It was a historic day for Aspire Academy yesterday as 23 students passed out from the institution in its first graduation ceremony, attended by athletics great Hicham El Guerrouj.

Qatar's government is definately taking more steps to being a society with more rights and fairness.

Qatar University (QU) is to introduce a BSc programme in Environmental Science this year.

A number of Iraqi intellectuals have called for awarding this year’s Noble Peace Prize to the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani for his role in brokering a peace agreement between feuding Lebanese rivals.

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The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) is planning to introduce up to 100% tax on luxury goods likely to include cigarettes, a GCC official said in comments published yesterday.

Qatar yesterday condemned the bombing of the Danish embassy in Pakistan, describing it as a “terrorist act contravening ethical and human values”.

Supermarkets and groceries across the country have been asked by the authorities concerned to display their prices for information of the customers or face a fine of QR5,000.

YOUNG people should think out of the box, HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad urged yesterday.