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QRCS holds HELP course for relief workers in Beirut ARABIA

QRCS holds HELP course for relief workers in Beirut

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is organising a 10-day Health Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) course in Beirut, Lebanon, in co-operation with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), Lebanese Red Cross and Qatar University.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Reggae fully loaded SPORT

Reggae fully loaded

The evolution of Barbados’s reggae music would not be complete without the musical contributions of Reggae Artist of the Year 2016, Buggy Nhakente, the lead singer of Buggy Nhakente and Fully Loaded Band.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Searching for home in drawings and sketches SPORT

Searching for home in drawings and sketches

What is home? Is it a physical space? But the physical space may change. Does the idea of home change with it? Or is the idea of home more conceptual and sentimental?

4:45 AM November 25 2016
10 killed in suicide car bombing in Aden ASIA

10 killed in suicide car bombing in Aden

A suicide car bombing killed at least 10 people, mostly civilians, yesterday in an attack on the residence of the police chief of Yemen’s southern city of Aden, security officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
In Kabul, music defies the bombs SPORT

In Kabul, music defies the bombs

A life devoted to music nearly came to an abrupt end with a 2014 bomb blast during a cultural show in Kabul: Ahmad Naser Sarmast, who is head of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, was left deaf.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
“What we’ve been able to achieve is a miracle, really” SPORT

“What we’ve been able to achieve is a miracle, really”

It doesn’t matter what you are upset about today or who has disappointed you. By the time you read the story of Denise and Chris Arthey, you will agree that we often sweat the small stuff ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sensex declines; rupee weakens ECONOMY

Sensex declines; rupee weakens

India’s rupee fell the most since August, while stocks and bonds retreated, on concern an election defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Significant rise in compliance risk scrutiny seen in Mena ECONOMY

Significant rise in compliance risk scrutiny seen in Mena

Almost seven out of 10 (68%) of Mena business leaders and senior compliance specialists expect to spend significantly more on sanctions and financial crime compliance ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
With memories sailing along, Fath Al Khair 2 reaches India ARABIA

With memories sailing along, Fath Al Khair 2 reaches India

Katara-the Cultural Village on Saturday celebrated the arrival of Fath Al Khair 2 at Mumbai, India.The dhow was welcomed by a number of dignitaries and officials

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bank lending set to grow 10.5% in 2015 on project financing, expanding population: QNB ECONOMY

Bank lending set to grow 10.5% in 2015 on project financing, expanding population: QNB

Project lending and the expanding population will see bank lending in Qatar grow by 10.5% in 2015, QNB has said in a new report.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
10 years of searching for earthquake missing INTERNATIONAL

10 years of searching for earthquake missing

The morning the Pakistan earthquake struck 10 years ago, Nazish Naz had been reluctant to go to school, telling her elder sister...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Volkswagen CEO vows to get to bottom of scandal ECONOMY

Volkswagen CEO vows to get to bottom of scandal

Volkswagen chief executive officer Martin Winterkorn vowed to get to the bottom of the scandal shaking the German carmaker and promised to do everything possible to prevent ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016