Qatar Urdu Radio started its official transmission from January 1, 1980 with hosts Saif-ur-Rehman and the late Hajra Bano Sulaiman.

Qatar Airways and Qatar Airways Holidays, the leisure division of Qatar Airways Group, are now offering exclusive travel packages including flights, hotels and official match tickets to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

Britain and the European Union struck a divorce deal yesterday that paves the way for arduous talks on future trade ties, easing immediate pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May and boosting hopes of an orderly Brexit.

Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana emphasised he believed it was very unlikely martial law would be declared, but said the president was worried about threatened "massive" protests by the left.

HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti met with Polish Minister of Marine Economy and Inland Waterways Marek Grobarczyk in Warsaw yesterday.

The fifth Qatar International Agricultural (Agriteq) Exhibition will start today at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre.

Guarding against avian flu, which has forced a mass cull of birds in China, pigeon fancier Wang Jincang paid out nearly $400 to get his 200 racing pigeons vaccinated and fortified for the onset of the spring racing season.

People who call themselves Christians but do not want refugees at their door are hypocrites, Pope Francis said yesterday, amid reports of new tragedies involving migrants crossing the Mediterranean.

Jean-Pierre Sauvage of France, J Fraser Stoddart of Britain and Bernard Feringa of the Netherlands won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for developing molecular machines, the world's smallest machines.

Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) launched a survivor booklet under the name “Story of Hope” on the occasion of World Cancer Day organised at Katara recently.

Japan yesterday posted its first factory output expansion in three months, official data showed, offering some rare good news after a string of weak figures threw cold water on recovery hopes.

Qatar Museums (QM) yesterday announced, under the patronage of its chairperson HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the programme overview for the Qatar China 2016 Year of Culture, following the success of the Qatar Turkey 2015 Year of Culture.