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Fog engulfs Doha 29 Jan 2015 - 02:48 am

A woman and a girl passing through the Old Airport Area, engulfed by fog yesterday morning. Qatar is likely to see another foggy...

Qatari-led group wins battle for Canary Wharf 29 Jan 2015 - 02:34 am

LONDON: A Qatari-led consortium looked set to win its long-running battle to buy Songbird Estates Plc yesterday after the owner of London’s Canary...

Jordan agrees to swap jihadist for IS-held pilot 29 Jan 2015 - 02:30 am

Relatives of Jordanian pilot Muath Al Kasaesbeh, who has been taken captive by the Islamic State, hold up his picture during a demonstration...

Govt plans stricter steps for safety of imported food 29 Jan 2015 - 02:13 am

DOHA: Health authorities are planning stricter measures to ensure safety of imported food. All shipments will have to comply with a series of...

Qatar reaffirms relations with GCC countries 29 Jan 2015 - 02:09 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah and...

GUANTANAMO JUSTICE UNDERTRIAL TERRORISTS PRISON 29 Jan 2015 - 02:02 am

Group: ViewsAmerica Credit: PARESH Source: The Khaleej Times - Dubai, UAE Keywords: COLOR GUANTANAMO JUSTICE UNDERTRIAL TERRORISTS PRISON 012715 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

Social media and Arab Spring 29 Jan 2015 - 01:55 am

By Dr Marwan Kabalan The role of social media in the widely known now as the “Arab Spring” is increasingly becoming a matter...

Is this freedom of expression? 29 Jan 2015 - 01:51 am

At a time when we are constantly affected by developments in the world — we are over the moon sometimes and crying out...

True versus false Muslims 29 Jan 2015 - 01:50 am

Prof Ali Al Hail A day after the Charlie Hebdo incident in France, Dominique De Villepin, a former French prime minister who is...

Why the West cannot understand Muslims’ anger at the cartoons 29 Jan 2015 - 01:49 am

Why the West cannot understand Muslims’ anger at the cartoons In 2001, the media started publishing reports about revelations of sexual assault of...

Chinese action at sea worries Asean ministers 29 Jan 2015 - 12:07 am

Ministers and officials from Asean countries cross arms during a Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, yesterday. Malaysia started its chairmanship of...

Jonathan takes poll drive to key oil region 29 Jan 2015 - 12:01 am

Muslim women walk past a Mosque in Kaduna. All that’s left of the Muslim neighbourhood in Madakiya, in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna state, are...

Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack: army 28 Jan 2015 - 09:34 pm

Jerusalem - Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven wounded on Tuesday in an attack on a military convoy along the border with...

French multimillionaire takes stand in L'Oreal heiress trial 28 Jan 2015 - 09:04 pm

Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt in Paris Bordeaux - A French multimillionaire artist was the first to take the stand Wednesday in the trial...

'You will die alone' French government warns would-be jihadists 28 Jan 2015 - 08:55 pm

Paris - "You will discover hell on earth, and will die alone" -- that is the stark message from the French government in...

Jordan demands proof of life of IS-held pilot 28 Jan 2015 - 07:22 pm

Naseer Judeh Amman--Jordan said Wednesday it was still awaiting proof from the Islamic State jihadist group that a captured Jordanian pilot was alive,...

Israel tells UN it will defend itself against Hezbollah 28 Jan 2015 - 07:14 pm

Ron Prosor United Nations, United States--Israel told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that it will exercise its right to self-defense after a...

India says it will not appeal Vodafone tax ruling 28 Jan 2015 - 07:12 pm

New Delhi,--India's government said on Wednesday it will not appeal a court verdict favouring British mobile giant Vodafone in a multimillion-dollar tax suit,...