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The brutal killing of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov in Ankara was committed the day when Russian President Putin was going to attend "Woe from Wit" at Moscow's Maly Theater - the spectacle based on the great play by Alexander Griboyedov. Griboyedov was a writer, musician and diplomat of the highest rank, who was killed in Persia....

Five new billionaires were added to the list of richest Arabs last year, including Hussain Sajwani and Abdul Wahid Al Rostamani from the UAE, Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani of Qatar, and Suhail Bahwan and Mohammed Saud Bahwan of Oman. Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia remains the wealthiest Arab in the world, even though his net worth fell by...

End of Service EOS or gratuity is part of the Qatar Labour Law that stipulates a sum of money to be paid to an outgoing employee. The terms will be included in the employee’s contract. These contracts are normally terminated once their duration has passed OR prematurely under several conditions i.e. employee termination or resignation. Apart from their salary, contract...

The Qatar new labor law is expected to be enforced by mid-December (13/12/2016), one year after it was published in the official gazette. Job contract to define relations between company and employees Under the new law, the job contract to be signed by every expatriate worker with his employer will rule the relation between the two sides. EXIT PERMIT: An exit permit from...

Laws surrounding the employment contract and the rights of employees enshrined therein and guaranteed by the Qatar Labour Law have always been a matter of ambiguity, albeit unnecessarily. The Labour Law is explicitly clear about the rights of the employees as well as those of the employers, however, certain greedy employers have chosen to abuse the law, which the...

Question Muslims don’t drink alcohol or use alcohol-based products when cooking. Why is alcohol forbidden in Islam? Answer Alcohol and other intoxicants are forbidden in the Quran, as they are a bad habit that drive people away from the remembrance of God. Several different verses address the issue, revealed at different times over a period of years. A complete ban on alcohol...

After coalition forces captured Saddam Hussein in December 2003, John Nixon, a senior leadership analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1998 to 2011, interrogated the former Iraqi dictator. The detailed account of this interrogation is now available to the public in the form of a book, Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein. In the publication, Nixon...

A recently held number plate auction organisedby AlBahie at Katara Cultural Village on Wednesday saw some of the unique numbers getting sold for high values. For instance, number plate 394 fetched a whooping QR800,000, whereas, number plate 113333 and 67666 were sold out for QR600,000 and QR525,000, respectively. However, plates such as 696988 and 222551 were picked up by the enthusiasts...

A source from the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA) revealed that the Ministry has been working rigorously to attract young Qataris to join the private sector. He stated  that the Ministry is making all efforts to provide suitable jobs to Qataris, adding that, it is facing a great dilemma in the recruitment of citizens as many...

My faith in humanity is once again restored. They say that ‘the opportunity makes the thief’. There are times when some people don’t usually steal, but when an opportunity comes—they do. When you see a wallet or a very expensive item lying around with nobody else to witness your evil deed, would you take it? Sadly, there are not enough...

Minister of Energy and Industry HE Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada (centre) with the President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain, in Islamabad, yesterday. The Peninsula The Qatar-Pakistani Joint Ministerial Committee held its 4th meeting yesterday in Islamabad. The Qatari delegation was headed by H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry. The delegation included representatives from...

A Sri Lankan expatriate has been sentenced to ten years in prison and fined QR200,000 for dealing in drugs. He has also been ordered to be deported from the country on serving his jail term. The man was arrested as he was trying to sell marijuana worth QR1500 to an undercover officer. Anti-narcotics officers then conducted a raid of his house and...

The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) held in a statement that a vehicle will retain its warranty even if some of its parts are damaged, due to repair work done at a third party workshop. The statement also adds that warranty cover for the affected parts can be lost in such cases. That means, an authorised distributor can cancel...

A motorist has been fined QR10,000 with a subsequent suspension of his driving license for two months by the Doha Criminal Court, for injuring another motorist and his co-passengers. He has also been asked to pay a compensation of QR106,000 to the person who received major injuries and an additional QR10,000 to the other injured person in collaboration with the...