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  14 Feb 2018 - 18:28 Photo source: twitter.com/Lagarde QNA Doha: Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde presided a panel discussion on women in power, under the sponsorship and organized by the Ministry of Finance. The discussion took place on the sidelines of her two-day visit to Doha. Lagarde said the IMF believes that equality between men and women is important...

  14 Feb 2018 - 11:25 Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani cycling near the towers area to mark Qatar’s National Sport Day, yesterday. By Irfan Bukhari | The Peninsula DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani participated along with citizens and residents in the activities of Qatar National Sport Day (NSD), which was marked yesterday with...

by Bernard Smith 5 hours ago MORE ON MIDDLE EAST Qatar-Gulf crisis: All the latest updatestoday Erdogan slams US 'support for Kurdish YPG fighters'today Jordan's economic crisis threatens political stabilitytoday Egypt's former top auditor ordered detained for 15 daystoday A financial crisis in Gaza is forcing hospitals and clinics to close. Patients cannot use intensive care beds and those with contagious diseases are forced to...

  14 Feb 2018 - 18:10 Photo by Abdul Basit © The Peninsula QNA Doha: Weather inshore in Qatar tonight until 6 am on Thursday will be slightly dusty with some clouds, becoming hazy to foggy at places later. Department of Meteorology warned of poor horizontal visibility at places later in its daily weather report. Offshore, it will be slightly dusty with scattered clouds, the...

  14 Feb 2018 - 16:41 Photo Credit: instagram.com/ahmedbinmajed The Peninsula Online Doha: Adorning every structure and every billboard of the country for the past few weeks was this colourful illustration of a man running, which was the National Sport Day logo. The logo was designed by Ahmed Al Maadheed, the artist behind the iconic Tamim Al Majd portrait of the Emir H H Tamim...

40 minutes ago Several countries and NGOs have pledged billions of dollars in aid to help Iraq rebuild its economy MORE ON IRAQ Donors pledge $30bn for Iraq's post-ISIL reconstructiontoday Al-Amiriyya: Once upon a bombing in Iraqyesterday Donors pledge more than $300m for post-ISIL Iraqyesterday Tillerson urges coalition unity in fight against ISILtoday International donors have pledged tens of billions of dollars...

30 Jan 2018 Those arrested as part of the 'anti-corruption purge' were held collectively in Riyadh's Ritz-Carton hotel MORE ON SAUDI ARABIA Saudi scholar: Women need not wear abaya robes2 days ago War doesn't have to be nuclear to kill indiscriminately4 days ago Activist detained after questioning Saudi-Israel ties4 days ago Yemeni Nobel laureate: Saudi Arabia, UAE occupy Yemen5 days ago Saudi...

by Saba Aziz 1 Feb 2018 Nazma Khan founded the World Hijab Day in 2013 MORE ON HIJAB Iran arrests 29 women for not wearing hijab in protestslast week Aceh requires Muslim air hostesses to wear hijablast week Nigerian law graduate denied call to bar over hijab2 months ago Dutch police officer 'may wear headscarf with uniform'3 months ago Growing up in the...

by Subina Shrestha 5 Feb 2018 MORE ON NEPAL Why menstrual stigma continues to claim lives in Nepal3 weeks ago Frustration simmers as Nepalis await new governmentlast month The vulture restaurantlast month After a year of elections, Nepal moves closer to China2 months ago Perhaps the most popular song in Nepal right now is Suna Saili, in which a young man working in Qatarthinks of...

7 Feb 2018 The Louvre Abu Dhabi opened its doors to the public in November last year MORE ON UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Yemeni Nobel laureate: Saudi Arabia, UAE occupy Yemen5 days ago Saudi and UAE move to end standoff in Yemen's Adenlast week UN urged to implement findings on Qatar blockadelast week Arab quartet accuses UN commission of Qatar biaslast week The...

by Bill Law 9 Feb 2018 US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the World Economic Forum's meeting in Davos on January 25 MORE ON ISRAELI–PALESTINIAN CONFLICT Donald Trump: Jerusalem is off negotiating tableyesterday Life after the army: Israel's conscientious objectorsyesterday What happened to Palestine's youth-led struggle?yesterday Fatah official booted from Palestinian mourning tent3 days...

11 Feb 2018 Kawczynski was paid more than $20,000 to help organise a conference criticising Qatar MORE ON QATAR Qatar-Gulf crisis: All the latest updatestoday Qatar's blockade in 2017, day by day developmentsyesterday Qatar uses gene mapping in bid to improve national healthyesterday Louvre to probe Qatar map distortion at UAE franchise6 days ago A British parliamentarian was paid £15,000 ($20,700) to...

8 hours ago BLOCKADE DURATION 253 days Seven months ago, an air, sea and land blockade was imposed on Qatar by neighbouring countries. Here are the latest developments as of Tuesday, February 13: Football and diplomacy On Monday, Al Gharafa of Qatar opened its Asian Championships League campaign in Abu Dhabi against Al Jazira of United Arab Emirates. UAE requested to play those games in a...

by Jaclynn Ashly 18 minutes ago Ahed Tamimi is facing 12 charges, which could lead to her facing years in prison MORE ON MIDDLE EAST Israel boycotts film festival over Foxtrot screeningtoday Qatar-Gulf crisis: All the latest updatestoday Al-Amiriyya: Once upon a bombing in Iraqtoday Palestinian children speak of beatings in Israeli detentiontoday Bethlehem, occupied West Bank - The trials of a prominent Palestinian teen...