Authorities dismissed rumours of school closure during the FIFA Arab Cup tournament in Qatar.  Schools and universities in Qatar will remain open during the FIFA Arab Cup later this month, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education confirmed on ...

The order is the first batch under a 2020 agreement as Qatar carries out its North Field expansion plans. QatarEnergy (QE), formerly Qatar Petroleum, has ordered six liquified natural gas (LNG) ships from two South Korean shipyards, the first such mo...

The Gulf nation has one of the lowest tax rates in the world. There are currently no plans to impose general income tax in Qatar, President of the General Tax Authority (GTA) Ahmed bin Issa Al Mohannadi has confirmed. An income tax is a tax imposed b...

A fuel tanker exploded in the capital Freetown, killing at least 99 people and injuring scores more.  Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has expressed his condolences to the president of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio after a deadly ...

Fashion is meant to compliment culture, not contradict it, the Curator of Christian Dior’s Designer of Dreams exhibition, Olivier Gabet told Doha News.  Christian Dior officially opened its one of a kind Designer of Dreams exhibition in Qatar ...

The leading broadcaster went live from Cairo earlier this year for the first time in eight years. Billboards advertising the Qatar-based Al Jazeera media network have been spotted in Egypt’s streets for the first time since the channel’s ...

No group claimed the attack as leaders call for calm and restraint. Qatar condemned an assassination attempt that targeted Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi on Sunday, describing it as a “terrorist act”. In a statement releas...

In July, non-profit organisations revealed some 50,000 people, including academics, activists and journalists, were spied on via Israel’s Pegasus programme. Washington has imposed sanctions on an Israeli firm over misuse of its phone-hacking sp...

Qatar has taken major steps towards achieving sustainability goals in recent years.  Qatar has recorded more than 1400 buildings under the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS), which highlights “green” infrastructures across th...

Qatari fuel supply stopped pumping diesel to Gaza’s only power plant since November 2.  Gaza is at risk of a power outage triggered by a lack of fuel supply to the besieged enclave, according to its Energy and Natural Resources Authority. Israeli ...