With the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's season-ending championships less than two weeks away, organisers claim to have sold 95 percent of the tickets for the six-day tennis extravaganza.

Singapore can help the Middle East to move to the next stage of eGovernment, according to the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore.

World gas powers Russia, Iran and Qatar moved on Tuesday to strengthen cooperation and Tehran said there was consensus to set up an OPEC-style group which is likely to worry Western consumer nations.

TRADE between Qatar and South Korea is poised to grow remarkably in the next few years, said a former minister who is leading a business delegation from that country.

Tony Burman, Managing Director of Al Jazeera English, has hit back at allegations the channel is fanning racism in the US by airing comments deemed unfavourable to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

Qatar Entertainment City, a mega US$3bn project of Abu Dhabi Investment House (ADIH), has been adjudged the best development in Qatar in the recently concluded CNBC Arabian Awards 2008. The prestigious award was presented at a glittering gala dinner held at The Madinat in Dubai on Sunday.

Mowasalat is investigating into a complaint about a Karwa taxi driver who allegedly tried to cheat a passenger by manipulating the fare.

Qatar Foundation, in collaboration with Bloomsbury Publishing, will establish a new publishing house for English and Arabic books in the Middle East.