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Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani calls on international community to assume protection of civilians in Syria. 7 hours ago Eastern Ghouta is a suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus, where the government of President Bashar al-Assad resides MORE ON SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR Syrian forces begin new offensive in Eastern Ghoutatoday Qatar's Emir: Attacks on Eastern Ghouta 'crime against humanity'today Syria's...

Qatar-Gulf crisis: All the latest updates Here are all the latest updates to the Qatar-Gulf crisis, now in its ninth month. 2 hours ago BLOCKADE DURATION 265 days Eight months ago, an air, sea and land blockade was imposed on Qatar by neighbouring countries. Here are the latest developments as of Sunday, February 25: Trump's mediation On February 24, a US official quoted by Reuters news agency said that senior Saudi,...

  23 Feb 2018 - 7:40 Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohamed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi (centre), with Hassan Al Thawadi (second left), Secretary-General, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, Dr Eng Saad bin Ahmad Al Muhannadi (second right), President of the Public Works Authority, and other dignitaries inaugurating SC’s Tree Nursery, at Umm Salal Muhammad, yesterday. Pic: Abdul...

  17 Feb 2018 - 9:24 A still from the movie The Shape of Water. By Troy Ribeiro / IANS Film: "The Shape of Water" | Director: Guillermo del Toro | Cast: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer, Nick Searcy, David Hewlett, Lauren Lee Smith, Martin Roach, Allegra Fulton, John Kapelos and Morgan Kelly | Rating: ***1/2 Director Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water"...

  22 Feb 2018 - 13:06 Representational image. IANS Toronto: Even as effects of social media use on mental well-being is hotly debated, a new study says that spending too much time online can create problems in real life relationships of teenagers and vice versa. Results of a survey conducted by Professor Candice Odgers of University of California, Irvine and her colleagues showed teenagers...

  23 Feb 2018 - 11:43 New Delhi said it was "deeply dismayed" by the extension of emergency rule in the Maldives. / AFP / Ahmed Shurau AFP Malé, Maldives, The Maldives has warned India against interfering in its political crisis, deepening a rift with the country once seen as its closest ally. New Delhi has expressed concern about the situation in the honeymoon islands,...

  08 Feb 2018 - 20:16 Folha de S. Paulo said a drop in visits to the newspaper’s site via Facebook also contributed to its decision to stop publishing on the platform. (Image courtesy: www.dothnews.com.br) Bloomberg Brazil’s largest newspaper said it will stop publishing articles on Facebook out of concern that tweaks to the social media’s news feed will lead to an increase...

  03 Feb 2018 - 14:37 People take a tour during the grand opening of the Amazon Spheres, in Seattle, Washington on January 29, 2018. AFP / JASON REDMOND AFP San Francisco: Internet giant Amazon on Monday opened its plant-packed "The Spheres" buildings in its home city of Seattle. The Spheres are the newest addition to Amazon's "urban campus" in Seattle, and are billed...

  10 Feb 2018 - 15:49 Molten Peanut Butter Chocolate Cakes. Photo by Goran Kosanovic for The Washington Post. The Washington Post · Bonnie S. Benwick When given the choice between a box of chocolates, however beautifully rendered, and a warm and shiny batch of chocolate that's baked or swirled on the stove top, I'll go with the latter every time. The recipes...

  11 Feb 2018 - 14:43 Representational image. IANS London: Are you planning to go vegan very soon? That's good news for our home planet as a new study claims that a diet high in fruit and vegetables is better for the environment than one rich in animal products. This is mainly due to the high energy requirements of livestock farming as well as the...

  23 Feb 2018 - 11:54 Ivanka Trump (C), advisor to and daughter of US President Donald Trump, arrives at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on February 23, 2018, to attend the closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games on February 25. / AFP / POOL / Ahn Young-joon By Youkyung Lee SEOUL, South Korea, Ivanka Trump arrived to a red-carpet welcome...

  19 Feb 2018 - 22:10 A pigeon flies past the logo of Punjab National Bank outside a branch of the bank in New Delhi, India February 15, 2018. Reuters/Adnan Abidi By Krishna N Das, Aditya Kalra, Devidutta Tripathy & Tom Lasseter / Reuters NEW DELHI/MUMBAI:  The Punjab National Bank branch in south Mumbai sits just down the road from both the Bombay...

  20 Feb 2018 - 18:41 According to the statement, the agency opened an olive oil production plant in Montenegro’s coastal city of Ulcinj in the village of Pistula to support farmers in areas with the capacity of producing 200 tons of olive oil per season. Photo courtesy: oliveoilmontenegro.me Anadolu ULCINJ, Montenegro: The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) is now helping Montenegro...

  19 Feb 2018 - 22:10 HE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani at an international conference for reconstruction of Iraq in Kuwait City on February 14, 2018 (AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat) QNA Doha:  HE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani reaffirmed that any dialogue with the siege countries will not be at...