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Children’s Day celebrations were held at MES Indian School on a grand scale in commemoration of the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India.Special assemblies in all sections featured fun-filled activities. Principal Dr Hameeda Kadar urged the students to practice compassion, develop leadership qualities, and follow the ideals of Nehru. Teachers spoke highlighting the significance of the day.At the KG Section, children in costumes represented different regions and states of India. In the Junior Section, students of Grades I and II illustrated Nehru’s famous love for roses and explained their drawings in a few sentences.A letter writing activity saw students of Grades III and IV expressing their thoughts on Nehru’s enduring love for children. Kashi Kumar and Sameer Pande dressed up as Chacha Nehru, as he was fondly described by children. Teachers also presented a skit to portray the importance of Children’s Day.In the Boys’ and Girls’ sections various literary and art-related competitions were held. The entire programme was co-ordinated by Shiney Suresh, Pradnya Pande, and Davidson, teachers in charge of literary activities.

The grand finale of MES Golden Run was organised in a spectacular manner at the synthetic track of the school, marking the institution’s golden jubilee year athletic meet.The celebrated Qatari athlete, Mutaz Essa Barshim, a World and Olympic Champion in high jump, was the chief guest. Irfan Ibrahim, a former Qatar national athlete, and a record holder in the CBSE National Athletic Championship was the guest of honour.Ministry of Interior officials Maj Saeed Juma al-Hatemi, Saleh Salem Mohammed, and Asmaa Mohammed Naeeme were special invitees.Barshim hoisted the school flag, unveiled the logo of the athletic meet, officially declared the meet open, and took salute from the athletes during the march past featuring the school’s Blue, Green, Red and Yellow houses. The parade was led by Mohammed Faneez and Steffi Vargheese Mathew, sports captains of the Boys’ and Girls’ sections, respectively.Barshim, in his address, congratulated the school for establishing a legacy in the holistic development of students and identifying and fostering students’ athletic prowess to excel in the international sports arena.Faneez led the oath-taking ceremony. The torch was handled by Barshim and Namra, a gifted student from the school.Earlier, a welcome mass drill coupled with aerobics was performed by the students of the Junior Section followed by a callisthenics drill, martial arts, and yoga. Members of the school skating team paraded with flags representing each year from 1974 - the founding year of the school. School officials Dr Najeeb K P, Kashif Jaleel, Hazmal Ismail, Ahamed Isham, A T Usman, Badarudheen Gulam Mohiyudheen, Ashraf Sharafudheen P T, Ansar T K, Aneesh P A, Faisal Mayan, principal Dr Hameeda Kadar, MES Abu Hamour branch principal Pramila Kannan, other officials, parents, teachers and students were present.The event was organised by co-ordinator Steeson K Mathew and the teachers of the Department of Physical Education. Steffi Vargheese Mathew welcomed the gathering and head boy Ahmad Faisal proposed a vote of thanks.

The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) organised a training programme for the third batch of Egyptian air traffic controllers, to familiarise them with the procedures used in air navigation in the State of Qatar, including the procedures for Independent Parallel Operations (IPO), and their role in solving the problem of congestion and aircraft overcrowding at airports, in addition to training on a number of systems approved in air traffic management.This programme comes as a continuation of the existing co-operation between Qatar and Egypt in the field of civil aviation, and their continuous efforts to enhance joint work and exchange of expertise in this field. In Charge of Managing QCAA Mohamed Faleh al-Hajri highlighted the importance of close co-operation between the two countries and its role in enhancing professional capabilities and raising the level of efficiency among workers in the aviation sector.He also emphasised the importance of such courses in developing technical and administrative skills, which directly contributes to enhancing safety and quality standards in the aviation sector and meeting the requirements of the rapid growth witnessed by this vital sector.

