Doha, 07 May 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui Qatar Foundation Research, Development and Innovation (QF RDI) and the Italian Universities of Rome Tor Vergata and Trieste have established cooperation to collect and analyse genomic information to study the different impacts of COVID-19 among the population, Italian Ambassador to Qatar HE Alessandro Prunas has said....

Doha, 06 May 2020 (NHRC-QNA) National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) of Qatar  in coordination with representatives of its expat bodies, has launched an awareness campaign targeting corporate workers, including workers in recruiting companies and domestic workers. The campaign included field visits to workers in Industrial Area, Umm Salal, Al Wakrah, Al Duhail, and Al Thumama....

06 May 2020 (Qatar Tribune-DPA) Tens of thousands of Indians stranded abroad because of the COVID-19 crisis will be repatriated starting on Thursday in what could become one of the world’s largest evacuation missions. A total of 190,000 Indians will be repatriated in the coming weeks from several countries, including those in the Middle East...

Doha, 26 April 2020 (QNA) The State of Qatar confirmed the failure of the blockading countries to subjugate or control its sovereign decision, demanding the Security Council to end the illegal and unjust blockade of Qatar and the closure of the airspace of blockading countries for Qatar aircraft. Daily Arabic Al-Raya said in its editorial...

Sialkot (Pakistan), 26 April 2020 (APP) Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said the forensic audit report of the inquiry into the wheat flour and sugar crisis would be made public, apprising the people of all the facts and figures. She rejected the allegations levelled...

25 April 2020 (Misc Media/AlJazeera) Rumours have  swirled surrounding the health of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's health following his noticeable absence from state media, official statements and public events in recent days. The third-generation hereditary leader who came to power after his father's death in 2011 has no clear successor and it is...

Doha (Qatar), 22 April 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui Russia and Qatar have been working for the joint development of a vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19), Russian Ambassador to Qatar HE Nurmuhammad Kholov has said. “Russia and Qatar have been maintaining close cooperation since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic. There’s an active work going...

Doha, April 21, 2020   The Amir of State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani expressed his condolence to President of Portuguese Republic on the death of Portuguese envoy to Qatar Ricardo Pracana. It was reported on Tuesday by Qatar News Agency. The envoy has presented his credentials to Minister of State for Foreign...

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 20 April 2020 (Anadolu News) Indian authorities on Monday booked a Kashmiri photojournalist under a draconian law for her Facebook post, a move criticized for violating the right to free speech in the world’s largest democracy. “Cyber police station received information through reliable sources that one Facebook user Masrat Zahra is...

Trenton, Canada, 20 April 2020 (Anadolu News) A secret court document that came to light recently accuses India of surreptitious attempts to influence Canadian politicians with money and fabricated information. Canadian officials will not comment on the allegations made in the document; however, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair’s department did say that the government was...