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The Muslim Brotherhood leader was the country's first democratically elected president but was removed in a 2013 coup. Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, has died at the age of 67 after a court appearance in Cairo, according to state media. A member of the Muslim Brotherhood organisation, Morsi came to office in June 2012 after winning 51.7 percent of the vote in a national election, in...

Ayeni Olusegun Doha Qatar made a dream Copa America debut in Brazil as goals from Almoez Ali and Boualem Khoukhi sealed a 2-2 comeback draw for the Asian champions against two-time winners Paraguay at the iconic Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. The result means Qatar are tied second in Group B with Paraguay ahead of Argentina who are bottom...

QNA Marrakesh The 6th meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Executive Committee at the level of senior officials held in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, reviewed Qatar’s successful strategies and experience in political decision-making in achieving comprehensive development in Qatar through social spending, economic diversification and the adoption of an ambitious development plan --...

Hammadi meets Ugandan official: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr Ahmed bin Hassan al Hammadi met with Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uganda Patrick Mugoya in Doha on Sunday. They reviewed the bilateral relations between the two countries and the ways to develop them, in addition to matters of common concern. (QNA) Source:qatar-tribune.com

Tribune News Network Doha Minister of Education and Higher Education in the Somali State of Puntland Abdullah Mohammed Hassan opened the Dar es Salaam Primary School, built by Qatar Charity (QC), in the city of Garowe. The 400-sqm school, which is expected to benefit some400 students, has several classrooms as well as rooms for the principal and teachers. The project aims to support...

QNA Doha Doha Joint Rescue Coordination Center and Turkish Search and Rescue Centre have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for exchange of experience and training between the search and rescue centres in the two countries. The agreement was signed on the fifth day of the 33rd meeting of the Satellite-Aided Search and Rescue Initiative (Cospas-Sarsat Program), in the presence of Turkish...

Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani on Sunday met with Ambassador of China HE Li Chen on the occasion of the end of his tenure in the country. The prime minister wished the ambassador success in his future missions and further progress in the relations between the two countries. The...

The new drone attack comes days after Saudi-led coalition bombed Sanaa as two sides engage in tit-for-tat attacks. Yemen's Houthi movement launched a new drone attack targeting the Abha airport in southern Saudi Arabia, the group's Al-Masirah TV said on Monday. There was no immediate confirmation of the attack from Saudi Arabia, which on Saturday launched air attacks on Houthi rebel forces in...

EXCLUSIVE: Yaqeen Bank, a relatively new player on the Libyan market, has signed with Oracle FSS to use Flexcube as its core platform and Oracle Banking Digital Experience for digital channels. The bank was one of three new Islamic players given licences to open in Libya in 2014. Libya’s newly founded General National Congress passed an Islamic banking law at the start...

CATHERINE W GICHUKI DOHA The number of travellers to Kenya from Qatar has increased significantly in the recent past as more than 150 Qataris and Qatar residents acquired visas from the Embassy of Kenya in May, Kenyan Ambassador to Qatar HE Paddy C Ahenda has said. According to the envoy, about 50 percent of the travellers were Qatari nationals while members...

QNA Panama Selecting Qatar as an observer member in the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (LACP) reflects the strong trust Qatar enjoys in the world and emphasises its active role in all regional and international gatherings, said Shura Council Speaker HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al Mahmoud. Speaking on the sidelines of the 35th general assembly of Latin American and Caribbean...

During the meeting with the Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted the developing Qatari-Russian relations and described Qatar as an important and pivotal partner in the Middle East. Putin highlighted the important, fruitful and active cooperation in the investment field, saying he was looking forward to further support for this sector. The...

Tribune News Network PARIS/ DOHA / LONDON In a major legal breakthrough in the relentless fight to stop the Saudi Arabia-backed pirate broadcaster beoutQ, a French court has held that Arabsat – the Saudi-headquartered regional satellite provider – distributes beoutQ on its satellites, despite Arabsat’s two-year denial of any involvement in the world’s most notorious broadcast piracy. The ruling coincided with the...

QNA Panama Qatar, represented by the Shura Council, and the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to make Qatar an observer member of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament. The MoU was signed by Speaker of Qatar’s Shura Council HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al Mahmoud and Latin American and Caribbean Parliament President Elias Castillo, during...