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Malaysia admits grave finds Malaysia has admitted that graves have been found on its side of the border with Thailand amid a crisis over people-smuggling. But, it's dismissed suspicions that the sites are mass graves containing multiple corpses. Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanki Jaafar on Thursday played down allegations that burial sites found in the jungle near his country's...

UEFA's Platini calls on Blatter to resign Most UEFA members will vote against Blatter on the upcoming elections for the head of FIFA, Michel Platini has said. UEFA's chief did not reject the possibility of his organization withdrawing from FIFA competitions. UEFA will attend the FIFA congress, and the vote on the new head of FIFA set for Friday in Zurich,...

From Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times–bestselling author A. Scott Berg comes the definitive—and revelatory—biography of one of the great American figures of modern times. One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, and one of the most enigmatic. And now, after more than a decade of...

THE MAKING OF A CANNES GOWN STARS like Charlize Theron, Marion Cotillard and Natalie Portman may look effortlessly stylish as they step on to the Cannes Film Festival red carpet in a couture gown, but that glamorous moment is actually the culmination of weeks, and often months, of work and planning. From the first sketches and the many toiles, through to...

Qatar motorist killed after transport truck crushes pickup in Sailiya In the second serious vehicle crash this week, at least one Qatar motorist has been killed following a horrific collision involving a transport truck on Salwa Road in Sailiya yesterday afternoon. According to photos and video of the scene shared with Doha News, the impact involved a Toyota pickup truck that...

HH the Emir Attends "Buzzard 4" Seminar Doha, May 26 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani attended Tuesday a part from the senior commanders seminar for the joint military drill "The Buzzard 4", organized by the Qatari Armed Forces in cooperation with all ministries, institutions and state bodies and participation of several brotherly and friendly countries. HE...

Prince Ali says FIFA crisis ‘cannot continue’ A combination of file photos shows Jordan's Prince Ali bin al-Hussein and FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Prince Ali said the arrest of six football officials in a US corruption probe was "a sad day" for the sport. Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, the man challenging Sepp Blatter for the most powerful job in world soccer,...

Sheikha Moza highlights growing 'fear of Muslims' in Europe HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser is the guest of honour and keynote speaker at the opening of the new Middle East Centre building in St Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), has delivered a...

UCL Qatar students intern at local, international museums UCL Qatar’s 2015 class of Museum Studies, Conservation and Archaeology students are currently embarking on four week work placements at leading local, regional and international museums, art galleries and archaeological sites. UCL Qatar is a multi-disciplinary university and the placements are a compulsory component of the Master’s degree programmes to enable students...

ISIS shoots dead 20 in Palmyra amphitheater This file photo released on Sunday, May 17, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria. (AP) Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shot dead around 20 men in an ancient amphitheatre in the Syrian...

Consortium to build Qatar’s largest power and desalination plant Rapidly growing demand for power and water in Qatar has led authorities to commission the construction of a US$3.15 billion (QR11.47 billion) electricity and desalination plant in the southern part of the country. Once completed, the facility in Umm al Houl – which is located south of Doha, between Al Wakrah and...

Qatar International Medical Congress 2015 "Qatar International Medical Congress" (QIMC) 2015 will be held at the Qatar National Convention Centre from 26-28 May 2015. The congress will be focusing on the growth of the Medical Industry and its expenditure globally and in the Middle East and GCC countries while concentrating on the state of Qatar and the role it has played...

Ashghal announce road closure in Al Khor The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced the complete closure of two sections of Al Ghaws Street in Al Khor area from tomorrow for a period of two months. The closure between Al Khor Corniche Roundabout and Al Khor beach is part of the sewerage network construction works in Al Khor commercial street. During the...

Qatar Airways Cargo operates 12 A330F charters to Kathmandu to support people of Nepal Cargo carrier partners with Nazava to provide water filters Qatar Airways and RAF charity deliver 10 tonnes of food to Kathmandu DOHA, Qatar - Qatar Airways Cargo has continued its relief efforts to Nepal operating a total of 12 freighter services to deliver urgent aid to Kathmandu following...