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  24 Jun 2018 - 10:47 Zsa Zsa, an English Bulldog, drools while competing in The World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, north of San Francisco, California on June 23, 2018. AFP / JOSH EDELSON AP PETALUMA, Calif.: A 9-year-old English bulldog was named the winner of the 2018 World's Ugliest Dog contest in the San Francisco Bay Area. Zsa Zsa won the title Saturday...

  24 Jun 2018 - 8:19 Football fans attend a match at the Khalifa International Stadium. The Peninsula DOHA: More than 25,000 football fans from all over Qatar attended the Khalifa International Stadium Fan Zone since its opening. Organised by Aspire Zone Foundation in collaboration with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Arab teams’ matches, particularly for Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, saw the...

  24 Jun 2018 - 8:57 The Peninsula Doha:  Fathima P S, Vahida Subi and Ramla Taha  won first three positions respectively  in the Holy Quran Quiz Contest, which was conducted by Quran Study Centre Al Rayyan Zone during holy Ramadan. In the primary round, hundreds of people participated through Whatsapp Quiz, from that round 15 toppers are selected for Mega Final live...

  24 Jun 2018 - 9:07 Photo Credit: Al Sharq newspaper By Sidi Mohamed | The Peninsula DOHA: The investigation on the recent traffic accident at the intersection of Khalifa Al Attiyah that led to the fall of a vehicle from a height of 10 metres from a bridge on February 22 is still continuing and the case has been transferred to Public Prosecution. “The...

  24 Jun 2018 - 9:14 Minister of Economy and Commerce, H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, with the President of the US Chamber of Commerce, Tom Donohue, and other officials of the US Chamber of Commerce, yesterday. They discussed ways and means to strengthen bilateral relations. The Peninsula DOHA: Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim...

  24 Jun 2018 - 9:44 Rohingya refugees carry food aid of QC in Bangladesh. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has distributed more than 3,000 food baskets to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and Nepal through its offices in both countries, as part of QC’s continuous relief efforts to ease the suffering of these refugees. In Bangladesh during the holy month of Ramadan, 3,000...

  24 Jun 2018 - 9:48 The Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee, Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri, with the Special Representative of the European Union for Human Rights, Stavros Lambrinidis, in Brussels yesterday. QNA Brussels: The Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), Dr Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri, has called on the European Union (EU) to take strong,...

  24 Jun 2018 - 10:05 File picture used for representation. The Peninsula Online Doha: Qatar Traffic Department has been taking various steps and initiatives to ensure speeding and related accidents do not occur. Mobile radars placed at locations with high risk of speeding has helped reduce the number of accidents say officials. Here are the locations for the radars today (Sunday, June 24) - Al...

  23 Jun 2018 - 9:03 People participate in a protest against recent U.S. immigration policy of separating children from their families when they enter the United States as undocumented immigrants, in front of a Homeland Security facility in Elizabeth, NJ, U.S., June 17, 2018. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith AFP El Paso, United States: The fate of 2,300 children wrested from their parents...

  23 Jun 2018 - 12:49 Minister of Energy and Industry, H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, talking to CNBC News in Vienna, yesterday. By Mohammad Shoeb I The Peninsula DOHA: The Minister of Energy and Industry, H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, affirmed in Vienna yesterday that the health of Qatari economy is very robust, and the country...

  22 Jun 2018 - 5:45 FILE PHOTO: People look at pigeons at Souq Waqif market in Doha, June 6, 2017. Reuters / Naseem Zeitoon QNA Doha: The Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD) has warned that strong wind is expected over most areas and poor horizontal visibility inshore and strong wind and high sea offshore for today. According to the forecast it will be hot...

  23 Jun 2018 - 11:06 By Irfan Bukhari | The Peninsula DOHA: To make the digital world a safer space for people particularly kids, the Ministry of Transport and Communications  (MoTC) has launched an online awareness campaign on cyber bullying. The Ministry of Transport and Communications through its social media platforms is educating people about the nature and ill effects of cyber...

  23 Jun 2018 - 12:08 The Peninsula Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani with Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Rome, yesterday. The Deputy Prime Minister conveyed greetings of the Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Italian Prime Minister, wishing the Italian people more progress and prosperity. The...

  23 Jun 2018 - 12:23 The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council to suspend the membership of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the Council for their severe and systematic violations of human rights in particular against the people of Qatar. The committee also called on the...