DAMASCUS: A high-level Syrian delegation will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss possibly relaunching peace talks to end...
BAGHDAD: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Iraqi counterpart Haidar Al Abadi held talks yesterday in Baghdad on security cooperation, in a...
AMMAN: Fighters from Al Qaeda’s Nusra Front and other insurgents attacked and briefly entered Baath City in southern Syria yesterday, the army’s last...
BERLIN: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said she was weighing bringing war crimes charges against Islamic State jihadist fighters, in...
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi urged the United States and Europe yesterday to help the Libyan army in its fight against...
JUBA: The United Nations yesterday demanded the release of a staff member abducted last month in war-torn South Sudan, warning it jeopardised aid...
MOSCOW: Talks on Iran’s nuclear programme are being held in a tense atmosphere and getting a deal will be very difficult, Russia’s chief...
CAIRO: Egyptian police yesterday arrested Mohamed Ali Bishr, one of the few Muslim Brotherhood leaders to escape jail after last year’s overthrow of...
DUBAI: Groups placed on a terrorism list by the United Arab Emirates can appeal against the designation if their “approach has changed”, a...
COPENHAGEN: Somalia’s president said yesterday a military campaign would push Islamist Al Shabaab fighters out of all towns and major territories by the...
Interest (riba) is forbidden in Islam. Scholars have given fatwas that interest money paid by banks should be withdrawn and given to some...
By Salman Al Oadah Islam prescribes many forms of worship that have outward expressions, prayer being the most obvious of these. Yet, the...
NEW YORK: The Permanent Delegation of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in conjunction with the Permanent Mission of the State...
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi yesterday said a presidential pardon for two of the three Aljazeera journalists serving seven-year jail sentences...
The arrested persons with the seized stocks of sweika. DOHA: As part of ongoing campaign against sweika production and sale, the Criminal Investigation...
DOHA: Dr Moza Al Malki launched a book entitled Promising Writers at the rehabilitation and training centre in West Bay. The book is...
Officials during the launch of Qatar Seismic Network Project at the Meteorology Department yesterday. Salim Matramkot DOHA: Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD) yesterday...