The first scientific conference of the Qatari Society for Family and Community Medicine began in Doha Friday. The two-day conference brings together more than 600 healthcare professionals to discuss the best and latest practices in family and community medicine. It also highlights the latest advancements and challenges faced in this field.The event features the participation of over 40 experts from Qatar and abroad, enriching discussions and sharing insights with healthcare workers in Qatar and the region. On the sidelines of the conference, there is an exhibition showcasing the latest scientific advancements in family and community medicine by sponsors and supporting organisations. Additionally, there is another exhibition featuring over 40 research abstracts focusing on studies and solutions to the challenges commonly faced in the family and community medicine sector.Chairperson of the Qatari Society for Family and Community Medicine Dr Samia al-Abdullah said that the conference aims to stimulate innovation and explore best practices in the field through the integration of artificial intelligence, precision medicine, and advanced technologies to revolutionise care and improve patient outcomes.She added that participants aim to foster a culture of patient safety and ethical decision-making among family and community medicine providers, emphasising emotional intelligence and psychological safety in the workplace. She also highlighted the importance of research and its opportunities for advancing family and community medicine by focusing on significant studies and encouraging evidence-based guidelines.Dr al-Abdullah expressed pride in the society’s contribution to showcasing a large number of distinguished Qatari professionals who enrich the discussions and share their experiences and recommendations. Over 100 Qatari doctors specialising in family and community medicine from various sectors in the country have registered for the conference.Dr Amal al-Ali, Chair of the Scientific Committee, stated that the speakers would provide updates on managing chronic conditions such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and chronic pain, with a focus on family medicine practices and reviews. She noted that the conference offers hands-on training and clinical workshops in essential diagnostic skills, including ECG interpretation, clinical advice in family and community medicine, the impact of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) on diabetes care, and medical ethics.Among the panel discussions, practitioners will be equipped with tools to identify, assess, and treat anxiety disorders, depression, and sleep disorders, enhancing mental health care in family and community medicine. She also highlighted a competition for the best research abstracts presented at the research exhibition, which includes over 40 scientific studies submitted by numerous healthcare professionals across various specialities, focusing on advancements in family and community medicine.The Qatari Society for Family and Community Medicine is a non-profit professional organisation under the umbrella of the Qatar Medical Association. Its primary goal is to enhance the scientific and practical skills of doctors while promoting community engagement to increase public awareness.

Qatar and Egypt held a bilateral meeting to enhance co-operation in combating crime, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a X post. The Qatari delegation was led by Col Ali Mubarak al-Kuwari, security attaché at the Qatari embassy in Cairo, and included several officers from the MoI and members of the Public Prosecution. The meeting addressed various topics related to joint efforts and bilateral coordination to combat crime effectively, the post added.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said yesterday that hospitals have only two days’ fuel left before they must restrict services, after the UN warned aid delivery to the war-devastated territory is being crippled.The alarm came a day after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant more than a year into the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas fighters.The United Nations and others have repeatedly decried humanitarian conditions, particularly in northern Gaza where Israeli security services said yesterday they had killed two commanders involved in Hamas’ October 2023 storming that triggered the war.Medics in the Palestinian territory said an overnight Israeli raid on Beit Lahia and nearby Jabalia resulted in dozens killed or missing.“We raise an urgent warning as all hospitals in Gaza Strip will stop working or reduce their services within 48 hours due to the occupation’s (Israel’s) obstruction of fuel entry,” Marwan al-Hams, director of Gaza’s field hospitals, said during a press conference.The World Health Organisation (WHO) had already expressed grave concern Tuesday for hospitals still partly operating in Gaza.“It’s getting harder and harder to get the aid in,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said in Geneva.Late Thursday, the UN’s humanitarian co-ordinator for the Palestinian territories, Muhannad Hadi, said: “The delivery of critical aid across Gaza, including food, water, fuel and medical supplies, is grinding to a halt.”In a statement, he said that for more than six weeks Israeli authorities “have been banning commercial imports” while “a surge in armed looting” has targeted aid convoys.Vowing to stop Hamas from regrouping in northern Gaza, Israel began its air and ground operation in Jabalia and then expanded it to Beit Lahia.Gaza’s civil defence rescue agency could not immediately give an exact toll after the latest Israeli raid, but the health ministry says Israel’s operation in the north has killed thousands.The UN says more than 100,000 have been displaced from the area, and an official told the Security Council last week that people “are effectively starving”.Issuing the warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, the Hague-based ICC said there were “reasonable grounds” to believe they bore “criminal responsibility” for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare, and crimes against humanity including over “the lack of food, water, electricity and fuel, and specific medical supplies”US President Joe Biden, whose country is Israel’s top military supplier, called the warrants against Israeli leaders “outrageous”, but other world leaders expressed support for the court.Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said yesterday Netanyahu would be arrested if he set foot in the country.The ICC also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif. Israel said it killed Deif in July, but Hamas has not confirmed his death.On the day the warrants were issued, a UN representative said an Israeli raid on Syria this week was “likely the deadliest” by Israel on the country so far. Yesterday, a war monitor said the strikes on Palmyra killed 92 pro-Iran fighters. Israel again bombed Gaza yesterday.In Gaza City, just south of Jabalia, one man who said he took his cousins to hospital after a strike urged “the world... to put an end” to the war.“We’ve had enough,” said Belal, who gave only his first name and said 10 members of his family had been killed.“I’m the only one left,” he said.At least 44,056 people have been killed in Gaza during more than 13 months of war, most of them civilians, according to figures from Gaza’s health ministry which the United Nations considers reliable.

A fresh banana taped to a wall – a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan – was bought for $6.2mn on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby’s announced in a statement.The debut of the edible creation entitled Comedian at the Art Basel show in Miami Beach in 2019 sparked controversy and raised questions about whether it should be considered art – Cattelan’s stated aim.Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun on Wednesday forked over more than $6mn for the fruit and its single strip of silver duct tape, which went on sale for $120,000 five years ago.“This is not just an artwork. It represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community,” Sun was quoted as saying in the Sotheby’s statement. “I believe this piece will inspire more thought and discussion in the future and will become a part of history.”The sale featured seven potential buyers and smashed expectations, with the auction house issuing a guide price of $1-1.5mn before the bidding.Given the shelf life of a banana, Sun is essentially buying a certificate of authenticity that the work was created by Cattelan as well as instructions about how to replace the fruit when it goes bad.The installation auctioned on Wednesday was the third iteration – with the first one eaten by performance artist David Datuna, who said he felt “hungry” while inspecting it at the Miami show.Sun, who founded cryptomoney exchange Tron, said that he intended to eat his investment too.“In the coming days, I will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience, honouring its place in both art history and popular culture,” he said.Cattelan said in an interview published yesterday that the work was a “provocation” and an invitation to appreciate the true value of art.“It’s a provocation that invites us to reflect on the value of art and the dynamics of (this) market, pushing us to question what this work says about us as viewers,” he told Italian daily La Repubblica.“It’s the market that has decided to take a banana stuck on the wall so seriously. If the system is so frail to slip on a banana skin, maybe it was already slippery,” Cattelan added.He also said that he was fast asleep when his banana piece went under the hammer, dreaming that his favourite soccer team Atalanta would beat AC Milan at an upcoming Serie A home game.“Comedian is a laugh against a tired system, an invitation to rediscover the power of irony and simplicity,” the artist said.As well as his banana work, Cattelan is also known for producing an 18-carat, fully functioning gold toilet called America that was offered to Donald Trump during his first term in the White House.His work is often humorous and deliberately provocative, with a 1999 sculpture of Pope John Paul II stuck by a meteor titled The Ninth Hour.He has explained the banana work as a critical commentary on the art market, which he has criticised in the past for being speculative and failing to help artists.The asking price of $120,000 for Comedian in 2019 was seen at the time as evidence that the market was “bananas” and the art world had “gone mad”, as the New York Post said in a front-page article.The banana sold on Wednesday was bought for 35¢ from a Bangladeshi fruit seller on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, according to the New York Times.Sun has hit headlines in the past as an art collector and as a major player in the murky cryptocurrency world.He was charged last year by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged market manipulation and unregistered sales of crypto assets, which he promoted with celebrity endorsements, including from Lindsay Lohan.In 2021, he bought Alberto Giacometti’s Le Nez for $78.4mn, which was hailed by Sotheby’s at the time as signaling “an influx of younger, tech-savvy collectors”.Global art markets have been dropping in value in recent years due to higher interest rates, as well as concern about geopolitical instability, experts say.Empire of Light (L’Empire des lumieres), a painting by Rene Magritte, shattered an auction record for the surrealist artist on Tuesday, however, selling for over $121mn at Christie’s in New York.

