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Syria calls for UN sanctions on Israel over air strikes 10 Dec 2014 - 08:41 am

UNITED NATIONS: Syria asked the United Nations Security Council on Monday to impose sanctions on neighboring Israel, a day after accusing the Jewish...

Syria strikes kill three in Lebanon border area 10 Dec 2014 - 08:39 am

BEIRUT: Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes in a border region of eastern Lebanon overnight, killing three people and injuring two others, Lebanon's...

Al Qaeda attacks in Yemen kill seven 10 Dec 2014 - 08:39 am

ADEN: Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for twin suicide car bomb attacks yesterday that killed seven soldiers in Yemen, as fresh violence shook the...

Ethiopian executed in Saudi Arabia 10 Dec 2014 - 08:39 am

RIYADH: An Ethiopian woman who stabbed a small Saudi girl 30 times in her sleep was beheaded by the sword yesterday in the...

Egypt activist gets three years for contempt of court 10 Dec 2014 - 08:38 am

CAIRO: An Egyptian court jailed a prominent activist yesterday for three years for contempt after the man claimed his ongoing trial for participating...

UN sanctions push for S Sudan stalls on arms embargo 10 Dec 2014 - 08:37 am

UNITED NATIONS: A push at the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on South Sudan’s warring parties has reached an impasse due to...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 10 Dec 2014 - 08:24 am

DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying Selling Saudi Riyal...

Iraq presses Hagel for more US air strikes 10 Dec 2014 - 08:17 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi pressed US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel yesterday for more air strikes and weaponry to accelerate what...

Rowhani for regional anti-IS effort 10 Dec 2014 - 08:16 am

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rowhani called yesterday for a regional response to the threat posed by the Islamic State group in Iraq and...

Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes during Gaza offensive 10 Dec 2014 - 08:16 am

LONDON: The Israeli military committed war crimes during its Gaza offensive this summer and must be investigated, human rights monitor Amnesty International said...

One killed in Bahrain blast 10 Dec 2014 - 08:16 am

MANAMA: A bomb explosion killed a Bahraini citizen and wounded an expatriate man yesterday, the Interior Ministry said, the second fatal attack in...

Erdogan’s Ottoman language drive faces backlash in Turkey 10 Dec 2014 - 08:15 am

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stirred fierce criticism yesterday with plans to make lessons in Ottoman Turkish mandatory in high schools, prompting one...

UAE hands long jail terms to 11 Islamists 10 Dec 2014 - 08:15 am

ABU DHABI: A top Emirati court yesterday sentenced 11 Islamists to up to life imprisonment for links to Al Qaeda-affiliated militants as well...

Erdogan’s Ottoman language drive faces backlash in Turkey 10 Dec 2014 - 08:15 am

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stirred fierce criticism yesterday with plans to make lessons in Ottoman Turkish mandatory in high schools, prompting one...

Apathy biggest bar to ending child slavery: Nobel winner 10 Dec 2014 - 08:13 am

Nobel Peace Prize laureates Malala Yousafzai (left) and Kailash Satyarthi (right) at a joint press conference at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo...

Police slap cheating case against Uber 10 Dec 2014 - 08:12 am

New Delhi: US-based online global cab company Uber was in for more trouble yesterday after Delhi Police slapped a case of cheating and...

India, Russia to set out energy vision 10 Dec 2014 - 08:11 am

NEW DELHI/MOSCOW: India and Russia will strike an energy partnership when Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts President Vladimir Putin (pictured), today to prepare...

Rapist driver shows no remorse 10 Dec 2014 - 05:08 am

New Delhi: The Uber cab driver, accused of raping a 25-year-old finance analyst with a Gurgaon-based company, was frightened when he was nabbed...