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Myanmar migrant workers deny murdering Brits 09 Dec 2014 - 08:51 am

BANGKOK: Two Myanmar migrant workers yesterday pleaded not guilty to murdering a pair of British holidaymakers at a Thai diving resort, their lawyer...

Rajapaksa, challenger file nominations 09 Dec 2014 - 08:50 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his former health minister, Mithripala Sirisena, submitted nominations yesterday to contest next month’s presidential election, which...

Obama meets Prince William as Kate delights fans 09 Dec 2014 - 08:48 am

US President Barack Obama meets Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, in the Oval Office of the White House yesterday. NEW YORK: Britain’s...

UK millionaire cleared of wife’s murder 09 Dec 2014 - 08:47 am

CAPE TOWN: Millionaire British businessman Shrien Dewani (pictured) walked free yesterday after a South African judge cleared him of murdering his Swedish bride...

Los Angeles blaze 09 Dec 2014 - 08:46 am

A seven-story building, which was being constructed, engulfed by flames in Los Angeles, California, yesterday. The building was destroyed.

Sanctions-hit Russia should make leap in science: Putin 09 Dec 2014 - 08:44 am

ST PETERSBURG: President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia should make a leap in developing its fundamental science after Western powers limited the...

Baroness says poor hungry for not knowing how to cook 09 Dec 2014 - 08:44 am

LONDON: A British peer in Prime Minister David Cameron’s party said yesterday that poor people often go hungry because they cannot cook properly...

Muslims denounce extremist who threatened Canada 09 Dec 2014 - 08:44 am

OTTAWA: Canadian Muslims denounced a convert’s call for more lone-wolf attacks in this country yesterday, just weeks after two soldiers were recently killed...

National Day celebrations begin 09 Dec 2014 - 08:28 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa AlThani and other officials touring Darb Al Saai yesterday....

QA begins flights to Eritrean capital 09 Dec 2014 - 08:25 am

QA Chief Commercial Officer Marwan Koleilat, (second left) and the Eritrean Minister of Transportation and Communication Tesfaselasie Berhane (third right), with officials from...

CMU-Q appoints new associate dean 09 Dec 2014 - 08:24 am

DOHA: A new associate dean has been appointed at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q). Effective from December 2014, John O’Brien will be...

Allies to send 1,500 security personnel to Iraq 09 Dec 2014 - 08:20 am

The Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel greets US troops during his visit to Camp Buehring in the northwest of Kuwait yesterday. KUWAIT CITY:...

Security alert 09 Dec 2014 - 08:20 am

A policeman stands guard outside the Canadian embassy in Cairo yesterday. Canada closed its embassy in Egypt citing security reasons. The British embassy...

Erdogan slams Cairo for Interpol bid on scholar 09 Dec 2014 - 08:15 am

ankara/cairo: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday criticised Egypt’s military rulers for having Interpol issue an arrest warrant for a renowned Muslim scholar....

Jordan charges Brotherhood leader over anti-UAE comments 09 Dec 2014 - 08:12 am

AMMAN: Jordan yesterday charged a top member of the Muslim Brotherhood with “souring ties with a foreign country” for criticising the UAE after...

IS beheadings unIslamic: Qaeda leader 09 Dec 2014 - 08:12 am

SANA’A: A senior leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen has criticised beheadings by Islamic State (IS) fighters as unIslamic, and said his own...

Israel vows to stop flow of arms to ‘terrorists’ 09 Dec 2014 - 08:12 am

JERUSALEM: Israel said yesterday it will not allow “sophisticated weapons” to fall into the hands of its enemies, after furious claims from Syria...

Hamas team in Iran for talks on ties 09 Dec 2014 - 08:11 am

TEHRAN: A delegation of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas which controls Gaza arrived yesterday for talks with Iranian officials on repairing ties, local...