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Qatar reaffirms complete support for Egypt 21 Dec 2014 - 05:33 am

DOHA: Qatar said yesterday it affirms its “complete support for sisterly Egypt”, adding that an envoy of the Emir, H H Sheikh Tamim...

PM visits venue of Italian Super Cup final 21 Dec 2014 - 05:30 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday visited the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium...

Upgraded 3km East Industrial Street reopens 21 Dec 2014 - 05:29 am

Tenth Bridge at the intersection of the newly-opened East Industrial Street. DOHA: Access to Industrial Area and surrounding localities from different parts of...

Emiri Diwan Issues Statement 21 Dec 2014 - 01:03 am

Emiri Diwan Building in Doha Doha - The Emiri Diwan on Saturday issued a statement saying that the State of Qatar welcomes the...

Jordan FM Meets South Korean Counterpart 21 Dec 2014 - 12:56 am

Nasser Judeh, Jordan's Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Amman - Jordan's Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Nasser Judeh, and his South...

Ebola-ravaged Liberia holds long-delayed Senate vote 21 Dec 2014 - 12:44 am

Agents gather at a polling station in Monrovia during parliamentary elections MONROVIA - Liberians voted Saturday in long-delayed Senate elections in the Ebola-ravaged...

Yazidis cheer Kurds for breaking Islamic State siege 21 Dec 2014 - 12:19 am

By Isabel Coles Kurdish fighters near burning vehicles after ISIS attack south of Zumar SINJAR MOUNTAIN, Iraq - Iraqi Kurdish fighters flashed victory...

India ruling party chief urges law against conversions 20 Dec 2014 - 05:36 pm

NEW DELHI: India's ruling party chief on Saturday called for a law to ban "forced religious conversions" amid increasing uproar over the right-wing...

IS has executed 100 foreigners trying to quit: Report 20 Dec 2014 - 05:34 pm

LONDON: The Islamic State extremist group has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters who tried to flee their headquarters in the Syrian...

Saudi police kill 4 'terrorists' in Shiite village 20 Dec 2014 - 05:32 pm

RIYADH: Saudi police killed four "terrorists" Saturday in a Shiite village in an operation to arrest the people who shot dead a soldier...

UN asks Israel to pay Lebanon $856m for oil spill 20 Dec 2014 - 05:30 pm

UNITED NATIONS, United States: Israel was asked by the UN General Assembly on Friday to compensate Lebanon for $856.4 million in oil spill...

Seven dead as Pakistan hits militant hideouts 20 Dec 2014 - 02:21 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Seven people including a policeman and paramilitary soldier were killed in two separate incidents when Pakistani security forces hit militant hideouts...

Business Cartoon 20 Dec 2014 - 01:33 pm

Philippines orders crackdown on privileged jailbirds 20 Dec 2014 - 10:35 am

MANILA: Philippine authorities have given privileged inmates in the country's main prison until Christmas Eve to turn over their hidden guns, drugs and...

Mother arrested for murder of eight children in Australia 20 Dec 2014 - 10:32 am

CAIRNS, Australia: Australian police said Saturday they had arrested the mother of all but one of eight children reportedly stabbed to death in...

Outrage over bail for Mumbai terror attacks mastermind 20 Dec 2014 - 05:22 am

Activists hold placards and light candles in Amritsar yesterday as they pay tributes to Pakistani children and staff killed in a Taliban attack...

Morning rounds 20 Dec 2014 - 05:20 am

Porters carry a holy woman belonging to the Jain community to collect food from local residents, early in the morning in the western...

Major tax reform bill introduced 20 Dec 2014 - 05:18 am

NEW DELHI: The government yesterday introduced legislation billed as the biggest tax reform since independence, with analysts hailing it as a “game changer”...