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BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he was unharmed. The attack was a major escalation amid tensions sparked by the refusal o…

Dubai, For a few brief hours on Friday, the skyscraper-lined superhighway that cuts through the center of Dubai emptied of the cars always clogging it to give way to tens of thousands of bicyclists. The annual Dubai Ride saw bikes race down Sheikh Zaye…

Tunis, Dotted among wetlands on Tunisia’s coast, a patchwork of tiny man-made islands stretches out towards the Mediterranean, reports Reuters. Ploughed in neat furrows and shored up by sandbanks inside a lagoon, they are home to a centuries-old system…

Last Friday, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, represented by the General Cleanliness Department (Beaches and Islands section) and the Public Relation Departments (Awareness), organized a cleaning up campaign. It targeted cleaning Al-Jameel…

Municipalities are proceeding with the events of Qatar Sustainability Week 2021 to raise the awareness of all society segments, especially school students, on the importance of sustainability. These events target planting trees/ plants and adopting pra…

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment, represented by the Rental Disputes Settlement Committee Office, has announced that the current deposit disbursement mechanism was changed from cheques to bank wire transfer.The Ministry requested the benefi…

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment, represented by the Urban Planning Department, has held a press conference on Sunday morning. It announced that the 57th ISOCARP Congress will launch in Doha during 8th ? 11th November 2021.The press confere…

The Asia Pacific Group of nations today endorsed the UAE’s bid to host the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in 2023, at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, which brings nation states together to accelerate action on the goals of the Paris Agreement and …

The Public Parks Department, in cooperation with Qatar Charity (QC Center for Community Development ? Al-Khor), has organized a campaign to plant trees in QC headquarter in Lusail.The campaign was launched to celebrate Qatar Sustainability Week. During…

ISLAMABAD — China has reactivated a direct air trade link with Afghanistan in a bid to assist the war-ravaged neighbor’s new Taliban rulers in dealing with a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis.A cargo plane carrying 45 tons of pine nuts Sunday …