Katara Hospitality has announced that its Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris property has been granted the highest hotel ranking in France. Atout France, the French Agency for Tourism Development has awarded the ‘Palace Distinction’ to

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received a message from the President of the Republic of Chad, Idriss Deby, containing greetings on his assuming power. The message was handed

Qatar Airways has opened its flagship high-street ticket office in one of the world’s most exclusive shopping destinations — the iconic British department store, Harrods, in Knightsbridge. The luxury airline’s new central London location

The head of Egypt’s armed forces issued a declaration yesterday suspending the constitution and appointing the constitutional court President Adly Mansour as interim head of state. He will be sworn in today. In a televised

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani receiving the Head of the Supreme Islamic Council and Preacher of Al Aqsa Mosque, Dr Ikrima Sabri, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. The

Gary Sykes, President of ConocoPhillips Qatar, the founding sponsor of Kulluna, and Director of Hamad International Training Centre and Chairman of the Kulluna campaign Dr Khalid Abdulnoor Saifeldeen, during a cake-cutting ceremony. DOHA: More than

Egypt’s army has plans to push Mohammed Mursi aside and suspend the constitution after an all but impossible ultimatum it has given the Islamist president expires in less than 24 hours, military sources

ABU DHABI: Sixty-one convicted coup plotters received jail terms of up to 10 years in the United Arab Emirates yesterday after a trial that targeted Islamists and drew criticism from human rights groups.

India will Monday launch the first stage of its domestic satellite navigation network which will eventually provide services both to civilians and the military and is similar to the U.S. Global Positioning System, officials

Marine scientists have called on New Zealand to immediately ban fishing in waters inhabited by the world's rarest dolphin, saying that losing just one more of the creatures will threaten the species' existence. The Maui's