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  27 Apr 2018 - 6:31 The Peninsula Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met at Amiri Diwan yesterday with President of the South American Football Confederation and Vice-President of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), Alejandro Dominguez, and the accompanying delegation, who called on the Amir to greet him on the occasion of their visit to the...

  27 Apr 2018 - 6:31 QNA Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs,  H E Dr. Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi, the Secretary-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Yoka Brandt. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and areas of common concern, in addition to means of...

  27 Apr 2018 - 10:10 Image shared by Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Qatar on its twitter page. QNA Paris: Sending Arab troops to Syria would complicate the situation there affirmed H E Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. In an interview with France 24 TV Channel, on the sidelines of the Paris Conference to Combat...

  27 Apr 2018 - 6:32 The Peninsula Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, with Indian Ambassador to Qatar, P Kumaran, Kalyan Group Chairman and Managing Director, T S Kalyanaraman, and other officials during the opening of the new branch of Kalyan Jewellers at the D-Ring Lulu Hypermarket in Doha yesterday. All pics: Salim Matramkot / The Peninsula    

  27 Apr 2018 - 11:05 QNA Doha: Strong Northern winds of over 21 knots causing dust storm with poor horizontal visibility of less than 4kms is currently reported by the Qatar Meteorology Department. The department has urged sea goers to avoid marine activities due to fluctuating weather conditions. The department further said that there are also chances of rain accompanied by thunder...

  27 Apr 2018 - 11:25 Image of Ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, Qatar's permanent representative to the United Nations, from her twitter account. QNA New York: Qatar has called for an immediate lifting of the unjust siege, which is about to enter its second year, reiterating that the siege and arbitrary unilateral measures imposed on the country without any legal...

Denuclearisation of peninsula to top agenda as the leaders of North Korea and South Korea prepare to hold talks. 43 minutes ago Kim Jong Un will cross into South Korea for the first time on Friday MORE ON NORTH KOREA Collapse of North Korea nuclear site threatens fallout: reporttoday What about North Korea's non-nuclear arsenal?today The road trip from North Korea's capital...

An in-depth look at the military spending, the economy and the drivers of growth for the two regional rivals. Alia Chughtai | 25 Apr 2018 14:40 GMT | Middle East, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Business & Economy Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran are currently directly or indirectly engaged in a number of Middle East conflicts, as well as opposing sides of the global oil trade. MILITARY SPENDING In the past five years, most Middle Eastern...

Istanbul court convicts over a dozen journalists from opposition Cumhuriyet daily over 'terrorism-related' charges. 13 hours ago The court handed down sentences ranging from two years and six months to seven years and six months to the Cumhuriyet staff MORE ON TURKEY Turkey: 14 Cumhuriyet staff sentenced on 'terror' chargestoday Iyi Party approved to run in Turkey polls, 15 MPs join its...

Over 3,000 people arrive in Brasilia to denounce what activists say is an unprecedented rollback of indigenous rights. by Sam Cowie 12 hours ago Brazil is home to roughly 900,000 indigenous people of more than 200 tribes MORE ON BRAZIL Brazil: 2017 one of 'bloodiest years' for land conflicts5 days ago Brazil boosts social programmes' funding for Venezuelan influxlast week Brazil: Marielle Franco's...

Thirty-two years after the explosions at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant, we revisit the disaster and its legacy. 5 hours ago JUMP TO What happened at Chernobyl? How many people died? Is the Exclusion Zone safe? Exactly 32 years ago, explosions at the then-Soviet Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant set off what has been described as the world's worst nuclear disaster. The blasts released large...

How the war in Yemen and Donald Trump's travel ban have left Yemeni-American families stranded between two homes. 25 Apr 2018 12:44 GMT Muslim Ban, Yemen, Donald Trump, United States, Human Rights Now in its fourth year, the war in Yemen has destroyed much of the country's infrastructure, leading to widespread disease and famine - and over 22 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. As the conflict worsens,...

Company sees number of monthly active users reach 2.2 billion while facing scrutiny over data breach and harvesting. 5 minutes ago Number of daily and monthly users grew 13 percent compared with 2017 MORE ON FACEBOOK Thank you, Mr Zuckerberg!6 days ago Facebook and the murky world of digital advertisinglast week Facebook's Zuckerberg grilled harder during second hearinglast week Mark Zuckerberg's Congress...

  25 Mar 2018 - 15:15 Image used for representation. IANS London: Older adults with slower walking speeds seem to have a greater risk of dementia than those with faster walking speeds, researchers have found. The findings, led by Ruth A. Hackett, from the University College London, showed that people who experienced a faster decline in walking speed over a two-year period were also...