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  22 Apr 2018 - 9:01 The Peninsula Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs, H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah, was honoured by the Air University, headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery Alabama, United States, during his visit to the state of Montgomery. The visit came at the invitation from Air University. During the visit,...

  22 Apr 2018 - 8:59 Rashed AlQurese, Chief Marketing & Promotion Officer at QTA (right) and Yongcan Son, Overseas Business Director at Qunar.com at the MoU signing event in Beijing. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Qunar.com, a Chinese online travel information provider and search engine, to promote Qatar as a tourism destination...

  22 Apr 2018 - 9:10 QNA New York:  The United Nations said on its official website that six special rapporteurs of its Human Rights Council had sent official letters to the three blockading countries — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — monitoring all violations committed by each country, based on reports received by the UN from some relevant...

  22 Apr 2018 - 9:14 Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani watching the camel race yesterday. QNA Doha: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended yesterday parts of the races dedicated to tribes members, in day eight of the annual festival for the sword of H H the Emir that were held at Al Shahaniya racetrack. Yesterday’s...

  22 Apr 2018 - 9:17 Katara General Manager, Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, with other officials, awards Khor Al Udaid team, who won the biggest fish competition after catching a 30.8kg kingfish. By Raynald C Rivera | The Peninsula DOHA: The seventh Senyar Festival, the longest edition of the traditional pearl diving and fishing competition, organised annually by  Katara Cultural Village, concluded...

  22 Apr 2018 - 9:46 File picture used for representation. The Peninsula Online Qatar Traffic Department has been taking various steps and initiatives to ensure speeding and related accidents do not occur. Mobile radars placed at locations with high risk of speeding has helped reduce the number of accidents say officials. Here are the locations for the radars today (Sunday, April 22) - Al...

  22 Apr 2018 - 12:05 The Peninsula Doha: Customs officers at the Hamad International Airport have foiled an attempt to smuggle large quantity of narcotics into the country. The officials seized 7kg of hashish from an Asian passenger, who was carrying the drugs stashed inside secret pockets of his bag. The bag was professionally designed to accommodate the drugs in such a form...

  22 Apr 2018 - 13:01 Picture from the actor's twitter account. The Peninsula Online Doha: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be coming to Doha on April 26 for a jewellery showroom inauguration. SRK, as the actor is popularly known among his millions of fans, will be opening the new Kalyan Jewellers showroom at the Lulu Hypermarket on D Ring road on April...

  22 Apr 2018 - 19:37 The Peninsula The Prime Minister of Qatar attended the wedding of Abdullah Al Nuaimi on April 11, 2018. The groom personally invited the Prime Minister to his wedding. Abdullah Al Nuaimi is a government employee of Qatar, and an upstanding young man. As background on Qatar, in an effort to have separation of power and give each...

  23 Apr 2018 - 0:12 Iranian artist, Mohammad Khaza’i, explains about his work to Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager of Katara, and other officials during the expo at Katara. The Peninsula DOHA: The Cultural Village, Katara, is hosting creative exhibitions by Iranian artist Mohammad Khaza’i until the end of April at building No. 19. This event comes to present various...

  23 Apr 2018 - 0:26 A scene from one of the movies to be screened by DFI Cinema at ‘Fathers Through the Lens’ at the Museum of Islamic Art Auditorium. The Peninsula DOHA: The Doha Film Institute Cinema (DFI Cinema) will present five acclaimed international films, that celebrate paternal relationships, at a specially curated ‘Fathers Through the Lens’. The screenings will be held...

5 Web VR for the Rift is here By Nick Statt@nickstatt  Apr 19, 2018, 1:38pm EDT SHARE Photo by James Bareham / The Verge The latest version of Google Chrome, version number 66, quietly added support for Oculus’ Rift headset, meaning you can now use the high-end VR device to browse the web in VR and make use of compatible WebVR applications. Rift support was first picked...

32 You can still buy the films from other vendors By Andrew Liptak@AndrewLiptak  Apr 20, 2018, 2:38pm EDT SHARE If you want to buy one of the recent Star Wars or Marvel Cinematic Universe films on Blu-ray or DVD from Amazon, you’re out of luck if you’re not a member of Amazon Prime. The online retailer has reserved a number of the home releases for the two franchises...

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