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Qatar's Samba, Abakar make historic 400m hurdles final at Tokyo Worlds
Qatar’s Ismail Abakar celebrates after qualifying for the men’s 400m hurdles final. AFP Doha: Qatar made history at the World Athletics Championships yesterday when Abderrahman Samba and Ismail Abakar both made it to the final of the men’s 400...

Qatar: Ashghal's D-Line project to ensure sustainable consumption of water resources
Qatar - The Treated Sewage Effluent Transmission Main and Pumping Station (D-Line) project by the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) will set a model by utisling treated wastewater and encouraging efficient and sustainable consumption of water...

Qatar’s U23 3x3 team begins World Cup campaign in China
Doha: The Qatar U23 3x3 basketball team is gearing up to compete in the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup which tipped off in Xiongan, China, yesterday. Led by Saadoun Sabah Al Kuwari, General Secretary of the Qatar Basketball Federation and Director of...
Qatar win six more medals in Casablanca
Qatar have won a total of 11 medals at the Arab Table Tennis Championship so far. DOHA: Qatar’s table tennis team continued its impressive run at the Arab Table Tennis Championship in Casablanca, Morocco, winning six new medals in the doubles...
Qatar Meteorology forecasts poor visibility on Saturday
Doha, Qatar: On its weather forecast for the weekend, Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD) warns of poor visibility on Saturday. Hot weather conditions with clouds are forecasted during the day, followed by humid nights during the weekend....

Qatar attends maritime security conference
Qatar participated in the Yemen Maritime Security Partnership Conference held in Riyadh under the auspices of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. The State of Qatar’s delegation was headed by Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the...

Qatar participates in 7th Extraordinary Meeting of Committee of Undersecretaries of Industry Ministries in GCC Countries
Qatar participated yesterday, in the 7th Extraordinary Meeting of the Committee of Undersecretaries of Industry Ministries in GCC Countries, held in Kuwait. The Qatari delegation was chaired by Assistant Undersecretary for Industrial Affairs and...

‘Qatar’s real estate market expanded by 20% since 2022’
President of Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Khalid Al Obaidly addressing the opening of the Property Finder - Qatar Agents Summit. Pic: Salim Matramkot DOHA: Qatar launched the ‘first-ever PF Agent Ignite’, an open-industry summit organised by...

Qatar’s aviation sector continues to soar in August
File photo used for representation only. DOHA: Qatar witnessed a strong growth of visitors in August 2025 as the country recorded over five million air passengers, a rise of 6.4 percent in a single month for the first time in the history of Hamad...

Qatar Attends Conference Of Global Public Security Cooperation Forum
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA Minister of State for Interior Affairs H E Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Faisal bin Mohammed Al-Thani participated in the 2025 Conference of Global Public Security Cooperation Forum held in Lianyungang, People's Republic of...
Qatar sovereign fund to invest $500 mn in Canadian mining firm
SK TDT | Doha Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com The Qatar Investment Authority announced on Wednesday a $500 million investment in Canadian company Ivanhoe Mines, which develops mining projects in sub-Saharan Africa. The Gulf state's sovereign wealth...

Qatar-Korea AI Forum bolsters development of innovative projects
DOHA: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Doha and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), yesterday organised the Qatar-Korea Artificial...

Logo for World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships Qatar 2025 unveiled
Doha: The International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Organizing Committee for the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships Qatar 2025 yesterday unveiled the official logo for the tournament scheduled to be held from December 26 to 30. FIFA, in...

Qatar Fund Buying $500 Million Stake In Billionaire Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines
The Kamoa-Kakula mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ivanhoe Mines Ivanhoe Mines—controlled by billionaire Robert Friedland—has agreed to sell C$690 million ($500 million) of its shares to Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) as the...

India’s diverging stance on Qatar vs. Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iran
India’s condemnation of Israel’s bombing in Doha last week as a “violation of sovereignty” is a shift from its more muted positions on previous Israeli operations in a number of other countries, leading some to wonder if there’s a larger change in...

Stellar speaker line-up for Innovation by Design Summit in Doha
Eng. Fatima Mohamed Fawzy and Abdulrahman Al Muftah Msheireb Properties and Fast Company Middle East have announced an exceptional roster of speakers for the second edition of the Innovation by Design Summit (IBDS), scheduled for September 24 at...

Israeli fighter jets launch Ballistic missiles from Red Sea in Qatar strike targeting Hamas leaders
Daijiworld Media Network - Dubai Dubai, Sep 18: Israeli fighter jets launched ballistic missiles from over the Red Sea to strike Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar last week, a US defense official has revealed. The unusual method, experts say, was...

Israeli airstrike aimed to avoid Qatar detection
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Israeli fighter jets over the Red Sea launched ballistic missiles to target Hamas leaders in Qatar last week, a U.S. defense...

Hamas Official Breaks Silence on Israeli Attack in Qatar
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A senior official of Hamas spoke for the first time since the Israeli attack last week in the Qatari capital, Doha. According to the report from Al Jazeera, Ghazi Hamad described the moment of the attack and how Hamas officials...