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How to find a job in Qatar? Over the last few years we have written about virtually everything under the sun in Qatar - nature, history, culture, food, hotels, clothes, forts, malls, souqs and much more. Yet over and over again we have seen that what people are really interested in is jobs. Here are the famous Qatar Companies Hiring Now...   Check...

How to convert family visit visa to residence visa Are you looking for a guide on how to convert a family visit visa to a permanent residence visa in Qatar? You're in luck because all you need to know is right here. This is the current process/documents required to apply for a family visa: 1. Get a salary letter from employer -...

Over 33,000 enjoyed Disney On Ice's Princess and Heroes More than 33,000 fans watched Disney On Ice presents Princesses and Heroes held last week at Qatar National Convention Center, making it the most successful Disney On Ice extravaganza staged in Doha. During the week a total of 11 shows were staged featuring the debut of Frozen live in the Middle East....

Greece, lenders exchange plans as deadline looms A reform plan sent by Greece to its lenders has been welcomed by the EU's executive as a "good sign." But, Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem says progress made is still "not really enough" to unlock fresh bailout funds. European Commission spokeswoman Annika Breidthardt confirmed on Tuesday that "many documents are being exchanged" between the...

Iraqi PM calls for more support against 'IS' Iraq's military needs more intelligence from international allies in its fight against IS extremists, PM Al-Abadi has said at a meeting in Paris. He has called the advance of IS a "failure" for the whole world. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (photo, center) said on Tuesday that his country was not getting enough...

Divers race to find survivors in capsized Chinese ship on Yangtze River Rescuers have pulled at least one survivor from a cruise ship which capsized on China's Yangtze River. Rescuers are trying to reach more than 400 people still believed trapped; the captain is in police custody. Chinese media on Tuesday broadcast images of rescue workers wearing orange life vests tapping...

Egypt court postpones Mursi final death ruling Former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi reacts behind bars with other Muslim Brotherhood members at a court in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt May 16, 2015. (Reuters) An Egyptian court Tuesday postponed its final ruling on ousted president Mohamed Mursi, who was sentenced to death along with dozens more over a mass jailbreak during the...

Baker highlights QA expansion in Italy Doha - QATAR Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar al Baker held high level meetings and a press conference in Rome to highlight the airline's recent expansion in Italy. During his visit, Baker met with Federica Guidi, Italian Minister of Economic Development, to speak about growing ties and infrastructure projects that involve several Italian companies in...

Doha petrol station, area shops closed over possible gas leak Qatar authorities have closed a popular petrol station and several surrounding shops near Immigration Roundabout today over safety concerns following a suspected natural gas leak. Speaking to Doha News, several nearby shopkeepers said there was a smell of gas in the air this morning. The petrol pumps were closed around 9:30am,...

Qatar Charity launches new travel booking website to boost donations A new travel website launched by a charity in Qatar now allows users to donate to important causes without paying any extra costs. The site, Travel and Aid, was created by Qatar Charity and went live yesterday as a way of offering an easy way to donate to those in need,...

Qatar land price surge threatens property profitability Land accounts for about half the value of real estate sales in Qatar, 10 times that of developed markets, as prices surge to levels that may make even high-margin luxury developments unprofitable to build, experts say. Qatar allows foreign freehold property ownership in specific zones, although the real estate sector remains in its...

Suicide attack on Iraq police base claims dozens of lives Iraqi security forces have been killed in a suicide attack on a police base in the turbulent west of the country. Early reports have suggested that "Islamic State" jihadists were behind the assault. The terrorists detonated an explosive-laden tank at the base in the Tharthar area, according to Iraqi security officials....

Forensic report: Russia faked MH17 satellite photos Citizen journalist site Bellingcat has investigated the MH17 satellite images released by Russia's defense ministry in 2014. The images, it says, were not just photoshopped. It's the "farmer's field" that best illustrates the first of the two methods the Bellingcat team used to detect the satellite forgeries. First, in the image below, note the "rows"...

Greece's prime minister says we're seeing 'the complete abolition of democracy in Europe' as another debt deadline looms Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a parliamentary session in Athens, on Monday, March 30, 2015. The weekend is over, and the Greek government hasn't had to bring capital controls in. That's about the only piece of good news that's come out of...