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GU-Q raises QR172,000 for cancer society 30 Oct 2014 - 04:56 am

DOHA: The Women’s Society and Development Club (WSDC) at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (GU-Q) has collected over QR172,000 at...

Hopes fade for 18 Turkish miners 30 Oct 2014 - 04:55 am

Zeynep Tokal (right), the wife of one of the trapped miners, waits at the entrance of the coal mine shaft yesterday as search...

Gaza civil servants get pay; boost to unity govt 30 Oct 2014 - 04:54 am

GAZA: Some 24,000 civil servants hired by the Islamist group Hamas, many of whom have not received a full salary in almost a...

Kurds cheer reinforcements for Kobane 30 Oct 2014 - 04:51 am

SANLIURFA: Crowds of flag-waving Kurds greeted Iraqi peshmerga forces travelling through Turkey yesterday to join rebel fighters reinforcing the Syrian town of Kobane...

Houthis capture city in central Yemen 30 Oct 2014 - 04:50 am

SANA’A: Shia rebels yesterday seized a city in central Yemen seen as a strategic link to the south, security and tribal source said,...

Libyan PM says ready for talks with parallel govt rivals 30 Oct 2014 - 04:49 am

KHARTOUM: Libya’s internationally-recognised Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thinni said yesterday that he was ready for peace talks with rivals controlling the capital Tripoli...

South Sudan rebels ‘seize’ oil hub Bentiu 30 Oct 2014 - 04:49 am

ADDIS ABABA/JUBA: Rebels said yesterday that they had seized the South Sudan oil hub of Bentiu as renewed fighting against government troops entered...

Palestinians claim fraud in settler buy of landmarks 30 Oct 2014 - 04:48 am

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian family has gone to court claiming fraud over the partial purchase of two landmark east Jerusalem properties, including the home...

UN chief calls for urgent aid to avert famine in Somalia 30 Oct 2014 - 04:48 am

MOGADISHU: UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned yesterday that Somalia risks returning to famine without urgent aid, as he visited the war-torn country three...

Iran House rejects minister in fresh blow to Rowhani 30 Oct 2014 - 04:48 am

TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rowhani suffered a fresh setback yesterday when the conservative-dominated parliament rejected his choice for science minister as too close...

Malala donates $50,000 to Gaza schools 30 Oct 2014 - 04:47 am

MARIEFRED: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said yesterday that she is giving her entire winnings from a children’s rights award to help...

TUNISIA ELECTIONS FLOWER DEMOCRACY ARAB SPRING 30 Oct 2014 - 04:44 am

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Private school owners or traders? 30 Oct 2014 - 04:37 am

Closing down schools that are not up to the mission of teaching our sons and daughters needs courage and a serious search for...

Harnessing talent and energy of youth 30 Oct 2014 - 04:27 am

A fruitful meeting took place between Minister of Youth and Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser Al Ali and Brigadier Mohamed...

Let children spend less time at school 30 Oct 2014 - 04:27 am

A lot of parents are concerned about the long hours kids spend at schools. Despite complaints, the Supreme Education Council hasn’t responded or...

Doctors, hospital sued over botched surgery 30 Oct 2014 - 04:18 am

DOHA: A woman has taken two doctors and a famous hospital to court for allegedly mishandling an appendicitis surgery. The doctors have been...

Netanyahu fumes at US insult as relations worsen 30 Oct 2014 - 03:58 am

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Tel Aviv/washington: An anonymous US official’s reported description of Prime Minister...

Terrorism a common enemy, says Premier 30 Oct 2014 - 03:32 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met the special envoy for Global...