CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World / Asia

Ex-diplomat & former MP Syed Shahabuddin dead 04 Mar 2017 - 05:01 pm
Syed Shahabuddin (Photo courtesy: TwoCircles.net)
India child protection officers held in trafficking probe 04 Mar 2017 - 03:21 pm
Indian Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials escort Sonali Mandal (C) from CID office in Siliguri on March 4, 2017, towards an appearance at a court in Jalpaiguri in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, after her arrest as part of an alleged
Landslides and Floods Kill 4 in Indonesia 04 Mar 2017 - 02:17 pm
Peninsula
Thai king's former aide jailed for royal defamation 04 Mar 2017 - 12:57 pm
Peninsula
Myanmar: Leader of rebel group invited to peace process 04 Mar 2017 - 12:32 pm
Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi / AA.
Philippines: 10 Abu Sayyaf killed in clashes 04 Mar 2017 - 12:25 pm
File Photo: AA.
N. Korea hits out at US over possible terror listing 04 Mar 2017 - 10:28 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the newly-built combined fishing-tackle factory under the Korean People’s Army (KPA), in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, July 30, 2016. KCNA/ via REUTERS.
Bodies go unburied at election time in India's Manipur 04 Mar 2017 - 10:15 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 31, 2015 shows Indian people watching a blaze at the residence of Manipur state health minister Phungzaphang Tonsimg that was torched during a protest against controversial tribal rights laws, at Churachandpur, some
Malaysia condemns use of VX at airport; prepares to deport North Korean suspect 03 Mar 2017 - 04:00 am
Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong (L), 28, is escorted with a heavy police presence after a court appearance with Indonesian national Siti Aisyah, 25, at the magistrates' court in Sepang on March 1, 2017, for their alleged role in the assassination of Ki
Abe likely to serve third term 03 Mar 2017 - 03:43 am
Peninsula
Japan emperor meets Vietnam kin of Tokyo's WWII soldiers 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko meet with family members of Japanese veterans living in Vietnam at a hotel in Hanoi, yesterday.
Saudi King embraces 'selfie' on tour across Asia 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Indonesian President Joko Widodo watches as former president Megawati Sukarnoputri and her daughter Puan Maharani, a minister in his cabinet, take a selfie with King Salman at the Presidential Palace, in Jakarta.
Eight-year-old boy and family shot dead in restive Thai south 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Police investigate the scene of a shooting in Khoksator village in southern Thailand, yesterday.
Thai police question dismissed senior royal palace aide 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Peninsula
Death toll from Taliban's Kabul attacks rises to 22 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Afghan security personnel walk through the wreckage of the district police headquarters in Kabul, yesterday, a day after a suicide car bomb attack.
Cambodian opposition party elects new leader ahead of polls 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Kem Sokha, leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, gestures at party's headquarters in Phnom Penh, yesterday.
No room for intolerant Indians: President 03 Mar 2017 - 02:24 am
Students of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) shout slogans as they carry India's national flag during a protest march, on the Delhi University campus, yesterday.
Malaysia cancels visa-free travel deal with N Korea 03 Mar 2017 - 01:35 am
Peninsula