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Some supporters of Pakistan’s largest opposition party threw punches yesterday in clashes with police as a top leader, Maryam Nawaz, was remanded to custody on corruption charges filed by a national anti-graft agency. Maryam, daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and a scion of the family that dominated politics for three decades, was arrested on Thursday over fraud accusations...

Demonstrators crowded the arrivals hall at Hong Kong airport yesterday, handing out anti-government leaflets and waving banners in a dozen languages in a bid to raise awareness among visitors ahead of weekend rallies planned across the city. About a thousand protesters, mostly young and wearing black T-shirts, held a sit-in and distributed flyers headlined “Dear travellers” above artwork depicting the...

Al Khor and Al Thakhira Municipality’s Public Gardens Section has made all the necessary preparations to get all the public gardens and Al Khor Family Park ready to receive visitors during Eid holidays. The Section has carried out various maintenance and cleaning works and also ensured that security services would be available round-the-clock during the holidays. The parks would...

Doha Municipality, in co-operation with Al Khair Alwan (Varieties of Good) Initiative, a local community charity project, organised a honouring ceremony to felicitate the workers of the Gardens Section. The workers were given gifts, mementos and new clothes as a mark of appreciation of their hard work. They also attended a medical check-up programme. Source:gulf-times.com

*Move to withdraw complaint show allegations made against Qatar were false and baseless The State of Qatar announced Friday that its permanent mission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has received a formal communication indicating that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had withdrawn its WTO complaint concerning certain alleged measures adopted by Qatar. Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed in a...

The Amiri Diwan announced that His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will receive well-wishers on the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha at Al Wajbah Palace on the first day of the Eid, in the following order: Immediately after the Eid prayer until 6:15am, the Amir will receive Their Excellencies sheikhs, ministers, the Speaker of the Shura...

The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has prepared 388 mosques and prayer grounds in various areas of the country for the blessed Eid al-Adha prayer, including 67 mosques and prayer grounds with places reserved for women. The ministry announced that Eid al-Adha prayers will be performed at 5.20am, 15 minutes after shurooq (sunrise). Source:gulf-times.com

A massive military communications satellite that promises jam-proof communications for US war fighters was flown into space from Florida this morning on a rocket built by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing. The mission, just the first flight of an Atlas V rocket in 2019, had been delayed by nearly two months after a...

An autonomous police robot patrolling the streets of Huntington Park, California is scanning license plates, logging IP addresses, and using facial recognition technology that alerts cops to the presence of “blacklisted” passersby. Details of the contraption’s capabilities were confirmed through a Freedom of Information Act request by MuckRock, a nonprofit FOIA clearinghouse in Boston. The Knightscope K5, weighing 400 lbs and...

Ghana has designated 2019 as the Year of Return to commemorate 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in the United States. The government has been running a massive marketing campaign targeting African Americans and the diaspora, and various events have been arranged. The focus has been on memorializing the liberation from slavery. But it has also...

Rights groups cautions visitors to the US, saying Washington is 'unwilling to ensure protection against gun violence'. A prominent human rights group has issued a travel warning for the United States following two mass shootings that killed 31 people in the states of Ohio and Texas. Travellers to the US should be "extra vigilant at all times and be wary of the ubiquity...

Turkey and the US reached a deal for northern Syria on Wednesday to establish joint operations centre. The Syrian government has called the agreementbetween Turkey and the United States regarding a safe zone in northern Syria a "blatant attack" on the country's sovereignty. On Wednesday, Turkey and the US reached a deal to establish a joint operations centre to coordinate and manage the setting up of a safe...

Oil consumption is dropping globally, while the US-China trade war has also hit the outlook for black gold. Oil rebounded from the lowest level since January after Saudi Arabia contacted other producers to discuss options to stem a rout that's been driven by the worsening U.S.-China trade war. Futures rose as much as 3.4% in New York, clawing back much of...

The first day of this year's Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca will be Friday, August 9. For Muslims, the Hajj re-enacts the actions of the Prophet Muhammad in his "farewell pilgrimage" in 632 AD. It is a central pillar of the Islamic faith meant to cleanse followers of sin and bring them closer to God. The pilgrimage is obligatory once in a lifetime for all Muslims...