Doha, 07 Feb. 2019 (QP)

Qatar Petroleum and its partners, led by Total, announced a significant gas condensate discovery in the Brulpadda prospects, located in Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa.

The Brulpadda well encountered a gas condensate pay in Lower Cretaceous reservoirs. … Read More

Washington, 06 Feb. 2019 (QNA)

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs  of Qatar has announced that the State of Qatar intends to host this year a high-level regional meeting to address the brutal crimes committed by the ISIS group, in cooperation with the Special … Read More

Doha, 06 Feb. 2019

World number one and 2019 Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has been forced to pull out of the Qatar Total Open 2019 due to back injury, the event organizers announced on Tuesday.

The Premier WTA Tour tournament will be held at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex … Read More

Doha, 06 Feb. 2019 (QNA)

Qatar Charity (QC) has won the Social Responsibility Award in the category of the best national initiative titled ‘Future’s Writers’ program. The QC received the award during the 6th Social Responsibility Awards organized by Dar Al Sharq, in the presence of Minister of Administrative Development, Labor … Read More

Doha, 06 Feb. 2019

(QP)

Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum held talks in Washington D.C. with Rick Perry, U.S. Secretary of Energy.

The talks centered on cooperation between the State of Qatar and the United States in the field of energy and particularly … Read More

Doha, 05 Feb. 2019 (QP)

Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil have taken the final investment decision for developing the Golden Pass LNG export project, which is located in Sabine Pass, Texas, and is owned by Golden Pass Products LLC – a joint venture between affiliates of Qatar Petroleum (70%) and ExxonMobil (30%).

The … Read More

Doha, 05 Feb. 2019

To express solidarity of people and government of Pakistan with the Kashmiri people, representatives of the Pakistani community and the civil society observed “Kashmir Solidarity Day” at the Embassy of Pakistan Doha.

The observance of the Day every year is aimed at highlighting the illegal occupation of Kashmir by Indian forces; … Read More

Washington, Jan. 31 (Yonhap)

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that a date and venue for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be announced next week.

Speaking at the White House, he reaffirmed the plan to hold the meeting in late February … Read More

Manila, 02 Feb. 2019 (PNA)

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said gains in anti-corruption initiatives by the government drove the improvement in the Philippines’ ranking in the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).

The Philippines climbed 12 spots (99th out of 180 countries) this year. This translates into a percentile rank … Read More

Washington, Feb. 02 (Xinhua)

Editor: Yang Yi

The United States announced on Friday its decision to withdraw from a decades-long landmark nuclear arms control pact with Russia, sparking worries about future international security and arms race crisis.

BLAME GAME

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty was inked in 1987 between … Read More

Manila, 01 Feb. 2019 (PNA)

Philippines Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra assured that law enforcement officials are working closely with authorities abroad to keep an eye on transnational drug rings seeking to enter the country.

“The Bureau of Customs and the Bureau of Immigration are cooperating with their counterparts in foreign jurisdictions, as … Read More

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

01 Feb. 2019

Qatar were  crowned AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 champions on Friday as superb goals from Almoez Ali and Abdelaziz Hatim laid the foundation for a 3-1 win over Japan in a rousing final at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

The pair both … Read More