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The 2019 Francophonie Festival, which will feature diverse events like music performances, sports tournaments and a speech contest, is set to kick off on Wednesday.

The illegal siege seems to have failed to slow down Qatar Airways’s momentum as the national carrier announces an entirely revamped Economy class seating system and flights to seven new destinations.

Ever since the start of the illegal siege, Saudi Arabia has been issuing unilateral ‘terror lists’ against Qatar, which is a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter.

Qatar has once again reiterated the fact that the only way to end the GCC crisis is for all nations to come together at the negotiation table without any preconditions.

With more and more warehouses sprouting up at Qatar’s Industrial Area, rents for the same have fallen by 20 to 30% in the last few years, say insiders.

Qatar has once again loosened its purse strings to help a good friend in need by announcing an aid of QR73m to help bolster Somalia’s 2019 budget for 2019.

Qatar officially launched the Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor project, named after the Kuwaiti Amir, which is expected to connect different parts of the country like never before and also reduce travel times by up to 70%.

The Indian Embassy in Qatar is set to host a contemporary dance show at the St Regis Doha today, with a repeat performance for the wider Indian audience set for tomorrow at the DSP MIS Auditorium.

Qatar’s award-winning Smart Vest, which keeps workers cooler in hot conditions and continuously monitors their vital stats, has been enhanced with language translation services as well.

The country’s education ministry has approved applications of 28 schools, out of 126 received, to increase their fees by 3 to 10% in the 2019-20 academic year. Check here if your child’s school is one of the institutions increasing fees.

For the first time, a coalition of sports and entertainment bodies have urged the US government to take stringent action against beoutQ and end its illegal functioning.

A top official from Qatar’s General Tax Authority has said that the list of items on which excise tax will be calculated is not final and may be subject to changes in the coming days.

Qatar is set to take delivery of six unmanned military drones from Turkey, which is expected to make the country’s skies a lot safer.

Qatar has entered into a landmark ‘open skies’ agreement with the European Union which will see all carriers from its 28 member nations and Qatar receiving unlimited and unrestricted access to their respective territories.

Shortly after HH The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani returned from the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit in Beirut, Qatar has announced a $500m aid package to bolster the Lebanese economy.

Qatar continued to think out of the box when it comes to attaining self-sustainability in food products by roping in schools to operate greenhouses, thus increasing awareness about agriculture and improving the availability of fresh garden produce.

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has ruled out investing in India’s cash-strapped Jet Airways due to substantial investment by the UAE’s Etihad Airways.

After much deliberations and studies, Qatar’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education has decided to let some community schools operate in two shifts starting from the new academic year.

HH The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discusses a range of issues with Iraqi president Dr Barham Salih, who visited the Amiri Diwan yesterday.

Retired Marine General Anthony Zinni, who had been tasked by US President Donald Trump to help resolve the Gulf crisis, has stepped down after failing to take the mission forward.