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QGBC to hold first annual conference 02 Feb 2015 - 04:32 am

DOHA: The Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), will hold its first annual conference at Qatar National Convention...

Qatar team ends US visit 02 Feb 2015 - 04:31 am

New York: The Qatari delegation, led by H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday concluded its visit to the US. The...

QNA media law training today 02 Feb 2015 - 04:31 am

Doha: Qatar News Agency (QNA) will today hold a training course ‘Introduction to Media Law and Copyrights’ as part of a series organised...

Alert over shooting practice 02 Feb 2015 - 04:30 am

Doha: Qatar Armed Forces General Command has announced that the marine shooting range (O.B.D-28) in east of Mesaieed near Fasht Al Hadid will...

Pilot’s plight shocks Jordanians 02 Feb 2015 - 04:28 am

Safi Yousef, father of Islamic State captive Jordanian pilot Muath Al Kasaesbeh, speaks at a news conference in Amman yesterday. AMMAN: The fate...

OIL RUSSIA UKRAINE WELL DRILLING ENERGY EUROPEAN UNION 02 Feb 2015 - 04:21 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: AMMER Source: Wiener Zeitung - Vienna, Austria Keywords: COLOR OIL RUSSIA UKRAINE WELL DRILLING ENERGY EUROPEAN UNION 013015 Provider: CartoonArts...

Syria mission stops renewal of passports 02 Feb 2015 - 04:04 am

DOHA: The Syrian embassy run by the country’s national opposition here has stopped renewing expired passports of Syrian expatriates. The move follows directives...

14 new Indian schools this year 02 Feb 2015 - 04:02 am

DOHA: Fourteen new private schools and kindergartens following the Indian curriculum are expected to open in Qatar in the next academic year, the...

SCH reports new MERS case 02 Feb 2015 - 03:59 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has reported a new MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) case in Qatar, which is the first...

Qatar’s population falls by 11,000 in January 02 Feb 2015 - 03:58 am

DOHA: Qatar’s population has fallen by almost 11,000 in January as compared to the previous month (December 2014). This is the second successive...

Egypt frees Jazeera journalist Greste 02 Feb 2015 - 03:55 am

DOHA: Aljazeera journalist Peter Greste was released from a Cairo jail yesterday and left Egypt for his native Australia after 400 days in...

Greece on European charm offensive in search of debt relief 01 Feb 2015 - 08:50 pm

The new Greek minister in charge of financial machinery Paris--Greece's new anti-austerity government was set to kick off its European charm offensive in...

Hollande, Merkel, Poroshenko urge 'immediate' Ukraine ceasefire 01 Feb 2015 - 08:46 pm

Paris,--French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday called for "an immediate ceasefire" in eastern Ukraine,...

Gritty Kurdish fighter gloats over recapture of Kobane 01 Feb 2015 - 08:43 pm

Kobane, Syria--The bodies of nine Islamic State fighters lie on the roadside in the village of Khamlici south of Kobane, the strategic Syrian...

Germany's anti-euro party agrees to slim down leadership 01 Feb 2015 - 08:38 pm

Berlin--Germany's anti-euro AfD has opted at a congress wrapping up Sunday to streamline its leadership in a bid to be more effective after...

Civilians dodge artillery fleeing Ukraine war epicentre 01 Feb 2015 - 08:35 pm

Debaltseve, Ukraine--Civilians fleeing the besieged east Ukrainian town of Debaltseve came under withering artillery fire from pro-Russian separatists on Sunday, with security forces...

Fraud, organised crime costing Africa billions per year 01 Feb 2015 - 08:32 pm

Thabo Mbeki Addis Ababa--Africa loses at least $50 billion (44 billion euros) a year to illicit practices like tax fraud, corruption and organised...

Ex-president Ahmadinejad launches website ahead of Iran polls 01 Feb 2015 - 08:19 pm

Former president of Iran Tehran--Iran's hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday launched his official website, in a possible return to the political...