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GCC summit to focus on terror threat 08 Dec 2014 - 02:30 am

The Assistant Foreign Minister H E Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Mutib Al Rumaihi inaugurating the 35th GCC exhibition ahead of the GCC Summit,...

ITU telecom world forum opens 08 Dec 2014 - 02:28 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with other officials after inaugurating the forum...

NATO RUSSIA UKRAINE QUICK REACTION FORCE TANK 08 Dec 2014 - 02:07 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR NATO RUSSIA UKRAINE QUICK REACTION FORCE TANK 120414 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Israel opens eight probes into Gaza war 08 Dec 2014 - 01:57 am

Female supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) sit next to a damaged building during a protest against the...

Syrian troops repel jihadist advance 08 Dec 2014 - 01:55 am

Syrian refugees walk at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. BEIRUT: Syrian troops...

Turkey education protest 08 Dec 2014 - 01:40 am

Turkey High School Students Union supporters raise their fists and chant slogans as they protest against the ruling Justice and Development Party government’s...

Religious festival 08 Dec 2014 - 01:35 am

Iranian Shia pilgrims holding a portrait of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, wait to have their passports stamped...

Iran charges Washington Post scribe 08 Dec 2014 - 01:34 am

TEHRAN: Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter detained in Iran for more than four months, was officially charged on Saturday in a day-long...

UAE woman who stabbed US teacher was ‘lone terrorist’ 08 Dec 2014 - 01:33 am

DUBAI: A UAE woman who killed an American teacher last week has been inspired by “terrorist ideology” acquired through the Internet but investigators...

Saudi extends detention of women drivers 08 Dec 2014 - 01:33 am

DUBAI: Two Saudi women detained nearly a week ago for violating the kingdom’s female driving ban were ordered held for 25 more days...

135 arrested for terror offences in Saudi 08 Dec 2014 - 01:32 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said yesterday that it has arrested 135 suspects for “terrorism” offences, after the kingdom’s participation in air strikes against Islamic...

13 killed in failed US bid to rescue hostages in Yemen 08 Dec 2014 - 01:32 am

SANA’A/ADEN: A woman, a 10-year-old boy and a local Al Qaeda leader were among at least 11 people killed alongside two Western hostages...

Sudan arrests two opposition figures 08 Dec 2014 - 01:31 am

KHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces have arrested two opposition figures who joined an alliance aimed at uniting opposition to the government, a member of...

UK embassy in Cairo suspends services for security reasons 08 Dec 2014 - 01:31 am

CAIRO: The British embassy in Cairo suspended public services yesterday for security reasons, a spokesman for the mission said. Embassy spokesman David Kinna...

Court sentences four Brotherhood members to death 08 Dec 2014 - 01:30 am

CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced to death four members of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood over the killing of protesters who stormed the...

Netanyahu for pressure on Iran over nukes 08 Dec 2014 - 01:29 am

WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that an extension of nuclear talks with Iran should be used to further increase pressure...

More protests expected in US cities 08 Dec 2014 - 01:28 am

Clashes during a demonstration yesterday over recent grand jury decisions in deaths of African-Americans at the hands of police. NEW YORK: A fifth...

Band Aid 30 08 Dec 2014 - 01:27 am

The Band Aid 30 charity single video is projected on the Palace of Westminster in London yesterday.