This year’s theme aims to strengthen solidarity, loyalty and pride of Qatar national identity.  Decorated cars, busy streets and extravagant parades: Qatar’s National Day kicked off with celebrations that are nothing short of breathtaki...

The Omicron Covid-19 variant has been registered in Qatar. Qatar has officially confirmed its first four cases of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, state news agency QNA reported on Friday. The four cases were Qataris and residents who had returned f...

As New Zealand unveils plans to ban the new generation from buying cigarettes, Maha El Akoum asks if this approach should be rolled out worldwide. New Zealand has plans to ban the new generation of youth from ever buying cigarettes during their lifet...

When the coronavirus forced countries into lockdown, many looked to services such as Zoom to conduct meetings. But could holograms soon dominate video calls? Online video conferencing has existed for many years, though the pandemic certainly accelera...

This is now the second women’s only beach in Qatar. Al Shamal Municipality opened a new beach for women in the Al Ghariya area on Tuesday, in an effort to provide the “best and high-quality services to all members of society.” Qatar’s Min...

The cameras were damaged in June during an attack that Iran had blamed on Israel. Iran and the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] reached on agreement on Wednesday over the installation of new surveillance cameras at the Karaj site ...

The updated travel list will be effective from 19 December at 6pm. Qatar’s ministry of health announced new updates to the travel lists of countries based on current Covid-19 safety standings. As part of the new updates, 176 countries are now green...

The young Qatari woman announced her return to Qatar from the UK on 30 September—where she sought asylum in 2019. 23-year-old Qatari Noof Al Maadeed, who had fled the country following years of alleged domestic abuse, is alive and still receiving p...

Qatar Central Bank will begin the implementation of its reduction strategy for its support packages.  Qatar’s Central Bank (QCB) said it will soon gradually start reducing financial support measures that were introduced as a catalyst to lift t...

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said a power agreement was set to be signed in Doha the day of the takeover until his successor fled Kabul. The interim Taliban-led Afghan government said it wants girls to access education and for women to work, ...