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The Ministry of Interior (MoI), represented by the General Directorate of Traffic, launched a unified Driving Training System (DTS) and Monitoring Centre at the Traffic headquarters in Madinat Khalifa yesterday.
The Traffic Directorate also launched an automated 24-hour call centre service yesterday.
Considered a “first-of-its-kind” initiative in the region, the DTS and its monitoring system will function under the supervision of...
Soccer bosses are considering legal action after all 36 group matches of the Africa Cup of Nations were illegally broadcast on a Saudi Arabian pirate channel.
The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) issued a hard-hitting statement saying it would be joining forces with FIFA, UEFA, the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A to combat
the rogue channel, called beoutQ.
CAF spoke...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs' Special Envoy for Counterterrorism and Mediation in Conflict Resolution, Dr Mutlaq bin Majid al-Qahtani, has announced the success of the two-day Afghan peace talks held in Doha under the auspices of Qatar and Germany.
The Intra- Afghan Peace Talks, launched on Monday, and gathered many Afghan personalities representing many different parties in Afghanistan, in the...
HE Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Ahmed bin Hassan al-Hammadi met yesterday the UN Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC) delegation, currently visiting Qatar. The delegation includes participants from Europe and North America. The meeting dealt with the foreign policy of Qatar, the developments in the region and the development witnessed by the state under the blockade.
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The UN International Law Commission (ILC) resumed yesterday its 71st session in Geneva, with HE the Attorney-General Ali bin Fetais al-Marri participating in his capacity as member of the commission. The ILC first reviewed its agenda and discussed a number of topics on it. The ILC will discuss a number of important topics over the next few weeks. Some...
HE UN secretary-general’s humanitarian envoy Dr Ahmed bin Mohamed al-Muraikhi met yesterday a UNAOC Fellowship delegation visiting Qatar, with participants from Europe and North America. During the meeting, they reviewed the strategy of the secretary-general’s humanitarian envoy, his role and the main initiatives found in the strategy. In addition, they reviewed existing partnerships with different entities.
Source:gulf-times.com
Few skirmishes as heavy police presence keep both sides separated at 'Demand Free Speech' and 'All Out DC' rallies.
Washington, DC - Counterprotesters outnumbered members of the far-right Proud Boys group and their supporters at a Saturday rally that took place a few blocks from the White House in Washington, DC. Despite a large police presence and a few minor scuffles...
Journalists' union says a think-tank report on Turkish journalists working for foreign media 'incites people to hatred'.
A union of Turkish journalists has filed a legal complaint against an Ankara-based think-tank, alleging that a report published by it makes dozens of journalists working for foreign media organisations "public targets".
The 202-page report, which was released by the Foundation for Political Economic and Social Research...
Female delegates at intra-Afghan talks in Doha say many women pin hopes on them to advance dialogue on women's rights.
Doha, Qatar - Jamila Afghani, a prominent women's rights activist, was getting ready to address a peace dialogue attended by Afghan leaders and Taliban representatives in Doha, when she got the news of an attack back home.
Taliban fighters had just detonated a car bomb close to the...
Since the beginning of the cholera outbreak, Yemen has seen close to 1.5 million cases - one of them was my mother.
On April 18, I was sitting on a small chair next to bed number seven at the end of a stuffy hospital ward in Hodeidah, Yemen's key port city, thinking I was in the midst of a scene from a...
Another vessel anchors in Cypriot territorial waters, where Nicosia claims Ankara has no right to extract oil and gas.
A second Turkish ship planning to drill for oil and gas off the coast of Cyprus sailed on Monday to the waters northeast of the Mediterranean island.
The action triggered a strong protest from the Cypriot government in Nicosia, which called the move an...
Save the Children says 439,812 suspected cases recorded this year and at least 193 children have died.
In the first six months of 2019, Yemen has seen more suspected cholera cases than in the whole of 2018, according to an international aid organisation.
A total of 439,812 suspected cholera cases were so far identified with some 203,000 children among those affected, Save the Children said.
At...
Reuters reports Caracas turns to obscure trading firms to offload petroleum.
With sanctions blocking Venezuela from selling oil to the United States, state-owned energy firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has turned to several little-known buyers, mostly companies from China and India, says the Reuters news agency.
Among the purchasers is a small company based in Turkey with no refineries but ties to the government of President Nicolas Maduro, according to...
Emirati official says move part of transition from military to 'peace-first' strategy and Saudi Arabia was consulted.
The United Arab Emirates announced it will reduce its troop presence throughout war-torn Yemen, moving from a "military first" to a "peace first" strategy.
The Gulf state pulled out some of its forces from areas including the southern port of Aden and the western coast, an unnamed UAE...
