Move to train the disabled in job skills to better lot

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QNB HAS signed a memorandum of understanding with the Qatar Society for the Rehabilitation of People with Special Needs (QSRPSN) to train and develop people with special ne…

Two killed as Yemen militias, tribe clash

AFP ADEN TWO aides to a tribal chief with alleged Al Qaeda links were killed in a clash with pro-army militiamen in the troubled southern province of Abyan on Saturday, a local militia official said…

20 Syrian troops killed in twin suicide blasts

AP BEIRUT TWIN suicide bombings shook a southern Syrian city on Saturday, killing at least 20 regime troops, an activist group said. The early morning blasts in Daraa targeted an encampment for gove…

IAEA to resume talks with Iran in December

AFP VIENNA THE UN atomic agency said on Friday it will next month hold its first talks with Iran since August over Tehran’s contested nuclear programme, in a first sign of renewed diplomatic activit…

Women directors take centrestage at DTFF 2012

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA FROM the time when it opens to capacity crowds on November 17, to when the curtain falls on the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) 2012, women filmmakers will remain in the …

Liposuction on the rise as obesity grows in Qatar

LANI ROSE R DIZON DOHA IT may sound unbelievable but it is true that the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) every year treats more than 10,000 plastic surgery cases, and most of the patients seeking th…

SNC under pressure over opposition unity plan

AFP DOHA THE Syrian National Council came under increasing pressure on Saturday to accept an opposition unity plan after saying it will put forward its own proposals amid growing frustration among o…
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