Hawar Island and Al Zubarah fort have been at the centre of a historical territorial dispute between Bahrain and Qatar. A decades long territorial dispute between Qatar andBahrain has resurfaced online once more with social media users engaging in a ...

With the growing popularity of ebooks, apps like Blinkist have made reading much easier, but could it come at a cost? Over the past few years, ebooks have become increasingly more popular. Kindle devices and iBooks apps helped catalyse the growth of ...

In some severe cases, orthorexia can also be fatal. Nowadays, there is a growing hype and culture around “clean eating”. Superfoods have become particularly “trendy” with kale and seaweed being dubbed the “celebrity greens”. This is defin...

Health authorities have extended Phase 3. Restrictions imposed as part of Qatar’s Phase 3 will remain in place for the entirety of August, the Ministry of Public Health confirmed on Thursday. Authorities said they will continue to “monito...

Here are all the top stories on #TheRoundUp today: 🇶🇦 Amir approves law for #ShuraCouncil 💵 Qatari targeted in $1.1M scam 🌍 Climate change should be a top priority for Qatar ⚽ Qatar to play USA tonight in #GoldCup (The post The Round Up...

China shares a border with Afghanistan, making stability in the South Asian country a crucial priority for Beijing. China said it expects the Taliban to play an important role in the Afghan peace process as well as the rebuilding of the country follo...

Qatar has approved an electoral law that paves the way to the country’s first Shura Council elections. Here’s all you need to know. Qatar is now three months away from holding its historic Shura Council elections, the first to take place in t...

Qatar’s Shura Council will hold its first-ever elections in October this year, in a move seen as a key step towards public participation in the country. Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani approved an electoral to lead the way to the...

The Qatari ambassador to Libya will be the first instated since Qatar closed its diplomatic mission in Tripoli in 2014.  Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani named the new ambassadors to Egypt and Libya on Thursday, as the Gulf state m...

While awareness has increased and steps have been taken to tackle climate change in Qatar and the GCC region, more needs to be done.. now, writes Neeshad Shafi. Qatar’s climate change policies and responses have evolved since the adoption of the 20...