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Arab Woman Awards select 15 16 Oct 2014 - 04:34 am

Doha: The Arab Woman Awards, which recognise and honour the best of female achievements in the Middle East, have selected 15 winners for...

QRC to launch World Disasters Report today 16 Oct 2014 - 04:34 am

DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) will launch the World Disasters Report 2014 (WDR) today at Katara. The event is organised in cooperation with...

Cabinet approves changes in work of joint panels 16 Oct 2014 - 04:34 am

Doha: The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting...

Emir appoints UK envoy 16 Oct 2014 - 04:33 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued Emiri Decision No. 78 of 2014, appointing Yousef Ali Yousef...

SCH denies reports about health hazards of augmentin 16 Oct 2014 - 04:32 am

Doha: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has denied reports on social media about the potential health hazards of augmentin, a penicillin antibiotic...

GCC rail timetable agreed 16 Oct 2014 - 04:32 am

DOHA: The Kuwaiti Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of Communications Essa Ahmad Al Kandari said that drawing up a work...

Algeria police officers continue sit-in 16 Oct 2014 - 04:31 am

Police officers gather near the Presidential Palace in Algiers yesterday. Nearly a thousand policemen staged a sit-in outside President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s office in...

Tunisia protest 16 Oct 2014 - 04:31 am

Tunisian protesters hold placards during a demonstration denouncing the use of torture and calling for reform of the police outside the headquarters of...

Military camp training 16 Oct 2014 - 04:29 am

A Russian-made multiple rocket launcher known as the TOS-1A fires during training at a military camp in Baghdad. The Iraqi army will deploy...

HK police brutality sparks outrage 16 Oct 2014 - 04:27 am

A man holds a poster with images of police officers suspected of being involved in beating up a pro-democracy protester as captured on...

No sign yet of MH370 in underwater search 16 Oct 2014 - 04:13 am

SYDNEY: Australian authorities released their first update on the latest underwater probe for missing flight MH370 yesterday, saying more than 670 square kilometres...

No sign yet of MH370 in underwater search 16 Oct 2014 - 04:13 am

SYDNEY: Australian authorities released their first update on the latest underwater probe for missing flight MH370 yesterday, saying more than 670 square kilometres...

Manila files murder charge against US serviceman 16 Oct 2014 - 04:12 am

By Beverly Escolango OLONGAPO CITY: Philippine police authorities and the victim’s relatives yesterday filed criminal charges of murder against a US Marine, in...

North, South Korea hold high-level military talks 16 Oct 2014 - 04:12 am

SEOUL: North and South Korea held senior-level military talks yesterday to air grievances over a series of recent live-fire incidents on their land...

Sri Lanka restricts foreigners and media access to old war zone 16 Oct 2014 - 04:12 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s defence ministry yesterday announced new curbs on foreigners, including journalists, visiting the island’s former war zone and said the action...

Freak Nepal blizzards kill at least 20 16 Oct 2014 - 04:11 am

KATHMANDU: At least 20 people, including eight foreign hikers and a group of yak herders, were killed in Nepal by unseasonal blizzards and...

US air war has a name: ‘Operation Inherent Resolve’ 16 Oct 2014 - 04:11 am

WASHINGTON: After more than two months of air strikes, American commanders have finally decided on a name for the US-led war against IS...

Turkey eyes new police powers 16 Oct 2014 - 04:11 am

ISTANBUL: The Turkish government yesterday presented a bill granting greater powers to the security forces after deadly pro-Kurdish protests, as the opposition accused...