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  27 Apr 2018 - 21:14 Screens bearing images of embassies around the Middle East are seen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut as members of the electoral commission monitor the electoral process as Lebanese expats start voting in the Lebanese parliamentary elections on April 27, 2018. The 12,611 Lebanese voters registered in the Middle East will be the...

  28 Apr 2018 - 9:39 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani with other participants in the Paris Conference to Combat Terror Financing, in the French capital. The Peninsula DOHA: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said that there has been momentum in...

  28 Apr 2018 - 9:50 From third left: H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health; Dr Bahia Tahzib-Lie, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Qatar; H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, Minister of State; and Ibrahim Fakhroo, Director of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with other officials during the Dutch...

  28 Apr 2018 - 9:57 Pic: Salim Matramkot/The Peninsula The Peninsula Medical staff and volunteers assisting the workers at the 34th Free Medical Camp organised by the Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF) in association with the Ministry of Public Health, at the Medical Commission in Doha, yesterday. More than 1,500 workers benefitted from the free medical camp.  

  27 Apr 2018 - 14:36 IANS New York: Let your child be curious for learning new things as it may help him or her to grasp basic math and improve reading skills from an early age, a new study led by an Indian-origin researcher suggests. Curiosity in young children was defined as a trait for the joy of discovery, and the motivation...

  26 Apr 2018 - 14:15 Armenian opposition supporters march in Yerevan on April 26, 2018. / AFP / KAREN MINASYAN By YURAS KARMANAU and AVET DEMOURIAN | AP YEREVAN, Armenia: The Armenian parliament on Thursday called for an extraordinary session next week to vote for a new prime minister after the country was plunged into a political crisis with the abrupt resignation of...

  26 Apr 2018 - 14:40 AFP Moscow: You might have trouble buying a beer on match day in Russia but World Cup fans may still snort cocaine at the stadium -- provided they have a doctor's note. Some peculiar Russian rules are coming to light as the June 14-July 15 football extravaganza draws nearer. One was spotted by intrepid reporters at Russia's government-friendly...

  26 Apr 2018 - 15:14 German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives statement to the media ahead of the talks with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2018. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch AFP Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits US President Donald Trump on Friday for a last-ditch European effort to prevent a transatlantic trade war and save the Iran nuclear deal. Merkel's...

  27 Apr 2018 - 13:27 FILE PHOTO: Prince Louis of Cambridge, Louis Arthur Charles, son of Britain's Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, is carried from the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo Reuters LONDON: Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate have named their newborn son Louis Arthur Charles, who will...

  27 Apr 2018 - 6:11 An Interactive session as part of the exhibition at the 13th Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition, at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre. Pic: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula By Amna Pervaiz Rao I The Peninsula DOHA: The 13th Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition continues to present a showstopper event for local designers, delivering a platform to foster Qatar’s...

  27 Apr 2018 - 6:18 An aerial view of the upcoming National Museum of Qatar designed by Atelier Jean Nouvel. Qatar Museums yesterday presented new images of the National Museum of Qatar at the Art Leaders Network 2018 conference in Berlin. Pic: Iwan Baan The Peninsula An aerial view of the upcoming National Museum of Qatar designed by Atelier Jean Nouvel. Qatar...

  27 Apr 2018 - 6:18 H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), visited a Qatar Foundation International (QFI) partner school in Brooklyn that teaches Arabic culture and history through art to elementary students. The program encourages students to make meaningful connection with the Arab world and foster a community of...

  27 Apr 2018 - 6:18 Minister of Culture and Sports, H E Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali at the first annual forum of theatre held yesterday at the Qatar National Theatre. The Peninsula DOHA: Minister of Culture and Sports, H E Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali, said that the Ministry seeks to put the Qatari theatre on the world map and to...

  27 Apr 2018 - 6:19 Speaker of the Advisory Council, H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud, at the The Arab-African Parliamentary Forum in Rabat. QNA Rabat: The Arab-African Parliamentary Forum, which was held over two days under the theme of “For the Construction of a Complementary Model of Regional Cooperation”, concluded here. Speaker of the Advisory Council, H E Ahmed...