Gewan Island will accommodate 3,500 residents in 712 residential units of different types and layouts, in addition to 11,000sq m of retail spaces.

The General Directorate of Civil Defence launched 13 modern fire engines on Thursday.

Al Daayen Municipality's departments of technical affairs and municipal control have started implementing a campaign to remove abandoned vehicles from different places within the municipality.

Gibbs Amphibians (Gibbs), in partnership with Madaeen Al Doha Group, showcased high-speed amphibious vehicles Humdinga and Aquada at the Katara Beach.

Between April and November 2017, over 1,000 heat-related illnesses were reported at Hamad General Hospital’s Emergency Department.

The ministry noted that it has developed special plans and programmes to address issues such as temporary closures of some streets, traffic congestion and dumping of personal waste in the streets and public squares.

The US Transportation Department must decide whether to adopt a pending proposal that would require all future vehicles to have the advanced technology.

Prosecutors in Germany have raided high-end carmaker BMW in a fraud probe relating to more than 11,000 vehicles they suspect were rigged to appear less polluting in regulators' tests.

The number of vehicles entering the island is tracked through technologically-advanced monitoring devices installed at its entrance.

The draft legislation seeks to regulate car parking practices in the country, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) has reported.

One Uber vehicle and two other taxis were torched in South Africa's main business district on Thursday night in a feud over fares, but no one was injured, Uber and police said on Friday.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is recalling 297,000 older minivans in North America because of a wiring problem that can lead to inadvertent air bag deployments, the company said on Thursday.