More than 176,000 people have applied to be volunteers for the 2022 World Cup, including 1,000 nationals from Gulf countries which have broken off all diplomatic and travel ties and imposed a blockade on tournament host Qatar, Doha organisers revealed Friday.

Figures from the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy show that 176,788 people have so far applied to help at the World Cup after applications opened at the beginning of the month....

Almost 175,000 people have applied to be volunteers for the 2022 World Cup, including 1,000 nationals from Gulf countries which have broken off all diplomatic and travel ties with tournament host Qatar, Doha organisers revealed Friday.

Figures from the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy show that 174,639 people have so far applied to help at the World Cup after applications opened at the beginning of the month.

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Qatar’s Ambassador to Palestine has visited the field hospitals established in the Gaza Strip by the Jordanian and Moroccan authorities, Alarab.qa reported on Tuesday.

Mohammed Al-Emadi met with officials and staff of the Jordanian military field hospital in Gaza before touring the facilities. During his visit, he hailed Jordan’s efforts to help the Palestinians in the besieged coastal territory. The ambassador also praised King Abdullah"...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani agreed on Wednesday to step up efforts to boost bilateral collaboration.

During a one-day visit to Athens, the Qatari official also held meetings with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias.

No statements were made to the press, but according to an e-mailed statement from the Greek prime minister’s office, the two sides"...

Hassad Food Company, the leading investment company in the food sector, has established a local marketing and agricultural services company in order to support the private agricultural sector and to contribute to self-sufficiency.
This was announced by the Ministerial Group for the Encouragement and Participation of the Private Sector following the directives of HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani.
The new company will support local farmers by marketing"...

Under the patronage of HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Sustainable Strategic Plan 2018-2022 for the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) will be launched on Sunday.
The ministry announced this at a press conference yesterday, revealing that it concluded the plan for the next five years and presented the goals, phases, methodology and priorities for action.
Sheikh Faleh bin Nasser al-Thani, assistant undersecretary for general services"...

Pharmacies across Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) follow high standards of medicine safety and dispense approximately three million prescriptions annually, said officials yesterday.

At present, 26 health centers function under PHCC across the country. It includes six new health centers with pharmacies implementing several initiatives to enhance the services, said Dr Durriya Mubarak Al Qahtani, Director, Integrated Care and Continuity Care"...

Minister of Development Planning and Statistics H E Dr Saleh bin Mohammad Al Nabit met with a delegation from the Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

During the meeting, they discussed means of cooperation in the development and implementation of the vision of the Federal Republic of Somalia (2040) and benefiting from Qatar’s experience in activating the participation of all governmental,"...

Education Above All (EAA) Foundation through its programme Al Fakhoura yesterday launched ‘Dynamic Futures Project in Qatar’ for scholarships for residents which is first-of-its-kind in the country.

The project, which has already been launched for the current academic year, is in partnership with and support of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.

It"...

A multi-billion-pound fighter jet deal between the U.K. and Qatar is now officially in place following the first payment from the Qatari government, a statement said Tuesday.

Qatar will import 24 Typhoon jets and nine Hawk trainers, the British government said, under the £5 billion ($6.58 billion) contract, which will be delivered by BAE Systems’ factories in Warton and Brough.

British"...