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Private school teacher arrested after being accused of assaulting pupil

The teacher was immediately arrested after allegedly beating a young student at school. A 12-year old boy claims he was severely beaten by a teacher at an international school for…

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Fake news: ‘Gunshots outside Amiri Diwan’ video is actually wedding in Yemen

Qatar has been a target of a number of sinister online manipulation campaigns aimed to spark political instability in the country. A video of armed men firing machine guns in…

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Controversial exceptional entry permit dropped for short-term travel

After months of travel restrictions, the country is now opening up for returning travellers and visitors. Returning residents and visitors with work visas who leave the country for less than…

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Qatar administers ‘one millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose’

The National Vaccination Campaign continues to expand as an alarming number of positive Covid-19 cases increase across the country. More than one million doses of the Covid-19 vaccines have now…

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Two more victims die of Covid-19 as cases surge in Qatar

With community and travel cases rising in the country, more victims are being lost to Covid-19. Two patients lost their lives to Covid-19 in just one day, the Ministry of…

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UN, Qatar join efforts to help thousands of displaced families in Yemen, Iraq

Thousands of displaced families scattered across Iraq and Yemen will now benefit from Qatar’s humanitarian aid amid global pandemic challenges. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR] and Sheikh Eid…

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Qatar sees a 300% increase in smokers wanting to quit

With Covid-19 acting as a wakeup call for many to take greater care of their health, more people in Qatar are now seeking help to quit smoking. Hamad Medical Corporation…

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Qatar Charity pumps half a million dollars into Palestine sewage, water projects

The organisation expands its effort to help the community in war-torn Palestine. Qatar Charity [QC] is set to launch three projects for maintenance and rehabilitation of sewage pumping stations —…

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Qatar, Egypt agree to restore full diplomatic relations

Doha and Cairo will now resume full diplomatic relations after a three year suspension. Qatar and Egypt signed two memoranda agreeing to resume full diplomatic ties, Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign…

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