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  25 Apr 2018 - 9:44 Track works continue along the elevated viaducts of the Metro Red Line near Qatar University. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Rail projects have provided opportunities in billions of riyals to the local market and its employees, as about 70 percent of the value of Qatar Rail contracts went to the local market, said  Abdullah Abdulaziz Turki Al Subaie,...

  25 Apr 2018 - 9:47 H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and Dr Linda P Fried, during the launch of research project in New York, yesterday. Pic: Aisha Al Musalam QNA New York: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, launched yesterday a research project designed to study the mental health and psychosocial...

Qatar-based network calls on Egypt to release its journalist, who has spent almost 500 days in jail without charge. 22 Apr 2018 Hussein was detained by Egyptian authorities while on holiday MORE ON PRESS FREEDOM Tanzania law for online content 'threatens free speech'last week Geo goes dark: Media and the military in Pakistanlast week Inside Orban's crackdown on Hungary's free press2 weeks...

State-owned port operator should rethink its deal with breakaway region and work with the government, says Somali FM. 22 Apr 2018 DP World, the world's fourth-largest port operator, said in 2016 it would invest more than $400m to develop Berbera port MORE ON POLITICS Toronto van attack: Suspect charged with 10 counts of murdertoday Armenian opposition leader calls for renewed proteststoday Qatar-Gulf...

Kuwaiti Deputy FM Khaled al-Jarallah says the crisis 'will destroy the hopes and dreams' of the GCC if left unresolved. 24 Apr 2018 Al-Jarallah warned that the crisis threatened to derail the work of numerous initiatives by the six-member body MORE ON GCC Qatar-Gulf crisis: All latest updatestoday Kuwait: Not resolving GCC crisis is destructive to regionyesterday GCC arms race: Who sells...

Copies of 'Qatar: A Dangerous Alliance' were distributed at a Hudson Institute event attended by Steve Bannon in 2017. 24 hours ago The contract with Lapis, which dates back to 2017, only came to be known in a recently filed declaration to US justice department. A Dubai-based company hired a public relations executive to produce films defaming Qatar, a report by The Bureau...

Why the proposal for a Saudi-led deployment of Arab forces to Syria would not work. by Joe Macaron an hour ago US President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, on March 20, 2018, MORE ON SAUDI ARABIA Trump is offering Saudi Arabia a 'bad deal' on Syriatoday Are world leaders doing...

Today is the 324rd day of the blockade. 2 hours ago MORE ON QATAR Kuwait: Not resolving GCC crisis is destructive to regionyesterday Qatari forces participate in Gulf shield drill in Saudi Arabia6 days ago GCC arms race: Who sells to whomlast week Can the Arab League solve the region's problems?last week Ten months ago, an air, sea and land blockade was imposed on Qatar...

US president says wealthy Middle East countries must foot the bill for US presence in Syria and deploy their own troops. an hour ago Earlier in April, Trump said Saudi Arabia had to pay if it wanted US troops to remain in Syria US President Donald Trump has said that some "immensely wealthy" countries in the Middle East have to pay for American...

Let’s chat about Chat By Paul Miller@futurepaul  Apr 20, 2018, 11:48am EDT SHARE Photo by James Bareham / The Verge It was a slow week until Google decided to attempt another fix for Android messaging and Nintendo made the entire staff fall in love with cardboard. Nilay’s still on paternity leave, but Dieter and Paul are grateful to be joined again by technology editor Natt Garun to help...

Christian community comes together in the Ninevah plains in defiance and celebration of the first post-ISIL Easter. by Imran Khan 31 Mar 2018 The Christian community in Iraq is said to be one of the oldest continuously existing communities in the world MORE ON IRAQ Syria in 2018 is not Iraq in 20032 days ago Iraq launches 'deadly strikes' against ISIL inside Syria3...

US students stage class walkout to demand tougher gun laws Protesters call for tighter gun control legislation and for voters to punish recalcitrant politicians at the ballot box. by Ben Dalton 21 Apr 2018 US students stage class walkout to demand tougher gun laws Ben Dalton/Al Jazeera MORE ON US & CANADA Syria and the beginning of a new Cold Wartoday How Mossad...

Over the past few months, Pakistan has witnessed a growing trend of women speaking up publicly about sexual harassment. by Rabia Mehmood 11 hours ago Pakistani Singer Meesha Shafi has alleged she was sexually harassed by fellow Pakistani singer Ali Zafar MORE ON PAKISTAN Thousands rally in Pakistan's Lahore for Pashtun rightstoday Pakistan's Pashtuns rise uptoday Pakistan rights worker 'intimidated' in alleged...

  22 Apr 2018 - 8:54 The new NMoQ logo The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Museums (QM) yesterday unveiled a new brand identity for the iconic National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ). The new brand and logo will be the centrepiece of an innovative digital media campaign designed to build maximum visibility and awareness amongst the local population for the museum and all that it stands...