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Doha Hosts 19th GCC Justice Undersecretaries Meeting Doha, September 05 (QNA) - Doha hosts the 19th GCC Justice Undersecretaries meeting which begins tomorrow, Sunday. The two-day meeting will discuss a host of topics related to enhancing joint action in justice fields including recommendations of the meetings of the technical committees of experts, which were held during from January 1 to August...

HIA Ranked Among World Top Ten Airports Doha, September 05 (QNA) - Hamad International Airport (HIA) has occupied the sixth place in the list of the ten best airports in the world, according to the assessment by the readers of Conde Nast Traveller 2015, which was conducted in August this year. HIA said in a statement that Singapore’s Changi Airport has...

Dozens injured due to turbulence on Qatar Airways’ Manila flight Some 40 passengers on board a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Manila yesterday, Sept. 5, were reportedly injured when the aircraft landed amid turbulence. The QR932 flight, which left Hamad International Airport at 1:40am yesterday, was approaching Ninoy Aquino International Airport at around 3pm local time (10am in Qatar) when...

Egyptian billionaire offers to buy an island off Italy or Greece to rehouse refugees If Greece or Italy sell him an island, Naguib Sawiris, the 10th richest man in Africa, says he will host the migrants and offer them jobs in the new country An Egyptian billionaire has offered to buy an island off Italy or Greece in order to rehouse...

Rally car skids off road killing six in northwestern Spain Six people were killed and several others injured when a rally car span out of control in Galicia, Spain. The accident took place at the La Coruna rally in the northwestern region on Saturday, the Civil Guard said. The race car driver lost control and skidded off the track, killing four...

Exceptional day of humanitarian welcome for refugees in Austria and Germany In a coordinated effort, Austria and Germany have brought thousands of migrants from the Hungarian border to safety and temporary accommodation. But normal requirements for EU asylum requests remain. Austrian authorities said more than 7,000 people had walked over the border from Hungary on Saturday. The Austrian state railway company...

‘Muslim Tinder’ looks to swipe right with the Middle East Salaam Swipe has a crucial difference, in that it is aimed specifically at Muslims looking for love and marriage (Photo supplied to Al Arabiya News) Meet ‘Salaam Swipe’ – a Muslim take on one of the world’s biggest hook-up app. The iPhone app, which officially launched in August, has drawn inevitable comparisons...

Boeing reveals its biggest plane yet: $400m 777-9X has a wingspan so big the tips have to be folded up so it can fit into airports It is set to be the biggest passenger plane ever seen - with a wingspan so big the tips have to be folded up so it can fit into airports. The Boeing 777-9X will be...

Afghan President Meets HE Foreign Minister Kabul, September 04 (QNA) - President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, met here Friday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Dr. Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah. During the meeting, HE the Minister of Foreign Affairs conveyed greetings of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to the President...

HH the Emir Holds Meeting with President of Venezuela Doha, September 04 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met Friday with President of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro. They discussed bilateral relations and the means to enhance them in all fields. The meeting that was held in Al Bahr Palace also discussed a number of regional...

Deadly attacks on Tajik ministries, US embassy shuts Two attacks in and around Tajikistan's capital, purportedly linked to the deputy defense minister, have left at least eight police dead. The US embassy was closed immediately, and warned of more possible violence. According to reports issued by police and the Tajik interior ministry, the first attack on Friday took place just east...

Austrian Red Cross meets refugees at Hungary border Refugees on government-supplied buses from Budapest have started to arrive at Red Cross reception centers at the Austrian border. Meanwhile, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have proposed a rail corridor to Germany. Austria's Red Cross said it expected between 800 to 1,500 people to arrive in its refugee reception center of Nickelsdorf at...

Qatar Airways Cargo Upgrades to CROAMIS System Qatar Airways has designed and implemented a next generation cargo management system named CROAMIS to manage its end-to-end airline cargo business processes. CROAMIS, Qatar Airways’ Cargo Reservations, Operations, Accounting and Management Information System, is a single system serving the airline’s entire global cargo network, designed to scale with the future growth expected. CROAMIS has...

HBKU’s Center Opens Registration for New Language Classes Registration is now open for a variety of evening language classes offered by the Language Center of Hamad bin Khalifa University’s Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII). The 40-hour programmes, which provide instruction in Arabic, Chinese, French and Spanish, are spread across 13 weeks and are delivered two evenings per week – either on...