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Twitter and Square co-founder Jack Dorsey recently announced that he plans to spend a quarter to half of the coming year in Africa. His 2020 travels appear to be work-related, unlike his 2018 retreat to a monastery in Myanmar, where Dorsey practiced silent meditation for 10 days.
The news came as Dorsey was leaving Ethiopia after a three-week visit to several African...
Conservative “pro-family” advocacy groups with US ties are targeting increasingly inclusive sex education lesson plans being developed by the South African education department as part of the life orientation curriculum.
Three groups in particular are vehemently opposed to the new content. They are Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA), the conservative teachers’ union SAOU, and the Family Policy Institute. The three organizations are calling...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron over his criticism of Turkey's military operation in northeast Syria, saying that he was suffering "brain death".
Erdogan's comments on Friday - just days before a NATO summit that both leaders will attend - came in response to Macron's much-publicised claim from a November 7 interview that the alliance was suffering "brain death"...
Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Friday he would step down after two months of street protests across the country's south and centre.
The announcement came hours after Iraq's top Shia religious leader, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, released a statement calling for a change in leadership in Iraq. On Thursday, powerful Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr, who leads the largest bloc in...
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has submitted his resignation to parliament amid ongoing anti-government protests in the capital Baghdad and in southern Iraq.
The prime minister had announced on Friday he would hand in his resignation amid mounting pressure a day after more than 40 demonstrators were killed by security forces.
The formal resignation came after an emergency cabinet session...
Israeli forces have shot dead an 18-year-old Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
The ministry identified the man as Badawi Masalmeh, adding that Israeli soldiers took his body after he died on Saturday.
The Israeli army said its forces spotted three people hurling firebombs at Israeli vehicles, which local media said belonged...
After its resounding success last year, HEC Paris held its second edition of Entrepreneurship Day for all participants of the HEC Paris International Executive MBA (EMBA) Class of 2020 at
Tornado Tower.
The event provided the perfect platform for industry experts to share their expertise with the participants and discuss the initiatives they have in place to
support local entrepreneurs.
“It gives me...
The embassy of Peru recently hosted a reception to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Peru and Qatar. Led by Peru’s ambassador to Qatar, Jose Benzaquen Perea, the event was attended by a number of Qatari dignitaries, diplomats from different countries and other guests.
The Peruvian envoy, in his address, welcomed Ibrahim Yousif Abdullah Fakhroo,...
Gulf Times and Arrayah newspapers, in association with Northwestern University, are hosting a four-day Masterclass on how ordinary people can engage in news coverage of sports in Qatar. Running from tomorrow until December 5, the programme is open to all sports enthusiasts in Qatar.
Gulf Times Editor-in-Chief Faisal Abdulhameed al-Mudahka and Arrayah Editor-in-Chief Abdullah bin Ghanim al-Ali al-Mohannadi announced the...
Violence has continued in the capital Baghdad and southern Iraq with reports of at least seven protesters killed despite Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announcing his intention to resign.
Security and hospital officials said one protester was killed and 18 wounded on Friday by security forces who fired live rounds and tear gas to repel them on Baghdad's historic Rasheed Street, near...
Qatar's foreign minister made an unannounced visit to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, last month, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Reuters News Agency, a move that may signal an apparent thaw in the two-year-old regional diplomatic dispute.
During his visit, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met senior Saudi officials and made an offer to end the rift between Qatar...
Geneva, Switzerland - A month after the creation of a constitutional committee formed to amend Syria's constitution, its members have failed to reach an agreement over a common agenda, a United Nations official has said.
Opposition members on Friday blamed representatives of the government's delegation for the failure to kick-start a long-awaited process meant to revise the Syrian constitution of 2012 that would usher in...
Angry motorists blocked roads with their vehicles in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Friday, creating traffic jams to protest a strike by owners of gas stations demanding an increase in gasoline prices as the local currency drops and the nation slides deeper into a financial crisis.
The road closures around Lebanon came as President Michel Aoun headed a meeting of the country's...
FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 match ticket holders will benefit from free travel on the Doha Metro, according to a report on the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) website.
Anyone with a printed match ticket will be eligible to collect a free standard class Day Pass from any Metro station on match days. Tickets will be available...
