Patient Contact Centre, said caring for all of HMC’s...

Protesters marching against the French government's planned pension reform have clashed with police in the capital, Paris, as police fired tear gas to disperse some the groups. France's trade unions have spearheaded nationwide strikes since early December in an outcry over President Emmanuel Macron's pensions overhaul, disrupting schools, railways and roads, while lending support to regular protests. On Saturday, anti-government movement...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has appointed a little-known academic and retired diplomat as the country's new prime minister, who vowed to win back people's trust after months of street protests. Abdelaziz Djerad, 65, was asked by Tebboune on Saturday to form Algeria's next government, according the official APS news agency. More: Death of Algeria's Gaid Salah leaves uncertainty and opportunity Abdelmadjid Tebboune: Who is Algeria's new...

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered near the Russian consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Saturday to protest the intensifying Russian and Syrian government attacks on Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib. The demonstrators, mostly Syrians living in Turkey, gathered close to the Russian consulate in downtown Istanbul to "show the world that Russia is complicit" in the killing of civilians...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened a meeting of top ruling party officials, ahead of a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for Washington to shift its stance on stalled nuclear talks, state media reported on Sunday. The plenary session, which opened on Saturday, follows widespread speculation that North Korea is preparing to test an intercontinental ballistic missile. More: North Korea claims another successful test...

At least 28 people have been killed in two separate road crashes in Egypt, according to medical and security sources. The death toll in a collision between a minibus carrying workers and a truck rose to 22 after four people died of injuries sustained in the accident. The collision took place on Saturday in the Suez Canal city of Port Said. The cause of the...

The South Pacific island nation of Samoa has lifted a six week-state of emergency after the infection rate from a measles outbreak that killed 81 people was brought under control. The highly-infectious disease swept through Samoa in November, infecting more than 5,600 people. Most of the victims were babies and young children. More: What's the cure for misinformation on vaccines? Unvaccinated hang red...

AFP/Manila The death toll from Typhoon Phanfone’s battering of the Philippines on Christmas Day has risen to 28, and will likely climb further, authorities said yesterday. The storm, with wind gusts of up to 200 kilometre per hour, swept across remote villages and popular tourist destinations in the central Philippines on Wednesday. Authorities yesterday confirmed 28 people had died, up from 16...