Amir holds talks with world leaders in Dushanbe

QNA Doha The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani held talks with several world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi...

Russia just had a mini popular uprising

Did the world notice? Ten days ago, the political lethargy which Russiahad descended into since Vladimir Putin won another six years in power last year was unexpectedly disrupted....

FIFA tells Saudis to stop pirating Women’s World Cup TV feeds

Saudi authorities declared beIN illegal in the kingdom, a proxy battle in the nation's boycott of Qatar two years ago. FIFA has asked a Saudi-backed satellite...

GU-Q summer session helps students to earn valuable course credit

For most university students, the end of the academic year means a break from studies and a chance to relax with family and friends....

CMU-Q scientists use maths to deliver personalised medicine

Tribune News Network Doha A research team from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) has created a mathematical model to predict how human tissue responds to...

MME destroys 72 tonnes of damaged agricultural products

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment’s (MME) agricultural quarantine offices inspected 7,070 imported shipments, weighing more than 147,000 tonnes, of various agricultural products in...

Minister leads Qatar delegation to labour conference in Geneva

QNA Geneva Qatar is taking part in the 108th session of the International Labor Conference, which is currently being held in Geneva, Switzerland, with a delegation...

Sulaiti meets ambassadors of Sweden, Venezuela and China

Minister of Transport and Communications HE Jassim bin Saif Ahmed al Sulaiti held separate meetings with Ambassador of Sweden to Qatar HE Ewa Polano,...

MOFA SECY-GEN MEETS CHINESE ENVOY

Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr Ahmed bin Hassan al Hammadi met Chinese Ambassador to Qatar HE LI Chen on the...

Florida law opens door to self-driving cars

New legislation allows autonomous vehicles to be tested in the state, though driverless roll-out remains far off. Self-driving vehicles with no human at the wheel...

Will Theresa May’s successor be better at Brexit?

Whoever wins the succession battle in the Tory party will face exactly the same Brexit conundrum that brought down May. And so the turmoil continues....

US: Larry Nassar’s ex-boss at MSU not guilty of sexual misconduct

William Strampel acquitted on sexual misconduct charge but found guilty of neglect of duty and misconduct in office. A former dean who had oversight of...

Turkey says Syrian forces hit observation tower in Idlib

Three Turkish soldiers have been wounded while some equipment and facilities were damaged, Ankara says. Syrian government forces have attacked a Turkish observation point in Syria's Idlib...

Who will be Britain’s next prime minister?

Competition to be the next British prime minister was rife even before Theresa May's resignation. The starting gun in the race to replace Theresa May...