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HH the Emir, Indian Prime Minister Hold Official Talks New Delhi, March 25 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a session of official talks at Hyderabad House on Wednesday. During the talks, they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of supporting and promoting bilateral cooperation in...

Miami-Doha flight in emergency landing as baby born mid-air A Boeing 777 bound from Miami to Doha was forced to make an emergency landing in Newfoundland after a pregnant passenger gave birth mid-air to a baby boy, officials said Wednesday. The birth took place just hours after the Qatar Airways flight took off from Florida on Sunday morning and before...

Germanwings recovery operations: live updates Investigators in Paris say they have successfully extracted recordings from the Germanwings cockpit voice recorder found on Tuesday. The plane crashed in the French Alps, killing 150. DW is updating with the latest. 19:45 - So, in summary: Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr announced various flights from Spain and Germany for the relatives and friends, to begin...

Paris, Berlin and Madrid unite over aircrash rescue operation The leaders of Germany, France and Spain have expressed their "heartfelt thanks" to all parties involved in the Germanwings rescue operation. An Airbus A320 crashed en route from Barcelona to Düsseldorf on Tuesday. French President Francois Hollande gave a moving speech on Wednesday during a press conference in the picturesque Alpine village...

Yemen President Hadi flees palace stronghold as rebels advance on Aden The whereabouts of Yemen's beleaguered president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, are unknown after he fled his presidential compound in the southern city of Aden. Forces loyal to the president have vowed to fight. On Wednesday, forces from the rebel Houthis - a Shiite tribe from the country's mountainous north -...

Another round of downpours forecast for Qatar this weekend Rain showers and possible thunderstorms are expected to move across Qatar tomorrow, picking up on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, local meteorologists have said. While precipitation is usually welcome by residents here, the downpours will likely put a damper on several outdoor weekend activities, including the Qatar International Food Festival and Katara...

Live: Germanwings crash in Alps A Germanwings airliner carrying 144 passengers and six crew has crashed in the French Alps. France's transport minister says there are no survivors. Angela Merkel will travel to the crash site tomorrow. All times in local Central European Time (GMT&UTC +1). 19:30 - Emergency counselor Justus Münster spoke to DW-TV moments ago. 19:22 - US President Barack...

Doha, March 24 (QNA) - The works of the GCC e-Government Ministerial Committee concluded Tuesday in Doha. The meeting with chaired by HE Minister of Information and Communications Technology Dr. Hessa Al Jaber. The committee discussed enhancing joint GCC work and exchanging expertise in the field of e-government. The meeting also began by launching the first web portal that links...

Qatar, Pakistan sign pacts to boost ties across sectors Qatar and Pakistan signed a number of agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to enhance cooperation in many fields during the visit of the Emir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani to Pakistan on Monday. A cooperation agreement in the field of youth and sports was also signed. The Emir and the...

Qatar and Sri Lanka Hold Talks Session Colombo, March 24 (QNA) - The State of Qatar represented by HH the Emir and the Democratic Socialist State of Sri Lanka represented by President Maithripala Sirisena held an official round of talks. President of Sri Lanka expressed his happiness at the visit of HH the Emir and the accompanying delegation. The president...

US, Afghan leaders discuss troop withdrawal President Barack Obama speaks to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday. AFP/Washington - President Barack Obama held intensive White House talks on Tuesday with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani, who is seeking "flexibility" on the pace of US troop withdrawals from his war-torn...

Airbus A320 crashes in France, 150 killed A family member of a passenger killed in Germanwings plane crash reacts as he arrives at Barcelona's El Prat airport March 24, 2015. (Reuters) An Airbus A320 plane operated by Germanwings, an affiliate of Lufthansa, crashed in the southern French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 people on board. Germanwings confirmed its flight 4U...

Death with Interruptions → Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago's brilliant new novel poses the question -- what happens when the grim reaper decides there will be no more death? Death sits in her chilly apartment, where she lives alone with scythe and filing cabinets, and contemplates her experiment: What if no one ever died again? What if she, death with a...

Health Benefits Of Turmeric It's a quintessential spice in curry, a relative of ginger and one of the healthiest ways to add flavor -- and color! -- to a home-cooked meal. Turmeric has been used to relieve everything from liver problems to depression to ringworm in folk medicine, but, like many alternative therapies, there's not always much research to back up...