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Al Sadd unveil xavi DOHA - Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez, who was officially unveiled by Al Sadd on Thursday, said he was"proud"to now play for the Qatari side. Just five days after Barcelona's Champions League triumph against Juventus, which sealed a treble for the Spanish giants, Xavi was paraded at a packed press conference in Doha. The midfielder has signed a two-year...

Doha Metro project’s Msheireb Station sees first tunneling breakthrough Contractors working on one of the Doha Metro’s flagship stations celebrated a milestone in the project after one of its Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) broke through the air after digging out 1.6km 2.3km underground. The Al Mayeda TBM could be seen emerging at Msheireb Station yesterday, marking the first “breakthrough” in the...

World’s first male genitalia transplant patient to be a father A South African team successfully performed the world's first penis transplant. (Courtesy: Stellenbosch University) The girlfriend of the world’s first penile transplant patient is pregnant, reported the News24 online this week. According to the News24, Professor Andre Van Der Merwe, a Stellenbosch University urologist, declared the news on Thursday in a public...

UNICEF says 80 percent of Yemenis need aid A girl waits for her turn to fill buckets with water from a public tap amid an acute shortage of water, in Sanaa, Yemen. Eighty percent of Yemen’s population, or more than 20 million people, need some form of humanitarian assistance as Arab air strikes and civil war ravage the impoverished country,...

Syrian army drives rebels from air base in south Members of the Free Syrian Army gesture as they place their feet on a sculpture of late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, father of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, at the Brigade 52 military base in Deraa. Syrian army troops regained full control of an airbase in southern Sweida province on Friday, a...

Interpol suspends 'Integrity in Sport' partnership with FIFA Interpol has suspended a 10-year, 20 million euros ($22.4 million) partnership with FIFA meant to curb match-rigging and illegal gambling. The football organization says it is "disappointed" by the decision. Interpol halted its cooperation with FIFA on Friday, hinting at the corruption scandal rocking the football world as the reason behind its decision. The...

Peacekeepers commonly barter goods for sex, says UN study A draft UN study on "transactional sex" in Haiti has shown that it is "quite common" for peacekeepers to offer goods for sex. Children were involved in at least one-third of the reported cases. A draft study by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) found that some UN peacekeepers regularly...

Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate kills 20 Druze A picture shows Nusra Front fighters standing on their vehicles and waving their group’s flags as they tour the streets of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, Syria. At least 20 members of Syria’s Druze minority have been killed in an unprecedented shoot-out with Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front in northwestern Syria, a monitor said on Thursday. The Syrian...

10% Increase in Number of Tourists in Qatar Number of tourists visiting Qatar rose up to 10%, bringing their total number to 1.32 million tourists in the first five months of this year. Such increase puts the country on track to increase annual arrivals this year to well in excess of the 2014 total of 2.83m. According to the Qatar Tourism...

GCC governments order media to support Qatar’s right to host World Cup In an effort to “counter” media criticism of Qatar’s preparations for the 2022 World Cup, the GCC is calling on journalists in the Gulf to publish stories that support the country’s right to host the international football tournament. The directive was released following a meeting of GCC information ministers...

Qatar-backed Sainsbury's says growth plan working Doha - Investors bought in to British supermarket chain Sainsbury's insistence that its strategy is working, lifting its share price by 5 percent on Wednesday despite a sixth straight quarter of declining underlying sales. Bets against the sector are at record highs, with Sainsbury's, which is 25.9 percent owned by Qatar, and Morrisons the most...

Three Arrested for Production of Homemade Liquor Three persons arrested by North Security Department for production and promotion of homemade liquor. During their routine patrolling, one of the North Security Patrol spotted a vehicle in a suspicious condition. As the security persons approached the vehicle driver tried to run away but cops followed him and taken him into custody. 350 bottles with...

Qatar ready for fresh start as road to russia 2018 begins DOHA: The National Stadium in Male in June will be the venue of Qatar’s eagerly-awaited campaign to reach the finals of a FIFA World Cup edition. Home side Maldives will welcome Qatar – now coached by Jose Daniel Carreno – for the game on June 11 in what...

Sweden gears up for Prince Carl Philip's wedding Sweden stages its third royal wedding in five years this weekend when Prince Carl Philip weds Sofia Hellqvist in Stockholm. The marriage of the prince will be more in style with his younger sister Princess Madeleine, than Crown Princess Victoria, according to former press secretary at the Palace, Juan Navas. "I think we...