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  04 May 2018 - 4:56 Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday patronised the opening of the new buildings in the Amiri Guard camp in Lehsaynia area. H H the Amir listened to a detailed explanation by a number of senior Amiri Guard officials on the modern facilities and equipment in the new building that go in...

  04 May 2018 - 5:05 Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim makes his signature pose during a press conference held in Doha yesterday. Picture by: Salim Matramkot/The Peninsula By Chinthana Wasala I The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar’s celebrity athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim will be seeking a tough challenge in the season’s opening high jump battle at Qatar Sports Club Stadium today. Barshim, who was named the...

  30 Apr 2018 - 20:27 The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Airways passengers can now experience ‘Super Wi-Fi’ high-speed broadband connectivity using Inmarsat’s GX Aviation technology. The broadband service is being progressively rolled out on all Boeing 777 aircraft and Airbus A350 aircraft in Qatar Airways’ young fleet. Qatar Airways is the first airline in the MENA region to have invested in the...

  30 Apr 2018 - 16:43 QNA / The Peninsula Doha: Qatar Airways has denied that they have given free tickets to Filipinos employed in Kuwait to return home. Qatar Airways said in a statement that Filipino passengers, who were reported by some Arabic media websites and social media, have purchased regular airline tickets through a travel and tourism company in Kuwait...

  03 May 2018 - 14:37 Photo: Twitter AP MOSCOW: A Russian fighter jet crashed Thursday off the coast of Syria, killing both pilots, according to Russia's Defense Ministry, which said the plane did not come under fire and that the crash may have been caused by a bird getting sucked into one of the engines. State news agency Tass cited the ministry as saying...

  03 May 2018 - 15:41 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan. Cem Oksuz/Turkish Presidential Palace AFP Ankara: Turkey's ruling party on Thursday confirmed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as its candidate to run in snap polls in June, while the main opposition party has yet to make a nomination. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Erdogan, who leads the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), would be...

  28 Apr 2018 - 9:57 Suh-hoon, South Korea's chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) cries after delivering a joint statement, next to Im Jong-seok, South Korea's chief presidential secretary, at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018. Korea Summit Press Pool/Pool via Reuters By Soyoung Kim | Reuters SEOUL: Shedding...

  28 Apr 2018 - 13:19 Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks during a press conference at the 32nd ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit in Singapore on April 28, 2018. / AFP / ROSLAN RAHMAN AFP Singapore, Singapore has not received any "formal" request to host an eagerly awaited meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong...

  29 Apr 2018 - 10:35 This picture taken on April 27, 2018 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 29, 2018 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un speaking with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (unseen) during the Inter-Korean summit in the Peace House building on the southern side of the truce village of...

  29 Apr 2018 - 15:17 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) speaks to members of the Philippine community during a gathering in Singapore on April 28, 2018. President Duterte is in Singapore to attend the ASEAN Summit meeting on April 28. / AFP / NICHOLAS YEO Reuters MANILA: Philippine President Roridgo Duterte said on Sunday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom he...

  29 Apr 2018 - 16:14 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during joint press briefing with the Saudi foreign minister at the Royal airport in the capital Riyadh on April 29, 2018. / AFP / FAYEZ NURELDINE AFP Washington: The US has an "obligation" to pursue a diplomatic solution with North Korea, and there is a "real opportunity" for progress, Secretary...

  01 May 2018 - 10:41 South Korean soldiers dismantle loudspeakers that were set up for propaganda broadcasts near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju on May 1, 2018. AFP / KIM HONG-JI By Hyung Jin Kim | AP SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea on Tuesday dismantled huge loudspeakers used to blare anti-Pyongyang broadcasts and K-pop songs from its border with...

01 May 2018 - 12:38 Screengrab of Peppa Pig taken from official youtube channel. AFP Beijing, A Chinese internet platform has given the British cartoon "Peppa Pig" the chop as state media lamented that the series had become a "subversive" icon for slackers and anti-social young people. At least 30,000 clips of "Peppa Pig", whose heroine is a playful bright pink pig, were removed...

  01 May 2018 - 15:46 This picture taken on April 26, 2018 shows displaced Kachin residents crossing Malikha river on a ferry to escape the fighting in Injanyan village near Myitkyina between the Kachin Independence Army, ethnic armed group against the Myanmar government troops in Myanmar's northernmost state of Kachin near the border with China. AFP / Zau Ring HPARA AFP Naypyidaw,...