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40 more trekkers feared dead in Nepal storm 19 Oct 2014 - 04:39 am

Nepal army soldiers carry out rescue operations in the Himalayas. KATHMANDU: The death toll in the Himalayan trekking disaster rose sharply yesterday with...

Al Attiyah barred from Abu Dhabi Rally 19 Oct 2014 - 04:38 am

Al Attiyah barred from Abu Dhabi Rally DOHA: The organisers of Abu Dhabi Rally have stopped Nasser Khalifa Al Attiyah, Vice-President of Fédération...

Stiffer penalty to tackle double parking 19 Oct 2014 - 03:58 am

A view of double parking on a commercial street in the Old Airport area.(Qassim Rahmatullah) DOHA: Think twice before parking your car behind...

No links with Al Baghdadi, says Qaradawi 19 Oct 2014 - 03:54 am

DOHA: The office of noted Qatar-based Islamic scholar and President of International Union of Muslim Scholars, Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi has denied allegations...

Charm Spirit triumphs at Ascot 19 Oct 2014 - 03:52 am

H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani receiving the trophy as Queen Elizabeth II looks on after Charm Spirit triumphed at Ascot...

PM opens Kashta3 exhibition 19 Oct 2014 - 03:51 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani opened Kashta3 exhibition at Simaisma Youth Center...

Kurdish troops fend off IS attack in Kobane 19 Oct 2014 - 03:40 am

Smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an air strike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the border with Turkey...

Abbas threatens legal action to protect Al Aqsa from Jewish attackers 19 Oct 2014 - 03:39 am

RAMALLAH: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (pictured) said yesterday legal measures would be taken to prevent Jewish settlers from attacking Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al Aqsa...

Iraq gets new interior and defence ministers 19 Oct 2014 - 03:36 am

An Iraqi at the scene of a car bomb attack at Karada district in central Baghdad yesterday. Local media reports said at least...

Aides didn’t give arms to militants: Somali president 19 Oct 2014 - 03:35 am

PARIS: Somalia’s president has said that nobody close to him had been involved in the unauthorised diversion of government weapons to Islamist militants...

Farm fight 19 Oct 2014 - 03:30 am

An Israeli border policewoman and a Palestinian woman in a scuffle as Palestinians are stopped from farming their land near the West Bank...

United troops trying to take back Tripoli 19 Oct 2014 - 03:24 am

TRIPOLI: Libya’s internationally-recognised prime minister said yesterday that military forces in the strife-torn country had united to try to recapture Tripoli and the...

Gunfire in Saudi Arabia triggers oil pipeline blaze 19 Oct 2014 - 03:24 am

RIYADH: Gunfire aimed at security forces set fire to an oil pipeline in eastern Saudi Arabia yesterday, official media said, three days after...

Tunisian PM tells Libya to look for kidnapped journalists 19 Oct 2014 - 03:24 am

TUNIS: Prime Minister Mongi Hamdi yesterday urged Libya to locate two Tunisian journalists who went missing in the neighbouring violence-hit country after their...

Lebanon makes it tougher for Syrian refugees to get in 19 Oct 2014 - 03:23 am

BEIRUT: The Lebanese government has cut back sharply on the number of Syrian refugees it is allowing into the country, the United Nations...

ANTI ISIS ALLIANCE TANK LEBANON BALANCE MIDDLE EAST MIDEAST 19 Oct 2014 - 03:23 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR ANTI ISIS ALLIANCE TANK LEBANON BALANCE MIDDLE EAST MIDEAST 101714 Provider:...

Erdogan holds talks with Ashraf Ghani 19 Oct 2014 - 03:08 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul yesterday....

Sharif government to resume talks with Qadri 19 Oct 2014 - 03:07 am

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (left) and Dr Tahir ul Qadri ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has given his key ministers the go-ahead to...