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Kuwait oil union slams Saudi halt to joint output 19 Oct 2014 - 05:17 pm

KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti oil trade union on Sunday condemned the unilateral closure by Saudi Arabia of an offshore oilfield jointly operated by...

Emir meets French Defense Minister 19 Oct 2014 - 02:32 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met here Sunday morning at his Emiri Diwan Office with French Defense Minister Jean-Yves...

Gunmen kill nine labourers in southwest Pakistan 19 Oct 2014 - 02:29 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan: Suspected separatist insurgents in southwest Pakistan killed nine labourers Sunday in what appeared to be an ethnically motivated attack, officials said....

US to cooperate in probe over murder of transgender Filipino 19 Oct 2014 - 02:27 pm

MANILA: The United States said Saturday it would cooperate with a Philippine prosecutor's effort to question a murder suspect and four other US...

20 injured in new Hong Kong protest violence 19 Oct 2014 - 02:24 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police clashed with protesters early Sunday, with the government saying 20 people were injured in a fourth night of...

Double parking blamed for traffic jams 19 Oct 2014 - 05:19 am

A view of double parking on a commercial street in the Old Airport area.(Qassim Rahmatullah) DOHA: Several Residents have complained that double parking...

QC distributes 5,500 school bags 19 Oct 2014 - 05:18 am

School students receiving bags at one of the centres in Jordan. Doha: Qatar Charity has distributed 5,500 school bags to Syrian students across...

26 pharmacy students take oath 19 Oct 2014 - 05:17 am

Students taking the Oath of a Pharmacist. Doha: Twenty-six new pharmacy students took the Oath of a Pharmacist and donned the symbolic pharmacist’s...

Expo depicts life and times of the Prophet 19 Oct 2014 - 05:16 am

From left: Fahad Ahmed Al Mohammed (representative of Abdullah bin Zaid Islamic Cultural Centre), Ibrahim Fakhro (exhibitor), Malik Qaiser Al Awan, GM of...

QRC to support Crescent Educational Foundation 19 Oct 2014 - 05:15 am

Dr Fawzi Oussedik (right) with the school management. DOHA: The Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has taken steps to support Crescent Educational Foundation (CEF),...

Emir gets call from Yemen 19 Oct 2014 - 05:15 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday held via telephone a conversation with President of the brotherly Republic...

New schedule for QF Radio English programme 19 Oct 2014 - 05:14 am

DOHA: QF Radio 91.7 FM launches its new 2014-15 programme schedule of its English-language frequency from today. The station presents a ‘changing-daily feast’...

Total conducts technical training for Qatar partners 19 Oct 2014 - 05:14 am

Doha: Total recently held a technical training on ‘material balance’ analysis of condensate gas reservoirs. The training ran at the Total Research Centre...

Minister leaves for New York 19 Oct 2014 - 05:14 am

Doha: The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, who is also Chairman of the 13th...

SCH cautions against use of Foot Patch 19 Oct 2014 - 05:13 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has warned against selling or distributing Foot Patch, (pictured)an unlicensed health and beauty product with dubious...

HMC, WCMC-Q conduct research on schizophrenia treatment 19 Oct 2014 - 05:12 am

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is working with Weill Cornell Medical College–Qatar (WCMC-Q) on a number of research projects which aim to improve...

Qatar condemns Al Aqsa storming 19 Oct 2014 - 05:12 am

Doha: The State of Qatar has condemned the storming by Israeli forces of Al Aqsa Mosque to prevent worshipers from entering. The Foreign...

Dozens dead in Yemen as Houthis fight Sunnis 19 Oct 2014 - 04:40 am

A Shi’ite protester writes slogans on the concrete barriers outside the Saudi embassy during a demonstration in support of Sheikh Nimr Al Nimr...