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AMHFA to launch online mental health consultancy 12 Oct 2014 - 12:32 am

DOHA: A special consultancy service to help people with mental health problems is set to be launched by the Association of Mental Health...

Qatargas wins British Safety Council’s Sword, Globe of Honour awards 12 Oct 2014 - 12:32 am

DOHA: The British Safety Council has recognised Qatargas with Sword of Honour and Globe of Honour awards. Qtargas has been selected as one...

Outrage over Genoa flood chaos 12 Oct 2014 - 12:19 am

Volunteers and citizens work together during the cleanup operation in Genoa, Italy yesterday. ROME: Italy reacted with shock and outrage at the chronic...

Protest for justice 12 Oct 2014 - 12:17 am

Inspired by the August 9 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, demonstrators march to protest racial injustice in St. Louis, Missouri yesterday. Brown,...

Aid pledges to fight Ebola far short, says UN 12 Oct 2014 - 12:15 am

UNITED NATIONS: Pledges of financial aid to fight Ebola have fallen far short of the $1bn needed by the United Nations, with only...

Snowden’s partner Lindsay living with him in Russia: Film 12 Oct 2014 - 12:15 am

NEW YORK: Fugitive intelligence analyst Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum by Moscow after revealing the extent of US government surveillance, has been...

Poroshenko, Putin to meet in Milan 12 Oct 2014 - 12:15 am

KHARKIV: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko yesterday said that he will meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin next week as Kiev reported rebel attacks have...

‘Thousands’ monitored in London, says mayor 12 Oct 2014 - 12:15 am

LONDON: Britain’s security services are monitoring “thousands” of people in London, the city’s mayor Boris Johnson said in an interview yesterday, amid heightened...

AFP, BBC and The Times war correspondents win honours 12 Oct 2014 - 12:15 am

BAYEUX, France: AFP photographer Mohammed Al Shaikh and the BBC’s Lyse Doucet were among the winners at the annual Bayeux-Calvados awards for war...

‘Very strong’ storm rolls towards Japan 12 Oct 2014 - 12:14 am

Firefighters inspect a neon sign that broke due to the strong winds generated by typhoon Vongfong in Urasoe city on the island of...

Cry for democracy 12 Oct 2014 - 12:13 am

Pro-democracy protesters display posters outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong yesterday as they try to regather momentum after the government called off...

Counterfeit bags seized 12 Oct 2014 - 12:13 am

A Philippine Bureau of Customs personnel yesterday inspects fake luxury bags estimated to be worth $22.3m seized during a raid in several stockrooms...

Chinese cult members sentenced to death 12 Oct 2014 - 12:12 am

BEIJING: China yesterday sentenced two members of a banned religious cult - a father and daughter – to death for the murder in...

Philippines defends EDCA in court 12 Oct 2014 - 12:12 am

MANILA: Philippine Solicitor General Florin Hilbay told the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday that the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States...

N Korea’s Kim still in charge 12 Oct 2014 - 12:11 am

BEIJING/SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in firm control of his government but hurt his leg taking part in a military...

Thailand nabs 53 Rohingya migrants 12 Oct 2014 - 12:11 am

BANGKOK: Thai authorities yesterday arrested 53 Rohingya migrants and two suspected Thai traffickers en route to neighbouring Malaysia. The migrants were found on...

Lashkar Gah police HQ attack kills officer 12 Oct 2014 - 12:11 am

Afghan security officials inspect the site of a suicide bomb blast that targeted the police headquarters in Lashkargah, Afghanistan, yesterday. KABUL: A suicide...

Qadri followers packing up 12 Oct 2014 - 12:09 am

ISLAMABAD: Ayesha Muqadas along with her sisters was trying to collect her belonging at the sit-in of Tahir-ul -Qadri’s Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)...