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Foggy morning, colder night likely 13 Dec 2014 - 04:12 am

DOHA: Qatar is expected to witness foggy morning and colder night today, Qatar Meteorology Department has forecast. People driving vehicles early morning and...

No delay in first A350 commercial flight, says QA 13 Dec 2014 - 04:11 am

DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) said yesterday that the first commercial flight of Airbus A350-900 would go ahead as scheduled next month despite a...

Bush ‘misled US on Iraq attack’ 13 Dec 2014 - 04:06 am

A U.S. soldier runs across a street in Baquba in front of a crater after U.S troops detonate a roadside bomb June 26,...

Four killed in bus crash 13 Dec 2014 - 04:03 am

Commuters and onlookers standing near the Al Gharrafa-bound bus that ran over people waiting to get into it, killing at least four at...

Protest over Jewish settlement 13 Dec 2014 - 03:05 am

A Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas grenade against Israeli soldiers during clashes over the Jewish settlement of Qadomem in Kofr Qadom...

Remittances from overseas Pakistanis up 16 percent 13 Dec 2014 - 01:22 am

KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis during the first five months of this fiscal year shot up by 15.5 per cent to $7.398bn from...

China may use pressure to stem protest 13 Dec 2014 - 01:17 am

Traffic resumes after the main “Occupy” protest site is cleared outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong yesterday. HONG KONG: As the dust...

Miraculous escape 13 Dec 2014 - 01:14 am

People look at a car hanging on the edge of a caved-in area on a street in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province in China, yesterday....

‘Catastrophic’ Bangladesh oil spill threatens rare dolphins 13 Dec 2014 - 01:10 am

DHAKA: An oil spill from a crashed tanker in Bangladesh is threatening endangered dolphins in the vast Sundarbans delta, officials warned on Thursday,...

Sri Lankan govt denies using state resources to skew poll 13 Dec 2014 - 01:08 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government has denied allegations made by a group of independent monitors that it is using state resources to give an...

China, Vietnam clash again over South China Sea 13 Dec 2014 - 01:08 am

BEIJING: China and Vietnam have clashed again over competing claims in the South China Sea, after Vietnam submitted its position to an arbitration...

Korean Air chief apologises for daughter who delayed flight 12 Dec 2014 - 08:09 am

SEOUL: The chairman of Korean Air Lines apologised on Friday for an incident involving his daughter who delayed a flight last week because...

Syria rebels take step towards unity 12 Dec 2014 - 07:39 am

BEIRUT/AMMAN: Rebels in southern Syria say they have taken a step towards unity that may attract more support from their Western and Arab...

Sadr readies militia for Samarra fight 12 Dec 2014 - 07:38 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s powerful Shia cleric Moqtada Al Sadr has put his militia on alert to battle Islamic State militants for the city of...

Sisi in Jordan 12 Dec 2014 - 07:37 am

Jordan’s King Abdullah (left) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi review an honour guard at the airport in Amman yesterday. Sisi is...

Tunisia campaign 12 Dec 2014 - 07:37 am

Beji Caid Essebsi, leader of Tunisia’s secular Nidaa Tounes party, shakes hands with supporters as he campaigns in Tunis yesterday for the run-off...

Israel killed minister, say Palestinians 12 Dec 2014 - 07:35 am

RAMALLAH: The Palestinians yesterday accused Israel of “killing” a minister who died a day earlier in a confrontation with troops during a protest...

Iran moves to tax organisations overseen by Supreme Leader 12 Dec 2014 - 07:34 am

TEHRAN: Iran’s parliament has passed a resolution to tax organisations overseen by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the armed forces, an unusual...