West Bay towers can resist 4-magnitude quake

Doha, Qatar - Since the start of the year, more than 100 of the 166 prisoners still held at the US Guantanamo Bay detention centre have gone on hunger strike. None have yet died, but 29 are being force-fed. Although US President Barack Obama has, ...

Giant teapot sculpture (dallah, or coffee pot monument) and West Bay towers from Corniche in Doha, Qatar. Property sales in Doha have carried on at a swift pace, with the total value of transactions increasing by an estimated 2% in the first quarter ...

Officials at the health camp held at Ooredoo Tower in West Bay. Doha: Hundreds of Ooredoo employees have received free health checks and advice at Ooredoo's Health Day, in an effort to reduce health risks and encourage healthy lifestyles. Following ...

The Qatar Exchange headquarters at Al Dana Tower, in West Bay. Doha: Qatar Exchange (QE) index gained 99.20 points, or an increase of 1.13 percent, this week when it closed at 8,847.88 points last afternoon. The trading value increased by 39.51% ...

Residents and office staff after they were evacuated from a building at West Bay yesterday. Kammutty VP DOHA: Buildings were evacuated and panic struck people again as tremors were felt in some parts of Doha yesterday. Tremors of a powerful ...

A project to build an undersea tunnel linking the West Bay lagoon area north of Doha to the new Hamad International Airport in the south of the city is underway, according to The Peninsula. The tunnel will start as a two lane bridge in both ...

Grand Heritage is adding one more luxury property to its thriving portfolio in Qatar, due to open 1st quarter of

Staff and guests of a hotel in the West Bay holding a birthday bash outside the 21-storey hotel yesterday. R O Ibrahim DOHA: The staffers of a hotel in West Bay area of the city had lined up a brief birthday bash for their duty manager yesterday, ...

Somerset West Bay Doha The Ascott Limited, the world's largest international serviced residence owner-operator, has been awarded a contract by Katara Hospitality to manage the 200-unit Somerset West Bay Doha. The management contract follows Katara ...