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Fooling these high-tech 'sniper' radars will not be easy The Traffic Department is installing high quality smart radars along the entire stretch of the newly opened F-Ring Road. The smart radars are being installed in collaboration with the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), local daily The Peninsula reports. It has already installed such high quality speed recording radars along several major roads across...

Report: 55 new WiFi-enabled parks and gardens planned for Qatar Qatar residents should soon be able to enjoy more than 50 new green spaces in different parts of the country, a senior official at the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning (MMUP) has reportedly said. Speaking to Al Raya this week, Mohamed Ali Al-Khuri, director of the public gardens department, didn’t...

Qatar reach semi-finals with spectacular 4-0 win After being routed by Saudi Arabia last week, Qatar made a spectacular comeback in their second and final league match to thrash the UAE 4-0 and qualify for the semi-final of the GCC Under-17 football championship at the Aspire Dome yesterday. It was a must-win game for Qatar and a tough one too after...

U.S. to welcome 5,000 to 8,000 Syrian refugees A Syrian refugee man carries a child upon their arrival onboard the Eleftherios Venizelos passenger ship at the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, August 24, 2015. (Reuters) The United States expects to accept between 5,000 and 8,000 Syrian refugees in 2016, officials said Monday. State Department spokesman John Kirby also said 15,000 Syrian...

European, Pacific stocks rebound after sell-off European shares have rebounded slightly after Monday's frantic sell-off. The tentative respite followed a day of panic among investors who watched with horror as China had its worst single-day trading session since 2009. At opening on Tuesday, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index rose 1.8 percent, a day after dropping 5.4 percent amid panic selling in...

CCTV footage shows man carrying woman across Birmingham road minutes before raping her Police have praised the courage of a woman who has agreed to release CCTV footage of the man suspected of carrying her across a road minutes before she was raped. The footage shows the man carrying the near unconscious 25-year-old woman across Tennant Street in Birmingham. Minutes later she...

Cristiano Ronaldo buys $18.5m luxury New York loft apartment in Trump Tower 'which inspired setting of 50 Shades of Grey' Cristiano Ronaldo has bought a luxury apartment in New York for a staggering $18.5million (£11.8million). The Real Madrid star - ranked by Forbes as the highest-paid team athlete in the world - has purchased a 2,509 sq ft loft in Trump...

Here's how President Obama starts every morning Reggie Love served as Barack Obama's personal aide from 2009 to 2011. In his new book, "Power Forward: My Presidential Education," Love breaks down his time as the President's assistant. Reggie told us about President Obama's morning routine. Produced by Devan Joseph & Alana Kakoyiannis. Additional camera by Jason Gaines. Source: Business Insider

Lebanon protest postponed after Beirut clashes A police motorcycle burns as Lebanese protestors are sprayed by riot police using water cannons, during a protest against the ongoing trash crisis, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (AP) Lebanese protesters said they had postponed a demonstration set for Monday evening, after rallies a day earlier triggered clashes with security forces in...

Bomb kills two Egyptian police, wounds 24 Egyptian policemen gather outside of the Italian consulate following a blast that killed at least one person in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 11, 2015. (AP) A bomb struck a bus carrying Egyptian policemen Monday, killing two and wounding 24, officials said, the latest attack against security forces who are being targeted by ISIS. The attack...

European stocks tumble after China rout Panic selling gripped European stock markets on Monday after Chinese shares sank deeper, posting their largest intra-day fall since 2007 on worries that the Asian powerhouse is in for a hard landing. European stock markets slumped in opening deals on Monday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top blue-chip companies diving 2.62 percent to...

German woman starts living on a train – because she's fed-up paying rent When others get off the train to finally go home, Leonie Müller stays behind. That's because she already is home. The train is her apartment, and she says she likes it that way. The German college student gave up her apartment in spring. "It all started with a...

Ashghal hands over 33 Qatar school buildings ahead of new academic year Nearly three dozen school buildings and kindergartens are expected to open this academic year in Qatar, now that construction on the facilities is complete, the public works authority Ashghal has said. The QR1.6 billion worth of schools have been handed over to the Supreme Education Council (SEC), ahead of...

Ogunode, Ashraf lead the way for Qatar in Beijing Qatar's athletes made a rousing start to their 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships campaign with sprinter Femi Ogunode storming into the semi-finals of the 100 metres race and two-time world junior champion Ashraf Amgad Elseify, who is still 20-years-old, making it to the final of hammer throw at the National Stadium...