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In collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation Doha, Qatar – August 2016:  Oryx Rotana, the five-star luxury business hotel in Doha, recently organised a blood donation campaign in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation for colleagues, guests and visitors. Hosting this initiative comes under Oryx Rotana's continuous ingenuity to support the local community. This is an annual event that coincides with the hotel’s...

The Top 10 Cities That Will Pay You to Live There In the face of declining or slowing population growth, some cities have decided to get aggressive about their survival. Some are giving away free land, while others are literally handing out stacks of cash to folks who agree to move their metropolitan area. If you are retired, see 7 Most...

Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has handed over some 15 housing units within the framework of the project "Houses of Gaza People" to a number of beneficiaries who lost their homes in recent Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip for a total cost of QR 1.5 million. RAF said in a press release on Sunday that despite...

Qatar to cut fuel costs marginally in September Petrol prices in Qatar will drop by about five dirhams a liter next month, the Ministry of Energy and Industry has announced. Starting Sept. 1, 91-octane premium petrol will cost QR1.30/liter, down from QR1.35 currently. And Super 95-octane gasoline will cost QR1.40 per liter, down from QR1.45 previously. Diesel remains unchanged at QR1.40/liter, the...

Qatar's $10 bn Barzan gas project to start in Nov DOHA - Qatar will begin operations at its Barzan gas project in November, two people close to the matter told Reuters on Sunday, as the Gulf state strives to meet rising domestic energy demand as it prepares to host the soccer World Cup in 2022. The $10 billion project, a RasGas-operated...

Doha - With Eid Al Adha around the corner, the Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) are leaving no stone unturned to make the festivities a fun-filled affair. While the MEC has subsidised the prices of animals for citizens, the MME has intensified its inspection campaigns at food establishments across the country...

Attack kills 18 people near Karbala in Iraq Officials say five assailants with suicide vests, rifles and grenades opened fire in town west of Karbala on Sunday. Five attackers armed with suicide vests, rifles and grenades have killed 18 people in the Iraqi town of Ain al-Tamer, southwest of Baghdad, local officials say. A member of the local council and a source...

QR 6.7 Billion Qatar Foreign Merchandise Trade Surplus in July Doha - The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics has released preliminary figures of the value of exports of domestic goods, re-exports, and imports for July 2016. In July 2016, the total exports of goods (including exports of goods of domestic origin and re-exports) amounted to around QR 16.3 billion, showing...

Doha: As part of its activities for this year, Qatar Charity (QC) organised a week-long summer camp for Mogadishu University, attended by about 150 male and female students from different faculties and specialities. Engineer Khalid Al Yaf’i, Director, Operations Management, Executive Management, QC, said, “QC aims at reinforcing and stressing educational values and did the same with its sponsored students...

Al Ahli Hospital to open polyclinic in Al Wakra DOHA - AL Ahli Hospital is set to open a polyclinic in Al Wakra in the fourth quarter of this year as part of the hospital's expansion plans, a top official has said. Al Ahli Hospital's Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Director of Projects Jamal S Hammad said,"The facility will serve residents...

FIFA watchdog Recommends two-year ban for Qatar football official A senior Qatari football official has come under fire for allegedly failing to cooperate during an investigation by FIFA’s Ethics Committee. An investigator from the committee recommended this week that Qatar Football Association (QFA) Vice Chairman Saoud Al Mohannadi be banned from the sport for at least two and a half years. In...

Vacant residential units 'point to reduction in rents' _ QATAR Rents of different types of residential units in the country are stabilising or even declining in many cases, Gulf Times has learnt from industry insiders. There has been much speculation over the issue in recent months, with many people expecting rents to fall considerably while some others think major changes are...

After 4 Years Of Siege, Civilians And Rebels Evacuate Syria's Daraya After four years of siege and bombardment, the evacuation is underway of civilians and rebels from embattled Daraya, southwest of Syria's capital Damascus. Rebels agreed to hand over control of the city to the government in exchange for safe passage. Under the terms of the deal, about 4,000 civilians will...

MoI announces Three-month amnesty for illegal residents Doha - The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has announced a three-month amnesty for illegal residents to leave the country without facing any legal consequences of their overstay. A first in 12 years and the third ever in Qatar, the grace period comes into force on September 1 and ends on December 1, 2016. Foreigners who...