QNA Doha: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani participated in ” the International Conference on Assistance and Support to Beirut and the Lebanese People”, which was held in Paris, via video-conferencing, at the invitation of French President HE Emmanuel Macron, and Secretary-General of the United Nations HE Antonio Guterres, with the participation of […]
Month: August 2020
297 Covid-19 cases, two deaths and 271 recoveries in Qatar on Aug 9
File photo used for representation only. The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today recorded 297 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and 271 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered in Qatar to 109,709. Ministry announced two new deaths of people aged 23 and 57, […]
Fahes resumes vehicle inspections from today
Vehicles lined for inspection at Fahes centre in Abu Hamour this morning. Photo: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula The Peninsula Online Doha: Fahes centres resumed its normal operations for vehicle inspections in coordination with the Traffic Department from today. Vehicles were seen lining up outside the centres in the morning as exemption from physical inspection […]
Trump firmly rejected Saudi proposal to invade Qatar in 2017
The Peninsula A report appeared in the Foreign Policy Magazine has again exposed designs of Saudi Arabia to invade Qatar one day after imposition of June 5, 2017 blockade against Qatar by the quartet. “During a June 6, 2017, call with Saudi King Salman, US President Donald Trump firmly rejected a Saudi proposal to invade […]
Protesters take over Lebanon foreign ministry
Lebanese protesters enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut on August 8, 2020, after they stormed the ministry as anger exploded over a deadly blast that made hundreds of thousands homeless and shocked the world. As security forces focused their attention on a tense demonstration a few hundred metres down the road, a group […]
287 Covid-19 cases and 292 recoveries in Qatar on Aug 6
The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today recorded 287 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and 292 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered in Qatar to 108,831. All new cases have been placed in isolation and are receiving necessary health care according to their […]
Things to do this weekend in Qatar (August 6-8, 2020)
The Peninsula Online The weekend is here and we have loads of things happening in and around Doha. Most of them virtual while some that you can visit with appointments and necessary precautionary measures as the ministry keeps reminding us the virus is not yet defeated completely in the country. QNTC Virtual Fashion Show Modern […]
Indian embassy releases new list of VBM flights
Some India-bound passengers at HIA on Wednesday. Doha The Indian embassy has published a new list of Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) flights from Qatar, for which online booking is now available. Operated by IndiGo, the flights are part of Phase 5 of the Indian government’s repatriation initiative, according to a post by the embassy […]
MME acts against illegal vendors; cleans Doha Corniche 3 times a day
The Peninsula Doha: The inspectors of General Monitoring Section at Doha Municipality have recorded 17 violations by illegal vendors and those flouting provisions of hygiene law at Doha Corniche. The Ministry of Municipality and Environment in a statement urged visitors of public places and beaches to maintain hygiene following the Law No. 18 of 2017 […]
Awqaf Ministry to reopen additional 200 mosques for Friday prayers on August 7
The Peninsula Online Doha: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs represented by the Mosques Management Department has announced reopening additional 200 mosques for Friday prayer from August 7, 2020. There will be 400 mosques now available for Friday prayers as part of the gradual lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Qatar. ‘’The additional mosques will reopen following […]