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HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti held a number of meetings with officials from different countries in Montreal, Canada, yesterday. He met with the State Minister for Aviation of Nigeria, Hadi Sirika, and discussed aspects of co-operation in the fields of transportation services and civil aviation and the means of further enhancing them in addition to...

Volker's resignation follows Congress order for him to answer questions in impeachment inquiry on Trump. Kurt Volker, the Unites States special representative on Ukraine who got caught in the middle of a whistle-blower complaint over President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, has resigned, according to a US official. Volker's departure is the first since the emergence of reports that Trump may have abused his presidential powers and...

Will your country's leader take the podium on Saturday? What should you watch for at the 74th UNGA session? World leaders are gathering at the United Nations headquarters in New York City this week for the 74th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). All eyes will be on the general debate podium from September 24 to 30 when dozens of leaders will...

Transcripts of Trump's calls with Russian and Saudi Arabian leaders were concealed, New York Times reports. The White House restricted access to the transcripts of US President Donald Trump's calls containing sensitive conversations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Saudi Arabia, according to a media report. Following the practice put in place after previous leaks, the documents were concealed in the...

All the latest updates as US House launches official impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the United States' House of Representatives, has announced a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election-year clash between Congress and the president. The announcement on Tuesday came amid reports Trump may...

PM calls on Washington not to punish the Sudanese people for 'crimes' committed by Omar al-Bashir's government. Sudan's new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has urged the United States to remove Khartoum from its list of state sponsors of "terrorism", saying sanctions imposed by Washington were causing "tremendous suffering" to the Sudanese people. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly late on Friday, Hamdok said Sudan was seeking to...

At UNGA, Syrian finance minister also says 'no deadline' should be imposed over a constitutional body proposed recently. Syria has demanded the immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces from its territories and stated that it reserves the right to take action if they remain inside the country. "The United States and Turkey maintain an illegal military presence in northern Syria," Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said in...

A delegation from the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre (QICDRC) took part in the Annual Conference of the International Bar Association Seoul (IBA 2019) from September 22-27, highlighting Qatar’s commitment to the highest international standards of the resolution of civil and commercial disputes. The conference’s opening remarks were delivered by a line-up of eminent figures, including the President...

The Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Centre (QTTSC) at Qatar University’s College of Engineering (QU-CENG) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Road Federation (IRF) to establish collaboration on the exchange of information and expertise on traffic safety. QU vice-president for Academic Affairs Dr Omar al-Ansari and IRF director-general Susanna Zammataro signed the MoU in the presence...

Mowasalat (Karwa), represented by its Karwa Driving School (KDS) team, has participated in a research study conducted by Qatar University (QU) with the aim of identifying the personal attributes of professional drivers in Qatar and their influence of risky driving behaviour. The study revealed that risky driving behaviour could be attributed to the mode of transportation, origin and years of...

Personal experiences and adventures are part of the Land Rover landscape and the new Defender maintains this rich heritage, allowing customers to personalise their vehicle to fit their lives “with more choice than ever before”. The “most accessorised and personalised Land Rover ever produced” will be available in 90 and 110 body designs and the Defender, S, SE, HSE and...

Swiss watchmaker HYT has said its H0 Middle East Edition is “staking out promising new territory in Doha”. Marking the opening of the brand’s first store in the Middle East, on September 24, this “seven-strong limited edition is an invitation to discover the origins of time’s fluidity, embedded in the allure of the present and future”, according to a press...

To address the cybersecurity challenges, Georgetown University in Qatar (GUQ) and the Community College of Qatar (CCQ) have partnered to co-found the Cyber Security Research Group (CSRG). The CSRG will be launched at a public lecture sponsored by Commercial Bank, featuring a panel of experts discussing “Cybersecurity in a Small State: Protecting the Homeland” at 6pm on October 1, at...

Qatar Postal Services Company (Qatar Post) has announced that it is adding another market to its Connected network for online shoppers in Qatar, three years into the successful launch of its international e-commerce parcel forwarding service. Following the UK and the US, Singapore marks the latest virtual address for Connected global expansion, Qatar Post has said in a statement. With this addition...