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Qatar Really Wants You To Know How Much It Gave For Katrina Relief ICYMI, Qatar's spent $100 million rebuilding education, housing and health care in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. WASHINGTON -- Here are some things you may know about Qatar: It's very, very small and it's very, very wealthy. With a GDP estimated at upwards of $320 billion, Qatar -- which...

Reliance Group to expand business cooperation with Qatar Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group has expressed a keen interest in playing a larger role in the growing economic ties between India and Qatar by expanding business cooperation with the Gulf country. Ambani called on Qatar's Prime Minister Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani among other senior Qatari ministers during a visit...

Thai police seek two new suspects in Bangkok bombing probe Police said Monday evening that relatives of the woman, identified as 26-year-old Wanna Suansun, said they believe she is in Turkey. (Photo courtesy: National Council for Peace and Order) Thai police issued arrest warrants Monday for two more suspects, a Thai woman and a foreign man of unknown nationality, as part...

ISIS video shows four Iraqi fighters burned alive Seen moments before death: the men are shown lined up in front of the camera, just before they were chained upside down and burned alive (Video grab) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) strung up four Iraqi Shiite fighters with chains and burned them alive, according to footage posted online, the...

Austria uncovers 200 refugees after tightening border The government has announced the discovery of 200 migrants and the arrest of five smugglers within hours of tightening controls at the border with Hungary. Vienna has increased border checks to crackdown on traffickers. A senior interior ministry official revealed the results of the new operation on Monday. "In the hours since we started implementing...

How to become a millionaire by age 30 Getting rich and becoming a millionaire is a taboo topic. Saying it can be done by the age of 30 seems like a fantasy. It shouldn't be taboo, and it is possible. At the age of 21, I got out of college, broke and in debt, and by the time I was 30,...

China punishes nearly 200 'online rumormongers' Beijing has said it has punished scores of individuals for spreading false information online. Charges are related to recent Tianjin explosions and the country's stock market woes. State media reported Monday that 197 people had been punished in a special campaign against spreading false information over the internet. Two of the rumors allegedly circulating were that...

Several injured after ceiling in Ramez Store collapsed The Ministry of Interior has confirmed that part of Ramez Store's ceiling collapsed this morning and injured several shoppers who were inside. The incident occurred at the Ramez Store branch on Salwa Road. According to local news website Doha News, 14 people were injured. However, a store employee said there were seven people, including...

Thousands converge on Beirut to protest government A rally in Beirut has drawn huge crowds as people voice their frustration over government corruption and the crisis created by uncollected garbage. Organizers of the campaign have issued an ultimatum to the government. Thousands of protestors from across Lebanon, angry at what they see as a corrupt political class incapable of providing citizens...

Egyptian court sentences Al Jazeera journalists to three years in jail An Egyptian court has handed down a three-year prison sentence at the retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists accused of supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The case has aroused international condemnation. An Egyptian court on Saturday gave three Al Jazeera journalists a three-year prison sentence on charges of broadcasting false...

Migrant children found in critical condition in Austria Several small children found in a van crammed with 26 migrants have been rushed to hospital, close to death. This is Austria's second brush with human trafficking on its highways in less than a week. Three young children were found in grave condition crammed inside a van with 23 other refugees in Austria...

Messi named Europe’s 2015 top player Lionel Messi, one of FC Barcelona’s top strikers, has been named UEFA Best Player in Europe for the 2014-15 season, CNN has reported. It is the first time the Argentine has won the title since 2011, beating fellow club mate Luis Suarez and last year’s winner Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid, after Thursday’s group-stage draw...

For the first time, 1 billion people used Facebook in a day File photo of the loading screen of the Facebook application on a mobile phone. (Reuters) For the first time, a billion people used Facebook in a single day on Monday. CEO Mark Zuckerberg marked the occasion with a post on his Facebook page, saying that one out of seven people...

Qatar's Barshim in final after qualifying thriller Leap of faith: Qatar's Mutaz Barshim in action at the World Championships in Beijing yesterday. With four former winners of this title plus the London 2012 Olympic Games champion, and a clutch of men who have also snared global medals, all lined up to compete in a top quality qualification session this was always...