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

World / Asia

China, US discuss road map for next stage of trade talks 11 Dec 2018 - 12:28 pm
File photo: Workers walk in front of the Hebei Zongheng Iron and Steel plant that is under construction at the Tangshan Fengnan Economic Development Zone, Hebei province, China, August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
India's ruling party set to lose key state 11 Dec 2018 - 11:35 am
A polling officer marks a voters' finger with ink as he casts his vote at a local polling station during Rajasthan's Legislative Assembly election, in Jodhpur on December 7, 2018. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
Monkeys run amok in India's corridors of power 11 Dec 2018 - 11:19 am
A monkey sits on a pavement outside India's Parliament building in New Delhi, India, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Four killed in attack on Afghan security forces in Kabul 11 Dec 2018 - 10:44 am
Peninsula
US returns war trophy bells to Philippines 11 Dec 2018 - 10:36 am
Philippine and US officials, including representatives from the Catholic church, pose for photos next to three Balangiga church bells shortly after they arrived from the US at a military airbase in Manila on December 11, 2018.  / AFP / Ted ALJIBE
India's rupee, stocks down as central bank chief quits 11 Dec 2018 - 10:23 am
File photo of a cashier displaying the new 2000 Indian rupee banknotes inside a bank in Jammu, India November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta
'Sold by my brother': the Mekong women pressed into marriage in China 11 Dec 2018 - 10:04 am
This photo taken on October 2, 2018 shows Nary, a Cambodian victim of forced marriage to a Chinese man, cooking at home in Phnom Penh. AFP / TANG CHHIN Sothy
US military declares five missing Marines dead after Japan crash 11 Dec 2018 - 08:51 am
Peninsula
Congress leads in three BJP-ruled states, TRS in Telangana 11 Dec 2018 - 08:03 am
Peninsula
Afghan villagers face hunger as fighting cuts northern roads 10 Dec 2018 - 06:05 pm
In this photo taken on August 3, 2018, a drought-displaced Afghan girl carries water containers filled from a tanker at a camp for internally displaced people in Injil district of Herat province. AFP / Hoshang Hashimi
Businessman Vijay Mallya should be extradited from UK to India 10 Dec 2018 - 03:30 pm
Vijay Mallya has a break outside the court house as he waits for his extradition case to be heard at Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, Britain, December 10, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
India's cenbank governor Urjit Patel steps down 10 Dec 2018 - 02:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel pauses during a news conference after a monetary policy review in Mumbai, India, December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
New ticket system for Taj Mahal to reduce human impact 10 Dec 2018 - 10:05 am
Imagr taken from Twitter.
Indian state elections could halt Prime Minister Modi's winning streak 10 Dec 2018 - 09:46 am
FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets attendees at the end of a sideline event ahead of the Group 20 summit called
Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn charged, served with fresh arrest warrant 10 Dec 2018 - 09:42 am
A woman walks under a Nissan logo at the company's headquarters in Yokohama on December 10, 2018. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Maldives applies to rejoin Commonwealth: president's office 09 Dec 2018 - 03:35 pm
Peninsula
Japan's empress-in-waiting 'insecure' but vows to serve 09 Dec 2018 - 10:38 am
Japan's Crown Princess Masako and her husband Crown Prince Naruhito pose for a photograph at Togu Palace in Tokyo, Japan, in this handout picture taken on December 4, 2018 and provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan on December 7, 2018.  Imperi
Hindu monks, activists rally in New Delhi demanding Ayodhya temple 09 Dec 2018 - 10:14 am
Supporters of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), a Hindu nationalist organisation, shout slogans during a rally demanding the construction of a temple on a disputed religious site in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya, in Ahmedabad, India, December 6, 2018