An important piece of Andy Warhol pop art is expected to fetch up to $3.5 million when it is sold at auction in Qatar next month.

THE Land Real Estate & Development Company (The Land), one of the region's largest developers, has unveiled Perlita Gardens, a “first private gated community” on The Pearl-Qatar.

Many people suffered breathing problems after inhaling dust following the strong dust storm that lashed the country around noon yesterday.

THE world’s biggest meeting of newspaper editors and publishers will be held in Doha next year, The Peninsula can reveal. For the first time in their histories, the 63rd World Association of Newspapers (WAN) Congress and the 17th World Editors’ Forum will be held in an Arab country.

QATAR and Bahrain discussed co-operation, particularly in infrastructure development and exchange of expertise in the field.

The Department of Traffic and Patrols jointly with International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) is organising a series of events at secondary schools to create awareness among students about road safety.

Qatar will soon launch programmes to boost the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) here according to H E Sheikh Fahad bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Minister of Business and Trade.

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning (MMAUP) has started clearing the large collection of abandoned vehicles dumped at an open ground in Abu Hamour area. Huge trailers were seen carrying the dumped vehicles from the area to an unknown destination early yesterday.

The first round of Darfur peace talks between the Sudanese government and a major Darfur armed group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), started here yesterday.