Air strikes hit south Beirut yesterday, crumpling an 11-storey building, as Israel kept up its deadly bombardment in south Lebanon.The Lebanese health ministry said Israeli strikes killed five Hezbollah-affiliated paramedics.The state-run National News Agency (NNA) said Israeli warplanes carried out successive rounds of strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs from early morning until evening, including on two buildings closer to the city centre.AFPTV footage showed plumes of smoke over the southern suburbs.NNA said Israeli strikes also hit multiple targets in south Lebanon. An AFP photographer captured the moment a missile struck an 11-storey building housing shops, a gym and apartments on a usually busy street in south Beirut’s Shiyah district.The impact sparked a fireball and caused the structure to collapse in on itself, littering the street with debris.In south Lebanon, NNA said Israeli troops entered the village of Deir Mimas, around 2.5km from the border, for the first time.

The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case has ordered that sentencing be delayed indefinitely, a legal win for the president-elect as he prepares to return to the White House.Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts in May after a jury found that he had fraudulently manipulated business records to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with a porn star ahead of the 2016 election.Prosecutors argued that concealing the alleged tryst was intended to help him win his first run for the White House.Trump, who had been scheduled to be sentenced on November 26, had fought against any effort to sentence him before his return to the presidency in January.“It is... ordered that the joint application for a stay of sentencing is granted to the extent that the November 26, 2024 date is adjourned,” said Judge Juan Merchan in an order.Trump’s legal team cited a Supreme Court ruling giving presidents sweeping immunity for official acts.That landmark ruling saw the court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, decide that presidents have sweeping immunity from prosecution for a range of official acts committed while in office.Ahead of the election, Trump’s lawyers moved to have the case thrown out in light of the Supreme Court decision, a move which prosecutors have firmly rejected.“In a decisive win for President Trump, the hoax Manhattan Case is now fully stayed and sentencing is adjourned,” Trump communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement, denouncing the various “sham” cases against Trump.“The American People have issued a mandate to return him to office and dispose of all remnants of the Witch Hunt cases,” he added.Merchan also granted Trump leave to seek to have the conviction thrown out, likely meaning several further hearings that could be delayed once Trump is sworn in.“The defendant’s request for leave to file a motion to dismiss ... is granted,” added Merchan’s order.In a separate 2020 election interference case, Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to vacate deadlines, delaying the case indefinitely – but not yet dropping it outright.The move was in line with long-standing Department of Justice policy not to prosecute sitting US presidents.Alongside the New York case, brought by state-level prosecutors, Trump faces two active federal cases: one related to his effort to overturn the 2020 election and the other connected to classified documents he allegedly mishandled after leaving office.

Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3mn years to form – quite swift in cosmic terms – in a discovery that challenges the current understanding of the speed of planetary formation.This infant world, estimated at around 10-20 times the mass of Earth, is one of the youngest planets beyond our solar system – called exoplanets – ever discovered.It resides alongside the remnants of the disc of dense gas and dust circling the host star – called a protoplanetary disc – that provided the ingredients for the planet to form.The star it orbits is expected to become a stellar type called an orange dwarf, less hot and less massive than our sun.The star’s mass is about 70% that of the sun and it is about half as luminous.It is located in our Milky Way galaxy about 520 light-years from Earth.A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9tn miles (9.5tn km).“This discovery confirms that planets can be in a cohesive form within 3mn years, which was previously unclear as Earth took 10-20mn years to form,” said Madyson Barber, a graduate student in the department of physics and astronomy at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and lead author of the study published this week in the journal Nature.“We don’t really know how long it takes for planets to form,” UNC astrophysicist and study co-author Andrew Mann added. “We know that giant planets must form faster than their disc dissipates because they need a lot of gas from the disc. But discs take 5-10mn years to dissipate. So do planets form in 1mn years? 5? 10?”The planet, given the names IRAS 04125+2902 b and TIDYE-1b, orbits its star every 8.8 days at a distance about one-fifth that separating our solar system’s innermost planet Mercury from the sun.Its mass is in between that of Earth, the largest of our solar system’s rocky planets, and Neptune, the smallest of the gas planets.It is less dense than Earth and has a diameter about 11 times greater. Its chemical composition is not known.The researchers suspect that the planet formed further away from its star and then migrated inward.“Forming large planets close to the star is difficult because the protoplanetary disc dissipates away from closest to the star the fastest, meaning there’s not enough material to form a large planet that close that quickly,” Barber said.The researchers detected it using what is called the “transit” method, observing a dip in the host star’s brightness when the planet passes in front of it, from the perspective of a viewer on Earth.It was found by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa)’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, space telescope.“This is the youngest-known transiting planet. It is on par with the youngest planets known,” Barber said.Exoplanets not detected using this method sometimes are directly imaged using telescopes.However, these typically are massive ones, around 10 times greater than our solar system’s largest planet Jupiter.Stars and planets form from clouds of interstellar gas and dust.“To form a star-planet system, the cloud of gas and dust will collapse and spin into a flat environment, with the star at the centre and the disc surrounding it. Planets will form in that disc. The disc will then dissipate starting from the inner region near the star,” Barber said.“It was previously thought that we wouldn’t be able to find a transiting planet this young because the disc would be in the way. But for some reason that we aren’t sure of, the outer disc is warped, leaving a perfect window to the star and allowing us to detect the transit,” Barber added.

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has called the influence of tech billionaires such as Elon Musk over US President-elect Donald Trump a “huge concern”.In an interview with the news magazine Der Spiegel published on Friday ahead of the release of her memoir, Merkel said the job of politics was ultimately to balance the interests of ordinary and powerful citizens.“If this ultimate recourse is influenced too strongly by companies, whether through capital power or technological capabilities, then that is an unprecedented challenge for all of us,” she said.She cited the example of Musk, chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, who was tapped by Trump to co-lead a new Department of Government Efficiency that the incoming president has indicated will operate outside the confines of government.“If a person like him owns 60% of all satellites orbiting in space, then that has to be a huge concern for us in addition to the political issues,” Merkel said.SpaceX runs the satellite Internet provider Starlink, which has over 6,000 satellites in space and is used by consumers, companies and government agencies.Merkel’s memoir, entitled Freedom: Memories 1954-2021 and written before Trump’s re-election, will be published in more than 30 countries on November 26.Merkel told Spiegel that his victory had filled her with sadness.“If someone in politics does not allow for win-win situations, but only ever recognises winners and losers, then that is a very difficult task for multilateralism,” she said.In her book, which she will launch in December in the United States at an event with former US president Barack Obama, Merkel describes her dealings with Trump as well as other world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.Its release comes as she faces pressure to defend the legacy of her 16 years in power in the light of Germany’s current economic and political difficulties, and growing international crises.

