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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities stopped a protest over US drone strikes led by cricketer turned politician Imran Khan from entering the troubled region of...

KARACHI: The government of Pakistan’s Sindh province has received compensation claims from 550 families who lost their loved ones to targeted killings on...

Ghazni: Two schoolchildren including a nine-year-old girl were shot dead by militants in Afghanistan after their father refused to quit his job as...

ISLAMABAD: In view of severe resistance from senior leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Law Minister Farooq H Naek is likely to...

  ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for Regulations and Services of Pakistan has disbanded the Central Board of Films and Censor (CBFC) and removed its chairman,...

GAZA: Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched rockets at southern Israel on Monday in what they said was a response to an...

MAMOUDZOU, France: Three people were dead and 13 missing Monday after a ship carrying illegal immigrants capsized in the Indian Ocean off the...

RIYADH: Saudi Electricity Co has approved the awarding of a 11.96 billion-riyal ($3.12 billion) contract to build a 2.7-gigawatt power plant in south...

DHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested a textile tycoon over allegations that he was involved in embezzling $192 million in the country's largest ever...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's BIMB Holdings Bhd  has obtained approval from the country's central bank to start talks with Dubai Financial Group to buy...

ABU DHABI: The family of a 12-year-old boy who suffered brain damage following an overdose of anaesthetic is to be granted Dh7 million...

Exchange Rates in Qatar   DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Monday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following:   Currency...

DOHA: Contrary to general perceptions, only a small minority of the Arabs — 19 percent — introduce themselves as profoundly religious, while a...

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands presiding over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, in Amsterdam,...

DOHA: Saudi Arabia’s ban on the export of poultry products recently is triggering a severe shortage of eggs in the local market with...

DOHA: Education authorities on Friday unveiled an extensive code of conduct for school teachers and educational administrators in the country but didn’t specify...

DOHA: Utility distributors Kahramaa said yesterday it is building several giant water tanks that would ensure water reserves for use for seven days...

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser commenting on a prototype hydrogen car which took part in the Shell Eco-Marathon in 2012 and broke...