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200 million women and girls live with female genital mutilation, says U.N. (CNN) - They covered her face and laid her down. And what happened next, Agnes wishes no girl would ever experience. "They grabbed my legs and arms," she said. "They excised me. Blood was coming out." Her genitals had been mutilated. She was 14 years old. Agnes underwent the procedure...

Sheikha Moza: Charity to help educate 1.1 million Syrian children Qatar’s Education Above All Foundation aims to provide primary schooling to more than 1 million Syrian refugees by next year, Sheikha Moza has announced. The former first lady and founder/chairperson of EAA made the pledge yesterday during a conference about Syria in London. In a statement, she said: “We have already enrolled half...

IQ logs record sales, nets QR4.4 bn profit Industries Qatar (IQ) has reported a net profit of QR4.4 billion for the year ending December 31 2015, down QR1.8 billion or 29.9 percent against the same period of 2014. The IQ board has proposed an annual dividend distribution of QR3 billion, equivalent to a payout of QR5 per share and representing 50...

Nicole Lovell's death was plotted at a restaurant, official says Christiansburg, Virginia (CNN) - Two college students sat at a fast-food chain restaurant, not to discuss homework, but allegedly to plot the killing of a 13-year-old girl. Virginia Tech students David Eisenhauer and Natalie Keepers also allegedly planned how to dispose and conceal the body of seventh-grader Nicole Lovell over that...

Two NYPD officers shot in the Bronx; suspect dead New York (CNN) - Two New York Police Department officers who were shot in the Bronx on Thursday night are in good condition while the suspected shooter is dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said. The two officers, one male and one female, were on a patrol in a housing...

Sanders tops Clinton by 2-to-1 margin in New Hampshire (CNN) - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to hold a wide lead over Hillary Clinton among likely New Hampshire primary voters, according to a new CNN/WMUR tracking poll conducted entirely after the Iowa caucuses. Sanders stands at 61% support, up slightly from the 57% he held in a late January CNN/WMUR poll...

Qatar’s economic zone firms can repatriate all capital, investments Businesses setting up in Qatar’s new special economic zones should be allowed to repatriate all of their revenue, investments and capital abroad, QNA reports. The country’s Cabinet yesterday approved a draft law based on a proposal from Manateq, the company in charge of developing, maintaining and running the zones. Once in effect, the...

Qatar International Rally flag off at Corniche today Come Thursday and all eyes will be on the actual start of the Qatar International Rally (QIR) at Corniche at 7 pm which also marks the opening round of The Middle East Rally Championship 2016. The 34th edition of QIR (Feb 4-6), which is expected to have a challenging special stage, will witness...

70,000 refugees heading to Turkey due to increased bombing in Syria Tens of thousands of Syrians are moving towards the Turkish border from the Syrian city of Aleppo due to increased aerial bombardment, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday at a fundraising conference in London. ‘Ten thousand new refugees are waiting in front of the door of Kilis because...

Saudia airlines says Bomb threat on Madrid-Riyadh flight is a hoax Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), said a bomb scare that grounded its Riyadh-bound flight from Madrid on Thursday was a false alarm. "It's just another hoax that all airlines are subjected to," a Saudia spokesman told Reuters when asked about the incident. "It's false but we must do all the necessary precautionary...

Police arrest 'IS' suspects as Carnival celebrations kick off in Germany Several men said to be linked to the "Islamic State" militant group have been arrested at the start of Carnival. Police have increased security in the wake of the Paris attacks and sexual assaults committed in Cologne. German police on Thursday arrested two Algerian men with possible links to the...

Qatar Airways to Fly Non-Stop Between Doha and Maputo Qatar Airways will upgrade to non-stop B787 Dreamliner service three times weekly between Doha and Maputo, Mozambique, effective 27 March 2016. The airline currently serves the Doha – Maputo route three times a week via South Africa’s largest city Johannesburg. With the start of the new non-stop service to Maputo International Airport,...

Somali jet makes emergency landing in Mogadishu after onboard explosion An explosion and fire blew a gaping hole in a commercial airliner forcing it to make an emergency landing at Mogadishu’s international airport, officials and witnesses said. The pilot said he thinks it was a bomb. An aviation expert who looked at photographs of the hole in the fuselage said the...

Pakistan airports in chaos over PIA strike. Pakistan’s airports were plunged into chaos Wednesday as employees of the national flag carrier protested the deaths of two colleagues killed while demonstrating against plans to privatise the airline. All of Pakistan International Airline’s foreign and domestic flights were suspended, and employees held strikes at airports in major cities across the country. At Karachi’s...