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  11 Apr 2018 - 11:07 The patients receiving free tests. The Peninsula DOHA: Aster DM Healthcare, the largest private healthcare provider in the State of Qatar, has created a new history of free health packages. As many as 5,017 people availed free health packages with 23 tests offered by Aster on the occasion of World Health Day as a part of their CSR initiative,...

  11 Apr 2018 - 11:37 Twitter image of the exhibition at UN HQ. QNA New York: HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums, opened Tuesday at the UN Headquarter in New York, the "Hey Ya (Let's Go): Arab Women in Sport" photography exhibition, which is curated by the two international photographers Brigitte and Marian Lacombe. The exhibition, which aims to...

  11 Apr 2018 - 15:32 QNA The Cabinet approved a draft law on protecting Arabic language and decided to submit it to the Advisory Council. The law was discussed today at the Cabinet's regular meeting, chaired by Prime Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, held at the Emiri Diwan. The draft law included several steps such as all governmental...

  11 Apr 2018 - 17:10 The Peninsula Online The Expedition 55 crew recently photographed the Middle East region and its unique natural and man-made geography from the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas to the Arabian Gulf. The International Space Station has published on their social media a breathtaking photograph of Doha, the capital of Qatar. The photo was taken on April 7, 2018 by an...

  12 Apr 2018 - 8:04 Jury members of the inaugural Akhlaquna Award (from left), Dr Emad El Din Shahin, Dean of College of Islamic Studies at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Amal Al Mannai, Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Foundation for Social Work, and Dr. Jassim Al Sultan, Director-General at Wijdan Cultural Center, during a media briefing held at Qatar Foundation...

  12 Apr 2018 - 8:09 Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani interacting with dignitaries during the reception held by the US-Qatar Business Council and the Chamber of Commerce of the US, at the Chamber’s headquarters. The Peninsula Doha: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has said that there are more than 650 US companies operating in...

  12 Apr 2018 - 10:50 File image 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 (Thursday, April 12) - Al...

  03 Apr 2018 - 16:02 Reuters DAKAR: Villagers in central Mali said six people found dead in a mass grave last month had been arrested by the military three days earlier, an Amnesty International report said on Tuesday. The grave, uncovered in the Mopti region on March 25, is the latest in a spate of killings and kidnappings ahead of a July presidential...

  11 Apr 2018 - 9:53 SC Secretary-General Hassan Al Thawadi at the opening session of the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime’s special event. The Peninsula DOHA: Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) Secretary-General Hassan Al Thawadi provided remarks during the official opening session of the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime’s special event entitled ‘Crime Prevention and Sustainable Development...

  11 Apr 2018 - 9:28 Britain's Prince Harry, Patron of the Invictus Games Foundation, and Meghan Markle watch athletes at the team trials for the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 at the University of Bath Sports Training Village in Bath, Britain, April 6, 2018. Reuters/Peter Nicholls By Michael Holden | Reuters LONDON: When more than 100,000 flag-waving, cheering royal fans gather for the...

  10 Apr 2018 - 16:29 A view shows the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (C, back), which will host matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva AFP Moscow:  Russia intends to spend more than $200 million (or 162 million euros) to make sure stadiums built for the World Cup do not go to waste after...

  10 Apr 2018 - 19:00 A cashier places 5 rouble coins into a counting machine at an office in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, January 22, 2016. Reuters/Ilya Naymushin Reuters MOSCOW:  European electronic and household goods manufacturers have warned Russian retailers of a possible 5 to 10 percent rise in prices after the rouble tumbled this week due to U.S. sanctions, retailers said on Tuesday. Eldorado,...

  11 Apr 2018 - 8:56 The Peninsula DOHA: The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ has announced that it will close part of Al Furousiya Street, in the two lanes leading from Al Furousiya Roundabout (Equestrian R/A) towards Al Rayyan Al Jadeed Street, starting from tomorrow for a period of five months, in coordination with the General Directorate of Traffic. During this period, traffic will...

  28 Aug 2017 - 17:23 The Peninsula Doha: Qatar Summer Festival (QSF) organisers have announced a packed schedule of events that will take place over Eid Al Adha, which coincides with the final week of the Festival. The Eid holiday is set to feature an exciting array of activities, including theatre plays, the summer edition of the Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition,...