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15 Qataris feature in latest top 100 world’s most powerful Arabs list More than a dozen prominent nationals who head up Qatar’s sports, finance and culture hubs have been ranked in the 100 Most Powerful Arabs 2015 list by Gulf Business. Seven of the 15 Qataris in the index made it to the top 50, including familiar faces Hassan Al Thawadi,...

Hailed a success, tamper-proof taxi meters to be added to all Qatar cabs Lauding the decline of passenger complaints since it began rolling out a new taxi meter system last year, state-backed transportation company Mowasalat has said it plans to install the devices in all of its franchised cars in the near future. Mowasalat began outfitting some of its 4,000-car fleet...

Qatar Rail signs deal for driverless Doha Metro trains The latest contract awarded by Qatar Rail sheds new light on what passengers will experience while riding the Doha Metro once the system starts operating in 2019. Coinciding with a weekend visit to Japan by Qatar’s Emir, a consortium of five firms led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. announced on Friday that...

Silver in Falun in cross country sprint relay Ida Ingemarsdotter and Stina Nilsson after the race. At the Nordic World Skiing Championships in Falun here in Sweden, Ida Ingemarsdotter and Stina Nilsson have taken the silver medal in the women’s cross country sprint relay. The Swedes finished just over 8 seconds behind gold medalists Norway, less than half a second ahead of...

Yemen leader meets governors after fleeing capital Houthi fighters stand outside a state security court in Sanaa on Sunday. Yemen's ousted president Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi appeared to rescind his resignation and attempt to reclaim his position in a statement after escaping house arrest by the Houthi militia in Sanaa and fleeing to Aden. Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi led a...

Qatar Win GCC 3*3 Basketball Tournament Manama, February 22 (QNA) - Qatar's 3*3 basketball B team was crowned Saturday as champions for the third consecutive time after defeating Saudi Arabia 21-14. Qatar had won the previous two editions which was held in the UAE and Emirates respectively. The team gave a strong performance throughout the competition and used their experience to...

Qatar Emir to make first official White House visit on Tuesday Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will meet with US President Barack Obama at the White House this week during his first official visit as leader of Qatar. In a statement, the White House said: “The President looks forward to discussing with Sheikh Tamim political, economic, and security issues of...

New ISIS video shows Kurdish fighters in cages The video does not contain any explicit threats to the captives. (Screengrab) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group released a new video on Sunday purporting to show captured Kurdish Peshmerga fighters paraded through Iraqi streets in cages. The video shows 21 captives presented as 16 Peshmerga fighters, two Iraqi army...

Swedish journalist freed in Syria Joakim Medin outside Kobane. Photo: private A Swedish journalist has been freed after being held by Syrian government forces for a week. Joakim Medin went missing in areas controlled by Islamic State militants, and it had been feared he had been captured by the jihadists. He tells the newspaper Expressen that he and a Kurdish colleague had...

Young girl suicide bomber kills several in northeastern Nigeria A girl witnesses estimated to be no more than eight years old has carried out a suicide bombing in northeastern Nigeria. The use of female suicide bombers has been a common tactic of Boko Haram Islamist militants. Witnesses and hospital sources said a total of six people were killed after she triggered...

Deadly explosion rips through eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv An explosive device that went off in a crowd of marchers celebrating Ukraine's 2014 revolution has caused over a dozen casualties. The country's Interior Ministry condemned the "terrorist act" far from the frontline. Commemorations of those killed in during last year's Euromaidan protests were held across Ukraine, such as the one pictured...

Qatar doctors trained to use new tech simulating psychotic episodes 2014 Middle East tour of project Labyrinth Psychotica. In an effort to better understand and treat certain mental health issues in Qatar, Hamad Medical Corp. has begun training doctors with a new interactive device that simulates psychotic episodes. Speaking to Doha News, Dr. Suhaila Ghuloum, a senior psychiatry consultant at HMC,...

Terrorist-accused Swede kept in British custody The man was travelling from Copenhagen in Denmark, to Manila, in the Phillippines. A Swedish national charged in Britain with terrorist offences has been ordered kept in custody by a British court, the newspaper Blekinge Läns Tidning reports. The 36 year old was detained at Heathrow airport in September, in transit between Copenhagen and Manila...

Emir ends successful Japan tour Doha - The Emir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on Friday concluded his successful two-day visit to Japan which saw signing of a slew of bilateral agreements in the fields of trade and investment, defence, energy, health, education, culture, information technology and sports. During the meeting, the Emir and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...