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UAE designers unveil Ramadan fashion to eager shoppers Nazek al-Sabbagh, founder of the Zari O’Breesam fashion brand, showed off her Ramadan collection. Many Muslim women still have time for some glamor during the holy month of Ramadan, especially with fashion designers catering for this specific time of the year with whole new, specialized collections. On its official Facebook page, Valleydez stores in...

KAHRAMAA Launches New Service Center in Industrial area Doha, June 28 (QNA) - Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) launched its new service center in Industrial area. The new service center, which began operations today, will be open from Sunday to Thursday from 9 AM to 2 PM during holy month of Ramadan. Its new premises is equipped with...

Campaign to promote healthy lifestyle habits The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has launched its “Our future lies in our health” awareness campaign with the aim of encouraging all segments of society to lead a healthy lifestyle and give up harmful habits. The campaign, which will continue for a year, comes as part of SCH’s vision to build a...

Qatar's first air-conditioned pedestrian bridge With a sharp rise in temperatures, the first air-conditioned pedestrian bridge in the Industrial Area has come as a blessing for a large number of residents of the area dominated by expatriate single workers. The bridge near Street No. 1 in the Industrial Area also has surveillance cameras. In a bid to improve pedestrians' safety, 267 new...

Police swarm the streets as Tunisia reels from beach massacre The Tunisian seaside town of Sousse is still reeling from an attack that killed almost 40 people on Friday. "Islamic State" has claimed responsibility, in which a lone gunman deliberately targeted tourists. Scores of police officers patrolled Tunisia's streets on Sunday, with the nation's interior minister announcing they would "deploy 1,000...

Deadliest, week-long Pakistan heatwave kills 1,233 in Karachi Tens of thousands of people have been treated for heatstroke in Pakistan's southern port of Karachi. The heatwave, the worst on record, has already killed 1,233 people, local authorities say. About 65,000 heatstroke patients have been treated by doctors at Karachi's hospitals since June 20 according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority. The...

Kuwait identifies mosque bomber as Saudi national Fahd Suliman Abdul-Muhsen al-Qabaa flew into Kuwait's airport hours before he detonated explosives at the mosque. (KUNA) Kuwait has identified the suicide bomber who carried out the country’s worst attack as a Saudi citizen, Kuwait state media reported on Sunday. The interior ministry named the bomber as Fahd Suliman Abdul-Muhsen al-Qabaa and said he flew...

France beheading suspect confesses to killing The man suspected of decapitating his boss in an attack on a gas factory in France has confessed to the grisly crime, sources close to the investigation said Sunday, according to Agence France-Presse. Yassin Salhi, 35, “has also given details about the circumstances” surrounding the killing, according to investigation sources, who said he would...

Three Qatar projects shortlisted for World Building of the Year award The striking new Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) complex in Education City, along with two other architectural projects in the country, have been shortlisted for the prestigious title of 2015 World Building of the Year. Some 338 projects from 46 countries have advanced to the final round of the...

Minister of Culture Inaugurates Fereej Aspire Doha, June 26 (QNA) - The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, HE Dr. Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari, inaugurated the activities of "Fereej Aspire" cultural and heritage, organized by Aspire Zone Foundation which will run until the 19th of Ramadan as part of the organisation’ s Ramadan 2015 activities. HE Al-Kuwari toured the Fereej and...

Police control the crowd in front of the Imam Sadiq Mosque after a bomb explosion, in the Al Sawaber area of Kuwait City. REUTERS/Kuwait News Agency »» Suspects detained in bomb probe »» Kuwait marks day of national mourning »» Govt says bomber aimed to divide Kuwaitis Kuwait has arrested several people on suspicion of involvement in the bombing of...

Attack on African Union base in Somalia claimed by al Shabab There have been condemnations of the attack on the African Union base in Somalia which left dozens of troops dead. Islamist group al Shabab claimed responsibility for the assault. Witnesses said as many as 50 people were killed in Lego village, 100 kilometers (62 miles) inland from the capital Mogadishu...

Syrian Kurds force 'IS' militants out of Kobani: monitor Kurdish fighters have taken back complete control of the Syrian border town of Kobani from jihadist "Islamic State" militants, a monitoring group says. But many people have died in fighting in and around the town. "The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) took back control of IS positions in Kobani," the Britain-based Syrian...

Tunisia to close 80 mosques following terror attack The Tunisian government has said it plans to shutter dozens of mosques. The move is a countermeasure to the extremist-inspired violence that left 39 people dead at a resort hotel in the city of Sousse. Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid announced on Friday that the government will be shutting 80 mosques that are...