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The Qatar National Day Organising Committee has released a detailed list of events that will take place in the country in the run-up to and during this year’s National Day.

The fifth edition of the British Festival in Qatar promises to have a lot of fun activities to look forward to, including 20 live events and an attempt at breaking a world record.

The 39th GCC Summit, scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia next month, will see the participation of all six Gulf nations including Qatar, confirms Kuwaiti Minister. He also expressed hope it would be a step in the right direction to end the Gulf crisis.

A joint exercise — 2018 Qatar Falcon — which was jointly carried out by the Amiri Naval Forces and the British Royal Marines, concluded in Doha yesterday.

A second Qatari communication satellite — the Es’hail 2 —  has successfully been launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

Qatar has welcomed Twitter’s recent campaign against fake profiles and spam bots on its service platform, many of which were used to malign the country since the start of the illegal siege.

Qatar’s Met Department has warned people that the heavy rain, which lashed different parts of the country yesterday, is very likely to continue today as well.

With Qatar’s winters fast approaching, the Hamad Trauma Centre has warned ATV users in the country to be doubly careful as it is a common reason for accidents in the sand dunes.

If you are in Qatar this weekend, then be careful because the Met Department has warned about chances of rain and swirling winds beginning today until Tuesday.

The ‘Frecce Tricolori’ Doha Air Show 2018, organised by the Italian Airforce Acrobatic Team and Qatar Display Team, is set to mesmerise Qatar’s residents at the Doha Corniche on November 10 and 11.

If you are into skateboarding, BMX riding or rollerblading, then you should definitely check out the brand new Skate Park which opened up inside Qatar Foundation.

If you are unsure whether you still need an exit permit to leave the country, here is a very simple way to check your current status, thanks to Qatar’s Ministry of Interior.

HH The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, addressing the Shoura Council earlier today, said Qatar’s economy had grown stronger in the face of the Gulf crisis, which he said would pass.

The number of cruise ships arriving in Qatar in the 2018-19 season, which began last month and will go on until May 2019, is expected to show a massive increase of 115%.

By a new decision taken yesterday, HH The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has replaced the Qatar Tourism Authority with the National Tourism Council. It is expected to give a big boost to tourism’s growth in the country.

A Qatar Airways flight, which was getting ready to leave for Doha from the Indian city of Kolkata, was cancelled after a water tanker lorry ploughed into its underbelly after losing control.

The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs have said it was keen to enforce approved working hours in the country and warned violators that they would be prosecuted.

Hamad International Airport has completed implementation of the first phase of the Smart Airport Programme, which has helped make the movement of 25% of its passengers faster than ever before.

Katara Cultural Village General Manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti has revealed that a spacious new garden, which is set to open to the public very soon, will make the location more appealing than ever before.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will meet Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari tomorrow at the Amiri Diwan.