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ABP Students Club raises funds for workers 04 Oct 2014 - 12:52 am

DOHA: The Social Services and Volunteering Club, comprised of 100 students from Qatar Foundation’s Academic Bridge Program (ABP), raised over QR4,000 from all...

Qatargas to give financial support to Arshedny Center 04 Oct 2014 - 12:52 am

DOHA: Qatargas announced its support to ‘Arshedny Center’ run by Sheikh Eid Charitable Association in the form of a financial contribution. Qatargas’ contribution...

QNB-MasterCard promotion offers travel package to New York 04 Oct 2014 - 12:51 am

DOHA: MasterCard and Qatar National Bank (QNB), country’s largest lender, announced ‘Spend & Win’ campaign that provides QNB First customers the chance to...

LEBANON CRISIS CABINET OSTRICH 04 Oct 2014 - 12:49 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR LEBANON CRISIS CABINET OSTRICH 100114 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New...

Two million gather at Arafat to mark Haj 04 Oct 2014 - 12:48 am

Pilgrims perform Friday prayers around Namirah mosque on the plains of Arafat during the annual Haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Makkah....

Eid celebration 04 Oct 2014 - 12:47 am

Palestinians, whose houses were destroyed during a seven-week Israeli offensive, hold balloons to decorate a United Nations-run school where they took refuge ahead...

Recognising Palestine state premature, US tells Sweden 04 Oct 2014 - 12:46 am

WASHINGTON: The United States said yesterday it would be “premature” to recognise a new Palestinian state, after Sweden said it was planning to...

Battle for Mosul could be a year away: US envoy 04 Oct 2014 - 12:46 am

BAGHDAD: The battle to retake Mosul, Iraq’s largest jihadist hub, could take up to a year to plan, US President Barack Obama’s envoy...

Berlin approves new arms exports to Arab states 04 Oct 2014 - 12:45 am

BERLIN: Germany has approved new deliveries of weapons to several Arab countries, according to a newspaper report yesterday. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on...

Day of German Unity 04 Oct 2014 - 12:45 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) greets the public during celebrations on the Day of German Unity (Tag der Deutschen Einheit) in Hanover, Germany,...

Red turns green in London 04 Oct 2014 - 12:43 am

Student Richard Serunjogi at a green “Solarbox” in central London yesterday. Some of London’s famous red telephone boxes are going green, transformed into...

Tories threaten to ignore Europe rights rulings 04 Oct 2014 - 12:43 am

LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party toughened its stance on Europe yesterday, announcing a pre-election plan to quit the European Court of...

Britain names career spy as MI6 chief 04 Oct 2014 - 12:42 am

LONDON: Britain has named Alex Younger, a career spy who helped lead London’s counter-terrorist defence of the 2012 Olympics, as chief of its...

Prince Charles to visit Mexico and Colombia 04 Oct 2014 - 12:42 am

LONDON: Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will pay a nine-day visit to Colombia and Mexico starting later this month, his Clarence...

We are untrained to handle Ebola patients, say US nurses 04 Oct 2014 - 12:41 am

CHICAGO: Nurses, the frontline care providers in US hospitals, say they are untrained and unprepared to handle patients arriving in their hospital emergency...

Brazil leans towards old guard on eve of poll 04 Oct 2014 - 12:41 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: Despite economic woes and corruption, Brazilians appear ready to entrust incumbent Dilma Rousseff with the task of rebooting the world’s...

Attack on Mali force kills nine UN soldiers 04 Oct 2014 - 12:40 am

BAMAKO/DAKAR: Nine United Nations peacekeepers in Mali were killed when heavily armed gunmen on motorbikes ambushed their convoy yesterday, the deadliest attack yet...

Violent clashes break out in Hong Kong 04 Oct 2014 - 12:40 am

Pro-democracy protesters (left) stop anti-Occupy Central protesters from going near their tent on a main street at Hong Kong’s Mongkok shopping district yesterday....