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Color Run makes Doha debut The Color Run, the original 5-kilometre colour powder race, enjoyed a huge turnout on its Doha debut at the Qatar National Convention Centre. With the help of Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First - the health campaign by Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q), the event saw participants of all ages and abilities taking part...

Al Khaliji, Commercial Bank in QR1.26bn financing for Al Rayyan Road project JV Al-Raisi (left) and al-Khalifa: Supporting Qatar’s economic expansion. Al Khalij Commercial Bank (Al Khaliji) and Commercial Bank have “successfully concluded” a combined contract financing arrangement of QR1.26bn for a project awarded to a joint venture on the Al Rayyan Road project. The contract financing facility was for the project...

Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah kisses the trophy after winning the Qatar International Rally yesterday. Qatar’s rally star Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah confirmed a record-breaking dusty dozen wins in the QMMF Qatar International Rally, round one of the 2015 FIA Middle East Rally Championship, which drew to a conclusion in Doha yesterday afternoon. The defending regional champion and his French navigator Matthieu Baumel...

Qatar lawyers recommend strategies to speed up court hearings With reporting from Riham Sheble As the population climbs and the number of court cases in Qatar continues to build up, legal experts have been working on finding new ways to clear the ensuing trial delays and backlogs. For years, witness no-shows, last-minute requests for evidence and other tactics have been drawing out...

Qatar, France Discuss UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Doha, February 07 (QNA) - HE Major General Dr. Abdullah Yusuf Al-Maal, legal advisor to the Minister Interior , who is the Chairman of the Preparatory Committee of The Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and his accompanying delegation have discussed with the French Foreign...

Qatar Donates $200,000 for UN Peacebuilding Fund New York, February 07 (QNA) - The State of Qatar has donated $200,000 to The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) The State of Qatar is a key donor to the Fund, which will finance activities aimed at the consolidation of the peace process and to support the implementation of the peace agreements and...

Fire Bombs Kill 9, Hurt 30 in Bangladesh Dhaka, February 07 (QNA) - Attackers threw crude fire bombs at a packed bus and a moving truck in two separate incidents in Bangladesh, leaving nine people dead and 30 others injured, police said. The attacks were the latest spasm of violence in a nationwide transportation blockade called by the opposition political...

UN Rights Office Urges Release of Illegally Detained Protestors in DR Congo Geneva, February 07 (QNA) - The United Nations human rights office raised serious due process concerns over the detention of at least 300 people some for as long as three weeks and with no access to a lawyer following recent demonstrations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

Merkel says 'weapons won't help' resolve eastern Ukraine crisis Chancellor Angela Merkel has reiterated Germany's position against arming government forces in the Ukraine conflict. She also said she was uncertain of the chances of success for a new German-French peace initiative. Chancellor Merkel told the annual Munich Security Conference on Saturday that Germany remained convinced that sending weapons to the Ukraine...

Foreign Minister Participates in GCC-US Foreign Ministers Meeting Munich, February 07 (QNA) - HE Qatar's Foreign Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah took part in a meeting for GCC Foreign Ministers and US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference. Talks during the meeting focused on ways of enhancing relations and cooperation between the...

Blast hits Republican Palace in Yemen capital Houthi fighters in police uniform guard outside the presidential palace in Sanaa February 6, 2015. (Reuters) An explosion outside the presidential palace in Yemen’s Sanaa on Saturday wounded three Houthi militiamen guarding the residence, Reuters news agency reported. The explosion followed an announcement on Saturday in which the Houthis formed a “security commission,” including former...

Suicide bombings kill at least 34 in Baghdad Iraqi soldiers patrol the streets in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on February 05, 2015. (File photo: AFP) Three separate suicide bombings in Baghdad claimed the lives of at least 34 people and wounded more than 50 on Saturday, security and medical officials told Reuters news agency. The first blast occurred in the Shiite...

Jordan: Pilot murder ‘turning point’ in ISIS fight Jordanian protesters hold up pictures of Jordanian King Abdullah and Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, during a rally in Amman to show their loyalty to the King and against ISIS, February 5, 2015. (Reuters) The burning alive of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State group is a “turning point” in the kingdom’s fight...

Family of ISIS hostage hopeful she is still alive his undated handout photo obtained February 6, 2015, courtesy of the Mueller family and the office of US Senator John McCain shows 26-year-old Kayla Mueller. (AFP) The parents of an American humanitarian worker held hostage by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group since August 2013 said on Friday they...