Akran Afif scored a brace and provided an assist as Al Sadd rallied from being two goals down to beat Al Khor 5-2 in Qatar Stars League match played at the Al Khor Stadium on Friday.While Al Khor struck through Ruben Semedo (3rd minute) and Sofiane Hanni (8th minute), Al Sadd hit back with goals from Ahmed Suhail (10th minute), Romain Saiss (27th minute), Akram Afif (48th and 54th minutes) and Cristo Gonzalez (68th minute). The hard-fought win saw Al Sadd move within a point of leaders Al Duhail (on 22 points) while Al Khor, who still remain winless in the league, stay in last and 12th place with four points.Al Khor’s position notwithstanding they came out with a strong show against the defending champions and kept challenging them till the very end. Al Sadd, woken up by the two-goals alarm, were admirably guided by their mercurial winger and captain Akram Afif, who not only initiated most of the potential moves but was also instrumental in providing one clear assist besides scoring a brace.Al Khor had caught Al Sadd napping when Semedo converted a corner kick with a clear strike and five minutes later when Hanni moved into the striking zone, following an Al Sadd long kick which couldn’t be checked by the defending line, to double their lead. A rattled but determined Al Sadd hit back within minutes as Suhail made a superb header from the left after a cross from Gonzalez (1-2).Al Sadd fetched the equaliser in fine fashion from a set piece as Afif chose to move the ball to his left to Moustafa Tarek who moved it to Yusuf Abdurisag to make a back flip before Saiss ran in to put the ball into the net from near the right post (2-2).Al Sadd struck again in the 38th minute after an Afif strike was deflected by the goalkeeper but he regained possession to feed Mohamed Camara who battled past Semedo to provide an assist for Giovani Henrique to score, but a VAR check saw referee rule a foul against Camara and the goal being disallowed.Both teams went into the breather at 2-2. Al Sadd returned and gained the lead soon with Afif grabbing a long ball to go on and strike even while being chased by Abdulrahman Juma (3-2).Six minutes later Afif was back in action making a sprint to forcefully score past a hapless goalkeeper (4-2). At the hour mark, and Al Sadd attempt saw Yusuf Abdurisag hit the left post.Al Sadd kept their charge on and soon Afif sent in a beautiful through pass from Gonzalez to do the rest (5-2). Creditably, Al Khor kept attacking and also came close to being successful but Al Sadd goalkeeper Yousef Abdullah Balideh defied three Yohan Boli attempts including two kicks in front of the goal.Gharafa climb to third place after win over WakrahLater, Al Gharafa came back a goal down to beat Al Wakrah 3-1 at the Thani Bin Jassim Stadium. While Al Wakrah took the lead through a penalty kick in the 20th minute scored by Ricardo Gomes, Al Gharafa hit back with goals from Ahmed Al Ganehi (45+2 minute), Joselu (60th minute) and an Own Goal from Lucas Mendes (75th minute).The win pitchforked Al Gharafa into the top the top three of the rankings with a tally of 18 points, ahead of Al Ahli in 4th on goal difference, whereas Al Wakrah remain in 5th spot with 14 points.Despite gaining an early advantage, Al Wakrah also suffered from many of their own mistakes as Al Gharafa gained ground to make amends. Al Wakrah won the penalty after Ayoub Assal was brought down inside the box by Seydou Sano and Gomes stepped up to score.Both teams then had equal share of exchanges until the added time of the opening half when Ferjani Sassi made a fine lob from the midfield for an unmarked Ganehi to run in and beat a challenging Mendes to get the equalizer.Al Gharafa then moved into the lead with their star player Yacine Brahimi dribbling his way past Al Wakrah’s Yousef Tarek al-Khatib to provide the ball for Joselu to score.Minutes later, Al Wakrah’s Hamdy Fathy, when being face to face with Al Gharafa goalkeeper Khalifa Ababacar, made the mistake of playing the ball to his left and thereby missing out on a striking chance.Al Gharafa hit back as Brahimi forced his way into the danger area. He was tackled by Alexander Scholz but despite falling down, Brahimi was back up and went on to beat a charging goalkeeper Mohammed Albakri. The Algerian’s kick found Mendes in the way, who in the scramble deflected it into his own goal.Three minutes later, Al Wakrah’s Jacinto Dala made a diagonal strike but the ball hit the bottom of the left post much to their dismay.Meanwhile, a stoppage-time strike saw from Younes Belhanda saw Al Shamal sink Al Rayyan 2-1 at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium. The closely-contested match saw Al Rayyan move into the lead in added time of the opening half through Roger Guedes (45+2’) but Al Shamal kept challenging and were rewarded with two late goals as Mohammed Khaled al-Nuami (83rd minute), and Younes Belhanda (90+7 minute) struck to shock their rivals.The thrilling win also moved Al Shamal into sixth place in the rankings with 13 points while Al Rayyan remain in eighth spot with 10 points.