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DOHA: WhatsApp is the leading social media channel in Qatar, a new study undertaken by the Rassed research program at the Ministry of...

DOHA: The Meteorology Department has warned of heavy fog in some areas this morning and strong winds by mid-day. The relatively high humidity...

DOHA: The Public Works Authority “Ashghal” has announced a partial closure and Diversion on Al Wajbah Street as part of its ongoing works...

DOHA: The winter market of Al Mazru’a, Al Khor and Al Zakhira sold 60 tonnes of vegetables and 18 tonnes of fruits within...

Mohammed, Muna and Asmaa read books and other material on their special devices, which have Braille keyboards.  BY SACHIN KUMAR DOHA: Even the...

Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, 17, and Indian anti-slavery campaigner Kailash Satyarthi, 60, pose with their Nobel Peace Prize medals and certificates during...

Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein (left) during a scuffle with an Israeli border policeman near the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday. TURMUSIYA,...

Woqod Chairman Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, CEO Engineer Ibrahim Jaham Al Kuwari and other officials during the  inauguration of the vehicle...

Pro-democracy protesters gather at the Occupy Central protest site in Admiralty in Hong Kong yesterday. HONG KONG:  Hong Kong urged pro-democracy protesters to...

Ireland’s President Michael Higgins (left) is being greeted by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People yesterday. Higgins is...

COLOMBO: Two Sri Lankan ministers quit the government yesterday, leaving President Mahinda Rajapaksa without the two-thirds parliamentary majority he enjoyed before calling a...

  BEIJING: The former deputy head of China’s top planning agency was jailed for life yesterday over a bribery scandal that exposed graft at...

JAKARTA: New Indonesian President Joko Widodo has pledged there will be no pardons for drug traffickers on death row, including several foreigners, drawing...

BEIJING: An ethnic Mongol dissident who spent almost 20 years behind bars in China has been freed, Beijing said yesterday, as he reportedly...

DOHA: Qatar Airways Cargo has commenced operations to three new freighter destinations, Lagos, Accra and Guangzhou, with all three routes being served by...

  PARIS/doha: Airbus has delayed delivery of its first next-generation long-haul, the A350-900, to Qatar Airways, a spokeswoman for the Qatari company said in...

LAHORE, Pakistan: A Pakistani couple and four of their children were axed to death by the wife's long-lost son from a previous marriage...

Nobel Peace Prize laureates Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi (R) pose with their medals during the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony at the...