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  16 May 2018 - 11:18 The Peninsula DOHA: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) yesterday launched a new service that will enable people to apply for family visit visa through MoI website and Metrash2. This came within the framework to develop services to the public. Brigadier Mohammed Ahmed Al Ateeq, Director General of the Department of Passport and Expatriates Affairs at MoI, said the...

  16 May 2018 - 11:26 Image used for representation. The Peninsula Doha: The Ministry of Public Health has launched a national campaign to curb the impacts of smoking and tobacco use. The three-phase, multi-year campaign aims to encourage residents to follow the tobacco control law, understand the risks associated with tobacco use, to discourage youth from starting the habit and to direct people...

  28 Mar 2018 - 18:31 Photo Credit: Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy By Pramod Prabhakaran / The Peninsula Online Doha: British Parliament, yesterday, recognised and appreciated the efforts by Qatar to bolster the rights of workers. In an answer to a Member of Parliament’s (MP) question, Minister of State for Middle East, Alistair Burt, said that “Qatar is working very hard to...

  26 Apr 2018 - 12:56 The Eastern Express travels through Erzincan province en route from Kars to Ankara in eastern Turkey. Reuters/Umit Bektas By Umit Bektas and Ece Toksabay | Reuters KARS, Turkey: Emre proposed to his girlfriend Mine Nur in a candlelit wagon on the "Eastern Express", a thousand kilometre train ride across eastern Turkey which he says formed the perfect...

  05 May 2018 - 11:47 Vogel Ski Resort in Slovenia. MUST CREDIT: Ezav Mrgole By Noah Charney | The Washington Post Living in Slovenia, you often hear about the benefits of the wonderfully compact yet diverse terrain of the country. Stretching over a territory about the size of New Jersey, it runs the gamut of landscapes. Consider the vast underground limestone cave systems,...

  13 May 2018 - 12:29 Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu makes a speech during the Istanbul Forum for Arab Journalists in Istanbul, Turkey on May 12, 2018. ( Fatih Akta? - Anadolu Agency ) QNA Ankara: Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday that the impact of the GCC crisis was not limited to the five countries concerned, but...

  13 May 2018 - 14:19 Civil defence crews and locals conduct search and rescue works after a bomb laden car explodes in front of the district hospital near the court house in Idlib, Syria on May 12, 2018. At least 12 people died and 25 injured. Khalaf Joumaa - Anadolu By Eshref Musa and Burak Karacaoglu | Anadolu IDLIB, Syria: At least 12...

  13 May 2018 - 15:33 By Baris Seckin | Anadolu ANKARA: Turkish expats will vote for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in 60 countries. According to data obtained from the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YBT), Turkish citizens who have registered in the foreign electoral roll will be able to vote at 123 representations on June 7-19 or at...

  13 May 2018 - 15:55 Iraqi polling station staff is seen after polls closed for the Iraqi parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq on May 12, 2018. Murtadha Sudani - Anadolu AFP Baghdad: Iraq tallied votes Sunday as record abstentions dealt a blow to a political elite reviled for its perceived corruption, in the country's first national poll since it defeated the Islamic...

  13 May 2018 - 18:45 An Israeli man confronts a Palestinian woman at Damascus gate in Jerusalem on May 13, 2018, as Israeli nationalist settlers celebrate the Jerusalem Day in the Old City. AFP / Menahem Kahana AFP Jerusalem:  Israelis basked in national pride and pro-American fervour on Sunday as tens of thousands participated in a Jerusalem march, a day ahead of...

  13 May 2018 - 18:56 Yousef Adeis (Reuters file photo) By Qais Abu Samra I Anadolu RAMALLAH:  Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, Yousef Adeis, on Sunday called on Arab and Islamic worlds to defend Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque against Israeli violations. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Adeis said Israeli violations at Islamic and Christian holy sites "have reached a dangerous level”. He said...

  13 May 2018 - 11:57 The Peninsula Military Police Commander Staff Major General Mohamed Messhi Al Ahbabi met with Commanding General of Italy’s Carabinieri Force, Giovanni Nistri and his accompanying delegation, currently visiting Doha. They discussed bilateral relations in fields of joint interest between Qatar and Italy and how to advance them. The meeting also discussed the possibility of benefiting from these relations...

  13 May 2018 - 12:02 The officials during the Command Centre Exercise. QNA DOHA: The Armed Forces concluded the cpx Command Centre Exercise by Major General Abdullah bin Jassim, in the presence of Commander of the Amiri Land Forces Major General Muhammad bin Ali Al Ghanim. Major General Abdullah bin Jassim carried out the exercise within the training plan. The training aims to drill...

  13 May 2018 - 12:03 The dignitaries at the technical workshop to discuss environmental standards. The Peninsula DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Environment has launched the second package of environmental standards for infrastructure projects prepared jointly with the State’s development partners. The Ministry organised a technical workshop to present and discuss environmental standards for infrastructure projects in the presence of 116 participants from...