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The Sunday Times, one of the United Kingdom’s most influential newspaper claimed that Qatar offered $ 1 million to one of FIFA member’s that took the decision to make the country host the 2022 World Cup tournament. Many suggestions without Read more
During the world Innovation Summit for Education in Doha, the wife of the emir of Qatar, Sheika Moza bint Nasser announced the creation of a program that aims to educate children of the world that can’t get a formal education. Read more
Qatar has concluded a new deal with Total over the Al Khalij offshore oilfield. Both parties signed a 25year agreement as the current deal nears its end. Total discovered the oilfield and started production on the oilfield in 1991 and Read more
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has a population of over 27 million inhabitants of which 9 million are foreigners. This significant number has been reached by the importation of labor from abroad. According to official estimates, currently 9 in Read more
Addressing members of the third annual seminar on weapons of mass destruction and hazards posed by nuclear incidents, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abulatif Al-Zayyani said they will be setting up a nuclear radiation monitoring center which Read more
Qatar International, a Qatari joint venture grouping Qatar Steel and Qatar Mining, will build a $2 billion steel plant in the Algerian eastern province of Jijel. The Qatari firm will be holding a 49 percent stake in the plant and Read more
As government forces intensify their aerial attacks, the opposition might soon be going through in what could be considered as a reform after the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, said that the opposition factor called the Syrian National Council Read more
Qatar’s fifth largest bank by market value, Doha bank, is planning to increase its share capital by half during the first quarter of next year. The bank has market worth of $3.2 billion and its issues could gather another $1.6 Read more
The much anticipated visit of the Emir of Qatar to Gaza is seen by many as political victory for Hamas over the mainstream Palestinian leaders in the West Bank. Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is accompanied by a large Read more
The Gaza strip will be undergoing modernization after Qatar pledged to take care of projects worth $254 million. These projects will help in rebuilding Gaza after its destruction by an Israeli military offensive in 2009. Work on these projects will Read more