A top fundraiser for US President Donald Trump and his business partner have reportedly promoted anti-Qatar policies at the highest levels of the US government in return for lucrative business favors from the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

According to an investigative report released by the Associated Press on Monday, Trump’s fundraiser Elliott Broidy and Lebanese-American businessman George Nader spent a year cultivating links"...

Qatar has ranked fifth in economic performance, according to the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2018, annually published by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD).

Qatar was rated 10th globally for government efficiency, 13 for business efficiency and maintained its ranking at 38 for infrastructure.

According to the yearbook, Qatar ranked 14 out of"...

The Cabinet on Wednesday took the necessary measures to issue a draft law that aims to attract non-Qatari capital to the country and promote economic development, after reviewing the Advisory Council’s recommendations on the matter.

The decision was taken at the Cabinet’s weekly meeting, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.

The draft legislation was"...

Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD), that will help prepare AZF facilities as per the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) and spread awareness about sustainability among AZF employees.

The MoU was signed at AZF’s headquarters in Doha by Abdulla Nasser Al Naimi, Director General of Aspire Logistics (on behalf of Mohammad Khalifa"...

The unique construction fabric used in Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor City to resemble the inside of a traditional Bedouin tent, will be named after the iconic 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.

The state-of-the-art material made by Serge Ferrari Group in France will be known across the world as Bayt Line.

The stadium design is inspired by the bayt al sha’ar of nomadic peoples"...

WOQOD Vehicles Inspection (FAHES) announced Tuesday the renewal of the contract for compulsory vehicle inspection with the Ministry of the Interior.

Qatar Fuel (WOQOD) Chief Executive Officer Engineer Saad Rashid Al Muhannadi stated that; 'WOQOD Vehicles Inspection (FAHES) announced that it has renewed its contract with Ministry of Interior (MOI) for carrying out the mandatory annual vehicle inspections for a period of five years (2018 2023).'

Kahramaa has set specific water and power reduction targets and is currently working to reduce per capita energy and water usage as part of conserving these resources, a new report has shown.
Improving Qatar’s water security is the “third and last of the key challenges” outlined in Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV 2030), following energy security and cybersecurity, Oxford Business Group (OBG) said in ‘The Report Qatar 2017’.
Recognising the need to draw down rates of consumption, the"...

HE the Minister of Economy and Commerce Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed al-Thani yesterday met the Australian Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, they reviewed the bilateral relations and aspects of the co-operation, especially in the fields of economy, trade and investment, and ways of promoting them.
The two sides also discussed the Australian livestock exports to the Middle East. The volume of trade exchange between Qatar and"...

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer helped a major donor to Trump’s inauguration pitch a nuclear-power investment to the Qatari sovereign wealth fund at a meeting in April, according to people familiar with the matter.

The donor, Franklin L. Haney, is seeking to complete a pair of unfinished nuclear reactors in Alabama known as the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant. His company is lobbying the Trump administration for an extension of tax"...

Qatar University and Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) have signed a cooperation agreement to establish a quality calibration unit for the treatment and desalination of seawater under the umbrella of the university’s Center for Advanced Materials (CAM).

QU President Dr Hassan bin Rashid Al Derham signed the agreement along with QEWC General Manager and Managing Director Fahad Hamad Al Mohannadi.

Under"...