The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) recently completed a project aimed at improving water, sanitation and hygiene in the states of Central Equatoria and Northern Bahr El-Ghazal in South Sudan. Read More »
A human rights group critical of how Qatar Airways treats its female employees is now calling for a boycott of the flier, saying little has changed despite promises from the airline after a lengthy investigation criticized its practices. Read More »
Qatar recently opened the Al Wakrah celebration halls complex, following in the footsteps of similar structures in Al Daayen and Al Rifaa. Read More »
Qatar's Al Khalij Commercial Bank recently announced that its net profit for 2016 reached $117.3 million, falling in line with expectations, according to Sheikh Hamad Bin Faisal Bin Thani Al Thani, chairman and managing director of the bank. Read More »
Qatar Minister of Finance Ali Shareef Al Emadi recently led a delegation to the 47th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Read More »
A delegation from Bahrain recently got an inside look at the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre (QICDRC) in Doha. Read More »
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) recently identified the genetic cause behind the neurological disorder cerebellar ataxia and the implications it has for some marriages. Read More »
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister stressed the importance of his country's ties to the United States recently at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying that while their bond is strong, recent congressional action is misguided. Read More »
Qatar Airways Cargo recently announced the expansion of its freighter service by launching routes to the South American cities of Sao Paulo, Quito and Buenos Aires. It is also adding Miami to its freighter destinations in the United States. Read More »
Three years into a leadership change in Qatar, the country has taken few if any steps toward clamping down on individuals identified as financiers and supporters of radical Islamic militants operating in Syria and elsewhere, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Read More »
Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company recently signed a cooperative agreement with Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC) and Nebras Power to unite on sustainable energy projects. The deal was struck during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Read More »
Faghira Afrina binti Mat Tarmizi says that perhaps the best thing about her recent visit to Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) was the personal care doctors delivered -- not just to patients, but to her as well. Read More »
Qatar's minister of Municipality and Environment got a close-up look recently at ongoing work being undertaken by the country's public works authority, Ashghal. Read More »
Some officials in the United Arab Emirates are worried about the effects of “binaural beats” in digital audio tracks, which they say can simulate some of the effects of psychoactive drugs in listeners. Read More »
Like other countries around the world, Kuwait is finding it prudent -- given the low-interest global financial environment -- to invest in its infrastructure so as to modernize and create jobs. Read More »
Time sometimes has nothing over tradition. Take, for example, the souk, a type of Muslim market that has been a part of Islamic societies for centuries. Despite all of the changes in retail and shopping over the past few decades, this time-honored method of commerce has held its ground -- and even grown sometimes. Read More »
Bahrain has been openly critical of the Iranian regime recently, contending that "cells" are actively planning attacks on the tiny GCC nation -- attacks that could topple the balance of power there. As evidence, some point to last July, when Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani issued a threat and a bomb attack killed two Bahrain policemen. Read More »
DAMAC Towers by Paramount Hotels & Resorts was recently named "Tower Project of the Year" at the Construction Week Awards. Read More »
The secretary general of the Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) recently hosted the Italian ambassador to Saudi Arabia to discuss how the countries could collaborate economically. Read More »
Syrian cartoonist Diala Brisly talked with Al-Jazeera recently about her efforts to heal some of the wounds of the Syrian conflict through her artwork. Read More »
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