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  29 Aug 2017 - 9:22 File picture used for representation QNA Doha: Weather inshore until 6pm on Tuesday will be hazy at first at places and chance of local clouds with scattered rain maybe thundery at places by afternoon, humid by night, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report, warning of chance for thundery rain with sudden strong wind. Offshore,...

  11 Apr 2018 - 9:14 Minister of Culture and Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali (right) and Chairman of Weyak Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani (left) at the Weyak event. The Peninsula DOHA: Minister of Culture and Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali has stressed that the State of Qatar after the siege isn’t the same country as...

  11 Apr 2018 - 8:50 Minister of Culture and Sports, H E Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali, and Panama’s Vice-Foreign Minister for Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation, Maria Luisa Navarro, at the signing ceremony. The Peninsula DOHA: The State of Qatar signed a cooperation agreement in the cultural field with the Republic of Panama on the exchange of expertise and holding joint events between...

  11 Apr 2018 - 9:09 The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Airways announced yesterday that it had resumed service to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, two important Iraqi destinations. The airline previously suspended service to both routes in November 2017, per the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority’s directive to all international carriers at the time. The award-winning airline now operates seven weekly flights to each destination. From May 1,...

  02 Apr 2018 - 13:42 Image used for representation. The Peninsula Online The parliamentary financial and economic affairs committee on Sunday approved bills imposing fees on expatriates' remittances, Kuwait News Agency reported. In a statement, committee chairperson, Salah Khorshed, said that the commission approved the bills with consent of two-third members, provided that the fee to be imposed on money transfers of low-income...

  03 Apr 2018 - 15:30 Philippines suspended sending workers to Kuwait in January after reports that abuse by employers had driven several to suicide AFP Kuwait City: Kuwait will recruit Ethiopian nationals to make up for a "deficit" in domestic workers, authorities said Tuesday, following the grisly murder of a Filipina maid in the Gulf state. The Philippines banned its citizens from working...

  08 Apr 2018 - 18:54 Screenshots from the viral video, which can be viewed at the end of the report. The Peninsula Online Doha: "This is from God, not from them," says a Jordanian pilgrim, who was filming his compatriots emptying several cans of Zamzam water at the Saudi Arabian border on their way back from performing Umrah. In an unprecedented move, the...

  11 Apr 2018 - 0:49 Roma’s Edin Dzeko (centre) scores their first goal against Barcelona during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg match played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. Reuters / Alessandro Bianchi By Andrew Dampf I Associated Press ROME:  Roma pulled off an extraordinary comeback to knock Barcelona out of the Champions League on Tuesday, winning 3-0...

  11 Apr 2018 - 8:01 By Sanaullah Ataullah / The Peninsula DOHA: Al Dana company has launched ‘Qatar Taxi’, which is the first Qatari application of its kind for booking cabs at affordable price. The app is safe, reliable and capable to ensure the security, privacy of users and their data in better way compared to any other applications as it is...

  11 Apr 2018 - 8:23 President of Armenia, Armen Sarkissian, met Deputy Speaker of Advisory Council H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Sulaiti, at the Presidential Palace, yesterday. QNA Yerevan: The President of Armenia, Armen Sarkissian, met yesterday with Deputy Speaker of Advisory Council H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Sulaiti, at the Presidential Palace, on the sidelines of the inauguration of President...

  11 Apr 2018 - 8:27 Director of Coasts and Borders Security Department, Staff Brig. (Navy) Ali Ahmed Al Badeed, with Commander of the Iranian Border Guards, Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee, at the meet. QNA DOHA: The 14th joint meeting of coast guard directors of the State of Qatar and Islamic Republic of Iran took place in Doha yesterday to explore a number of...

  10 Apr 2018 - 10:20 Dr Mehdi Adeli. The Peninsula DOHA: With around 20 percent of school-aged children in Qatar, incorrect use of medications is a leading cause of unnecessary asthma attacks, emergency department visits, and hospital admissions, said an expert. The condition cannot be cured, it can be controlled and ongoing medical care is an important part of the equation, said Dr...

  10 Apr 2018 - 10:27 The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has concluded its medical project in Jordan with the help of a medical delegation that performed cardiac catheterizations for Syrian refugees and Jordanian patients. The QR390,000 project involved four partners: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), the Jordan University Hospital, and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) –...

  10 Apr 2018 - 10:33 One of the training classes conducted by Qatar Tourism Authority. The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has announced that its Tour Guide Training and Licensing programme has now been extended to include desert safari guides in Qatar. The programme, which will involve training all drivers of 4x4 tourism vehicles, will begin on April 15, 2018. The training will...