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Migrant population to decrease in Qatar by 2030 Qatar expects a steady decline of migrants in the coming years as the current employment rates are expected to fall, according to the Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC). The 2000s were a period of "extraordinary" demographic change in Qatar with the migrant population increasing by 155,000 between 2000 and 2005 and by...

Carreno appointed as Qatar football team's head coach Qatar appointed Uruguayan Jose Daniel Carreno as new heach coach of the national football team on Wednesday. Carreno, who trained Qatari club Al Arabi SC in 2014, took over from Algerian Djamel Belmadi, who had been in charge from March 2014 until last week when his departure was announced. The first challenge awaiting the...

David Cameron talks devolution, EU referendum in victory speech In his first public statements since securing a Conservative victory, Prime Minister Cameron has reaffirmed his vow to reexamine EU membership. The PM also promised devolution to Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. David Cameron used the first speech since his Conservative Party emerged victorious in the UK general election to reiterate his...

Iraq: Suicide attacks on Shiite mosques kill 22 worshippers Militants carried out a series of suicide attacks on Friday against Shiite mosques in northeastern Iraq killing at least 22 worshippers, including a senior police officer, officials said. In the town of Balad Ruz, a suicide car bomber attacked the al-Zahraa mosque as worshippers were leaving after the Friday sermon, a police...

Kobani - a symbol forgotten For months, global media followed the battle between 'IS' and Kurdish forces in the Syrian city, Kobani. Today, with IS pushed to the countryside, there is scant attention for a city that was nearly obliterated. On an overcast afternoon in central Berlin, a few steps from the city's upscale boutiques and glass-fronted parliament buildings, Idriss Nassan...

Al Baker: Qatar Airways unlikely to cut fares amid lower profits As pressure mounts on Qatar Airways to open up its books and counter claims that it receives unfair government assistance, the carrier’s chief executive has cautioned that the airline’s financial performance last year fell below expectations. The national carrier’s thin margins mean passengers shouldn’t expect to see a reduction in...

Al Sadd Club rout Al Shamal in Emir Cup Former double champions Al Sadd Club galloped to 90-63 victory in their opening Group 2 match against Al Shamal Club in the Emir Cup Basketball Championship at the Al Gharafa Club Indoor Hall on Wednesday. Swingman Mildon Ambres debuted for Al Wakrah with an impressive double-double and his team to a...

Bosnian police launch operation to root out radical Islamists Police officers take position in front of a police station, which was attacked, in Zvornik, April 28, 2015. (Reuters) Bosnian police on Wednesday launched an operation to root out radical Islamists, arresting several people, a week after a suspected “terrorist attack” in which a police officer was killed. “The search is underway in...

Expats in Qatar spend 40% on housing: MEC Expatriates in Qatar spend about 40% of their expenditure on housing; while nationals spend more on food, transport and overseas travel, according to the Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC). Consumer expenditures in Qatar are primarily driven by housing, food, transport and travel abroad, together which make up nearly three-quarter of overall expenditure...

QA, Royal Air Maroc sign deal Qatar Airways and Royal Air Maroc have announced the launch of a strategic joint business agreement on their services between Qatar and Morocco. Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar al-Baker and Royal Air Maroc chairman and CEO Driss Benhima signed the agreement yesterday at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai, in the presence of...

UK heads to the polls in general election Millions of Britons have begun casting their votes in the UK's general election. The latest polls show Ed Miliband's Labour and David Cameron's Conservatives are neck and neck in the race for 10 Downing Street. Polling stations across Great Britain and Northern Island opened at 7 a.m. local time (0600 UTC) on Thursday...

Uppsala district court evacuated after bomb threat The district court in Uppsala has been evacuated and the surrounding area has been cordoned off after a bomb threat. The threat has been linked to the trial of three members of the Nazi organisation, the Swedish Resistance Movement, according to local media. "We have received a bomb threat and the premises have been...

Two Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai shooting: security sources Army trucks carry Egyptian military tanks in El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula. Two Egyptian police recruits were killed on Thursday when unidentified gunmen shot them outside the gate of a security forces camp in the volatile Northern Sinai region, security sources said. Last month, Egypt extended by three months a state...

World’s First Head Transplant A Success After Nineteen Hour Operation The ground-breaking operation took a team of surgeons nineteen hours and has allowed the patient to be cancer-free. Johannesburg, South Africa — A 36-year-old man has undergone the world’s first successful head transplant. The ground-breaking operation took a team of surgeons nineteen hours to complete and has allowed the patient to...