Doha

Veteran Egyptian diplomat Ahmed Abul Gheit was named March 10 as the Arab League's new secretary general, at a time when the regional body faces multiple wars and a widening jihadist threat.

Bulgaria's rich folklore heritage and cultural diversity will be presented as part of the Pendara Ethno Project in Qatar's capital of Doha on March 4-5, 2016, Gulf Times announced on February 20.

The two-day Bulgarian festival, dubbed Discover Bulgaria in Doha, will offer to the Middle Eastern audience traditional Bulgarian dishes and authentic Bulgarian music.

Qatar has launched an investigation after heavy rains exposed poor construction in a country set to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a deluge that saw water cascade through the roof of its $15 billion main airport.

The country has also banned contractors from leaving the small, oil-rich country as it carries out a probe into how heavy rains damaged buildings and roadways.

Doha, the Qatari capital getting ready to host a controversial 2022 World Cup, will be under close watch, with a giant surveillance system handed to the state by Proline, a Turkish developer, and Turkish-made boats guarding beaches.

The company executives have worked on the project for years in close cooperation with the Qatari Interior Ministry.

A BBC journalist invited to Qatar to examine the living conditions of workers building infrastructure for the 2022 football World Cup was detained for more than 24 hours, the broadcaster reported May 18.

Mohammed Aman and Asbel Kiprop, the men's current 800m and 1500m world champions, race each other in Doha May 15 as a stellar field gathers for the 2015 Diamond League opener.
 

A group of Qatari state-linked investors and three Japanese power firms have signed an agreement to study the possibility of developing projects in Turkey?s Af?in Elbistan region, one of the Qatari firms said in a statement on Feb. 22.

Turkey's foreign minister was in Doha on Jan. 20 to hold talks with Qatari leaders and put on a united front in the wake of the recent Qatari-Egyptian thaw, which seemed to mark a shift in the long-running foreign policy alignment of both countries.

DOHA - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sport Vanja Udovicic and his French counterpart Patrick Kanner conferred in Doha on Monday on intensification of the two countries' cooperation in the area of sport.

Customs officials at Athens International Airport confiscated more than 18 kilograms of heroin on Friday from the luggage of a passenger who flew in from the Qatari capital of Doha.