Building Collapse in Qatar’s Capital Kills 1, Search Ongoing

This file photo taken on Dec. 20, 2019, shows a view of boats moored in front of high-rise buildings in the Qatari capital, Doha. (AFP)
This file photo taken on Dec. 20, 2019, shows a view of boats moored in front of high-rise buildings in the Qatari capital, Doha. (AFP)
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Building Collapse in Qatar’s Capital Kills 1, Search Ongoing

This file photo taken on Dec. 20, 2019, shows a view of boats moored in front of high-rise buildings in the Qatari capital, Doha. (AFP)
This file photo taken on Dec. 20, 2019, shows a view of boats moored in front of high-rise buildings in the Qatari capital, Doha. (AFP)

A building collapsed Wednesday in Qatar's capital, killing at least one person as searchers clawed through the rubble to check for survivors, authorities said.

Qatar's Interior Ministry described the building as a four-story structure in Doha's Bin Durham neighborhood.

It said rescuers found seven survivors, while the one person killed had been inside the building at the time of the collapse.

Authorities offered no immediate explanation for the building's collapse. Online video showed car alarms sounding after the collapse, with one part of the building falling into another nearby.

Civil defense and police surrounded the site after the 8 a.m. collapse, with multiple ambulances and and excavator at the scene. Residents were asked to evacuate for their safety.



Saudi, Peruvian Foreign Ministers Discuss Issues of Common Interest

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his Peruvian counterpart Elmer Schialer meet in Riyadh on Thursday. (SPA)
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his Peruvian counterpart Elmer Schialer meet in Riyadh on Thursday. (SPA)
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Saudi, Peruvian Foreign Ministers Discuss Issues of Common Interest

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his Peruvian counterpart Elmer Schialer meet in Riyadh on Thursday. (SPA)
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his Peruvian counterpart Elmer Schialer meet in Riyadh on Thursday. (SPA)

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received in Riyadh on Thursday his Peruvian counterpart Elmer Schialer and Minister of Energy and Mines Jorge Montero Cornejo.

The ministers reviewed relations between their countries. They also reviewed aspects of cooperation in various fields in addition to discussing international issues of mutual interest.