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Hajar Raissouni denied having an abortion and denounced the trial as being politically motivated. A court in Morocco has sentenced journalist Hajar Raissouni to a year in jail for having had an "illegal" abortion and sexual relations outside of marriage. The 28-year-old's Sudanese fiance and gynaecologist on Monday were also handed one and two-year jail sentences, respectively, while an anaesthetist and medical assistance...

Coalition spokesman denounces rebels' claim to have captured thousands of troops as a 'farce'. The Saudi-UAE-led military coalition battling Yemen's Houthi rebel movement has rejected as a "farce" a claim by the rebels to have captured "thousands of enemy troops", including Saudi forces. A Houthi spokesperson said in a televised statement on Saturday that the operation in late August near the...

A new study carried out by Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Hamad Trauma Centre has found that not only are child car seats in Qatar in compliance with European standards, they are also available at reasonable prices. The results of the study pave the way for efforts to support the implementation of a law on the use of child seats in...

Future doctors were celebrated recently at the annual White Coat Ceremony of the College of Medicine, Qatar University (QU). The College of Medicine, a member of QU Health, celebrated this significant milestone for its fourth year running, for 72 students who are expected to graduate in 2024. Of this number, 21 are Qataris. The ceremony was attended by vice-president for medical and...

Jordanian Minister of Labour Nidal Bataineh has praised the efforts of the State of Qatar to provide job opportunities for Jordanians, as well as the efforts exerted by both sides to speed up the implementation of the directives aimed at providing thousands of job opportunities for Jordan’s youth to enable them to contribute to the development witnessed in the...

National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Secretary-General Maryam bint Abdullah al-Attiyah has stressed that the promotion and protection of children’s rights is one of the pillars of the committee’s vision to promote human rights in the State of Qatar. She said that NHRC will continue to urge the government to enact laws and legislation to protect children from all forms of...

Qatar University Press (QU Press) yesterday initiated the procedures for signature of contracts with six authors whose books were selected to be its first publications at the opening of the academic year 2019/2020. Implemented in accordance with the highest international publishing standards adopted by the QU Press, the selection and publication of these books took place in the presence of...

Ooredoo launched yesterday IoT Connect Single SIM, a new Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled solution for Qatar’s organisations to manage their IoT device data usage. Ooredoo IoT Connect enables organisations to track and manage networked devices with an online portal, measure data consumption, and flag international roaming connections. With IoT Connect Single SIM, organisations can automatically set, monitor, and limit data allowances for...

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah visited the Military Technical College in Oman yesterday. During the visit, he was accompanied by Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Military Technical College Air Vice Marshal Matar bin Ali bin Matar...

The Security Committee of the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 continues to secure venue locations at Khalifa International Stadium and Doha Corniche, as well as facilities such as athletes’ residence and official delegations, through the implementation of advanced security plans to secure these sites, or the development of effective security solutions and immediate solutions for any emergency. Captain Mubarak Bilal...

Accident investigators looking into the 737 Max crashes have implicated a key system known as MCAS. Now it appears that a version of the system Boeing created years earlier for a military fuel tanker had a better design. That’s according to a Wall Street Journal report published today on the system’s history and the push to build safeguards into it for the...

DRUG CLOTHES You can now buy incredibly expensive, incredibly stupid CBD-infused athleisure wear By Natasha Frost6 hours ago The people have gone without for much too long. Such is the conclusion of athleisure brand Acabada ProActiveWear—as yet unaffiliated with Goop—which took a close look at the intersection of A) people who enjoy $100-plus athleisure wear and B) ones who like CBD oil and wondered, in...

Army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah says the military will not support any candidate in presidential polls expected in December. Algeria's powerful army chief has said the military will not back any candidate in a presidential election set for December to choose a successor to ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. "We affirm that only the people will pick the next president through ballot boxes,...

Demonstrators march in front of government headquarters and block roads in Beirut, decrying economic crisis. Protesters blocked roads across Lebanon's capital city in demonstrations against deteriorating conditions as the country grapples with an economic and financial crisis that has stoked fears of currency devaluation. The demonstrators gathered shortly before noon in the central Martyrs Square in Beirut on Sunday. Several hundred then marched along a main...