Qatar Museums (QM) is eyeing to add surveillance measures to monitor and protect public art in the country as part of its anti-vandalism campaign, Public Art Department acting director Abdulrahman al-Ishaq told Gulf Times.

Qatar has put in place several additional measures to protect the country's population from the new coronavirus, healthcare officials noted on Sunday.

The outbreak, publicly declared on May 8, had previously been reported in a rural area of Equateur that lies roughly 150 kilometres from Mbandaka.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday the country will not close its door to the global internet, but that cyber sovereignty is key in its vision of internet development.

A Pakistani man was convicted in Germany on Monday of spying for Iran to search out potential attack targets for the Revolutionary Guards.

A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced an Eritrean man to 10 years in jail and a fine of QR200,000 for possessing hashish.