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Ramadan: Five working hours for govt sector 10 Jun 2015 - 08:14 am

Doha: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud has issued a...

$675,000 prizes for poems on Prophet 10 Jun 2015 - 03:18 am

DOHA: Katara is set to launch the ‘Katara Prize for Prophet’s Poets’, one of the biggest prizes of its kind, under the slogan...

Two face trial for killing man in visa row 10 Jun 2015 - 03:15 am

DOHA: A criminal court is hearing a case involving a man who lost his life because he allegedly took money from two acquaintances...

Emir receives Omani minister 10 Jun 2015 - 03:13 am

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah at Al...

Woqod to set up 15 portable fuel stations 10 Jun 2015 - 03:03 am

DOHA: Woqod (Qatar Fuel), local distributor of petroleum products, will soon be setting up 15 portable petrol stations at different locations in and...

TOBACCO INDUSTRY SUICIDE BOMBER HEALTH SMOKING CIGARETTES TERRORIST 10 Jun 2015 - 01:52 am

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Tunisia court annuls confiscation of ousted president's assets 09 Jun 2015 - 08:01 pm

Tunis--A Tunisian court has annulled a 2011 decree to confiscate the assets of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his circle,...

Nigerian girl, 15, formally acquitted of killing husband, 35 09 Jun 2015 - 07:57 pm

Gezawa, Nigeria--A Nigerian court on Tuesday formally struck out a case against a 15-year-old girl accused of killing her 35-year-old husband with rat...

India army hunts down rebels after deadly ambush 09 Jun 2015 - 07:54 pm

New Delhi--Indian forces Tuesday hunted down and inflicted "significant casualties" on rebel groups allegedly involved in the killing of 20 soldiers in the...

Desperate, dangerous murderers on run from US jail 09 Jun 2015 - 07:49 pm

New York--Two American fugitives on the run four days since escaping a maximum security jail are described as "dangerous, desperate" murderers -- one...

Spain drops probe into cameraman killed in Iraq by US shell 09 Jun 2015 - 07:46 pm

Madrid--A Spanish judge on Tuesday shelved a criminal investigation into the killing of a Spanish cameraman by a US tank shell in Iraq...

French mother sues government for letting son join Syria jihad 09 Jun 2015 - 07:40 pm

Paris--A French mother took the government to court on Tuesday for failing to stop her teenage son from leaving the country to join...

Nemtsov's daughter quits Russia amid climate of 'violence and terror' 09 Jun 2015 - 07:34 pm

Moscow--The eldest daughter of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov has left Russia, slamming the climate of hatred whipped up by pro-Kremlin propaganda in...

UN keeps Iran sanctions monitors 09 Jun 2015 - 07:31 pm

United Nations, United States--The UN Security Council on Tuesday voted to keep intact a panel of experts monitoring sanctions on Iran as negotiations...

Eritrea calls UN report of horrific rights abuses 'vile' lie 09 Jun 2015 - 07:28 pm

Nairobi--Eritrea on Tuesday dismissed a UN investigation detailing systematic human rights abuses as "outrageous claims" aimed at destabilising the isolationist Red Sea state....

US raid on IS produced wealth of intelligence: report 09 Jun 2015 - 07:17 pm

Washington--A US commando raid in Syria last month that killed a senior figure from the Islamic State group produced a wealth of information...

Former top Obama aide joins McDonald's 09 Jun 2015 - 07:14 pm

Washington--America's health-conscious First Lady Michelle Obama may raise an eyebrow, but her husband's former long-serving White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is joining...

Four killed in Turkey clashes between rival Kurds: hospital 09 Jun 2015 - 07:03 pm

Diyarbakir, Turkey--Four people were killed Tuesday, including the leader of an Islamist charity, in clashes between rival Kurdish groups in Diyarbakir, adding to...