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Photos from QTA's Eid festival are here Eid Al-Adha celebrations are on full swing throughout the country. The Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has done a wonderful job by coming up with events in malls and even at the Hamad International Airport. The Frozen sing along and the live sharing of tweets through emoticons,”Emojoy”, are some huge hits in which people are actively...

Qatar 'set to award $30bn deals next year' Qatar’s projects market is expected to be crowded even in 2016 as the country gears up preparations to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022, a new report has shown. New contracts worth $30bn will be awarded in the country in 2016, Samba Financial Group said in its latest Qatar report. Quoting Meed, the...

Arabi on top; Lekhwiya slam 7 Al Arabi hit the top spot in the Qatar Stars League for the first time in many years displacing Rayyan (who play Umm Salal on Sunday) winning 4-0 against Qatar Sports Club at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on Saturday. Paulinho, Mosaab Mahmoud, Sergio Dutra and Rod Fanni scored over the bottom-placed Qatar...

You might want to turn off this new iOS 9 setting if you don’t have unlimited data Apple last week released its latest mobile operating system, which has some great new features like Apple News, better battery life, and split-screen multitasking. But one new feature, called Wi-Fi Assist, may be eating through your data plan. The new setting, which is automatically...

Lewis Hamilton wins Japanese Grand Prix as Nico Rosberg completes one-two for Mercedes Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton pulled off an aggressive opening-corner passing move on teammate Nico Rosberg and went on to win the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, moving a step closer to claiming his second straight Formula One title. Hamilton, who had his first retirement of the season at...

'Islam is just my religion, music is my profession': Muslim thrash metal guitarist says she doesn't care if people stare at her because she wears a niqab. Gisele, who is a fan of the late heavy metal guitarist Randy Rhoads, played in her brother's heavy metal band Spectrus for several years before parting ways because of 'professional differences'. Her new band,...

HE the Foreign Minister Meets Croatian, Colombian Counterparts New York, September 25 (QNA) - His Excellency the Foreign Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah met, on the sideline of the 70th UN General Assembly, here with Croatia's Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic. During the meeting they discussed bilateral relations and promoting economic cooperation between the two countries. They also discussed political...

HH the Emir Arrives in New York New York, September 25 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived Friday in John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to take part in the 70th UN General Assembly. HH the Emir was accompanied by an official delegation. (QNA) Read the full text news in resource site… Source News: qna.org.qa

HH the Emir Meets President of Turkey Istanbul, September 25 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani Discussed with HE President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the latest regional and international developments, particularly the latest developments in Palestine in light of the Israeli attacks on the city of Jerusalem and the violation of the sanctity of Al-Aqsa...

FIFA Confirms December 18 as the Date for Final of World Cup 2022 Zurich, September 25 (QNA) - The FIFA executive committee confirmed Friday the dates for World Cup 2022 in Qatar from November 21-December 18. The announcement was made during the committee's meeting in Zurich. The meeting agreed on some reforms in light of the corruption charges directed at a...

15 civilians killed in Boko Haram attack in SE Niger: TV Niamey (AFP) - Fifteen civilians were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on a border village in southeastern Niger, state television reported, the latest deadly raid by the Islamist group. The attack followed two months of calm in the area and took place as Muslims marked Eid al-Adha,...

Lavish US state dinner held at White House for Chinese President Xi Jinping In a rare state dinner at the White House, Chinese President Xi Jinping was guest of honor with his wife Peng Liyuan. Among the 200 guests were technology, media and finance executives. Maine lobster and Colorado lamb were served at the black-tie state dinner at the White House...

The shocking moment four cops shoot dead 'armed' man in a wheelchair is caught on video - but his distraught family call the killing 'unjust' This is the shocking moment a disabled man in a wheelchair was shot dead in the street by Delaware police. Officers had been responding to a 911 call that someone had attempted to shoot themselves, when...

'There were bodies, just everywhere': Survivors describe the horrifying scene after duck boat hit a bus in Seattle and left four students dead and 52 injured Two exchange students who were on a bus that collided with a Duck Tour vehicle in Seattle on Thursday spoke out about the horrifying experience later that day. The crash happened on the Aurora Bridge,...