Sheikh Joaan attends Olympics opening ceremony

Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) President HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani attended the opening ceremony as flag bearers Tala Abujbara and Mohamed al-Rumaihi led the national contingent during the athletes parade at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo, on Friday.

Sheikh Joaan attends Olympics opening ceremony

Tennis star Osaka lights flame as Tokyo 2020 Olympics open

Japan's global superstar Naomi Osaka Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, tradition and gestures of diversity.

Tennis star Osaka lights flame as Tokyo 2020 Olympics open

MoPH: Total recoveries of Covid-19 rise to 222,727

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported Friday 69 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 among the community and 45 among travellers. The MoPH recorded 127 recoveries from the virus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases recovered in Qatar to 222,727.

MoPH: Total recoveries of Covid-19 rise to 222,727

Migrant boat carrying 45 people sinks south of Turkey

A migrant boat carrying 45 people has sunk to the south of Turkey, and Turkish naval ships and an aircraft are carrying out search and rescue operations, the defence ministry said on Friday.

Migrant boat carrying 45 people sinks south of Turkey

16 civilians killed in suspected militia attack in DR Congo

Suspected members of a militia killed 16 people as they were returning from a weekly market in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local and medical sources said Friday.

16 civilians killed in suspected militia attack in DR Congo

At least 67 dead in India as rains trigger floods, landslides

At least 67 people have died in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, authorities said on Friday, after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooded low-lying areas, cutting off hundreds of villages.

At least 67 dead in India as rains trigger floods, landslides

Sydney outbreak a 'national emergency' as cases spike

Sydney's fast-growing coronavirus outbreak has become a "national emergency," state leaders said Friday, as Australia's largest city reported another record number of new infections.

Sydney outbreak a 'national emergency' as cases spike

French citizen among six arrested over plan to kill Madagascar president

A French citizen is among six people arrested on suspicion of involvement in a plot to kill Madagascar's president, the Indian Ocean island's public security minister said.

French citizen among six arrested over plan to kill Madagascar president

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