Turkish ambassador Ahmet Demirok hosted a meeting of Asian ambassadors at A’la Turkish Cuisine, The Pearl-Qatar. On the occasion, the new ambassador of Singapore was welcomed and the ambassadors of Iran and Japan were given a farewell.

Al-Futtaim’s Doha Marketing Services Company (Domasco) has inaugurated its 20th retail unit at Asian Town mall with an exclusive shop-in-shop for the Casio and Titan brands.

HE the Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah met UK’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin in Doha yesterday. They discussed joint Qatar-UK military projects.

BDO Public Accountants-Qatar sponsored an event held by the Association for Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Middle East in Doha recently, which was attended by more than 100 students pursuing the ACCA qualification.

Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students, faculty, staff and guests gathered to watch the proceedings from afar as voting closed on the US presidential elections on Tuesday night. At dawn, they were joined by US ambassador Dana Shell Smith to witness the final moments of the campaign.

The US President-elect, Donald J Trump, is unlikely to adopt a different course all of a sudden in the existing policies towards the Gulf countries and the Middle East, an expert in American politics and policies said yesterday.

Qatar Red Crescent Society’s (QRCS) various programmes this year pegged at QR12mn have benefited more than 56,000 residents in the country.

Seven spectacular works from the Museum of Islamic Art’s (MIA) permanent collection are currently on show in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, (the Met) as part of a major exhibition entitled, ‘Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven’.

Alcohol will be banned from streets and public places and if Qatar officials get their way even stadiums during the 2022 World Cup, the head of the country's tournament organising committee has said.

As many as 32,000 expatriate workers will be provided with better accommodations and living conditions through two phases of a government-sponsored workers community project ...

The new Human Resources Law issued by HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani earlier this week provides guaranteed maternity leave benefits for Qatari working women ...

Al Rayah Driving School will be shifted to a new location to accommodate more learners, according to Hassan Nassar, manager, Dallah Driving Academy, the former’s sister company.