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PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain star Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss Tuesday's Champions League clash with Barcelona at the Parc des Princes due to a nagging...

DAMASCUS: President Barack Obama admitted that the United States underestimated the threat posed by Islamic State fighters in Syria, as the US-led coalition...

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines: Thousands of Philippine and US marines on Monday began military exercises close to flashpoints in the South China Sea, where...

MANILA: The Philippine anti-corruption court on Monday ordered the family of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos surrender eight paintings by famous European artists, declaring...

NEW DELHI: Police in western India have arrested 140 people after two men were stabbed during violence between Hindus and Muslims that left...

MANILA: Two Germans being held by an Islamist group in the southern Philippines appealed to the Philippine and German governments to secure their...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday pressed on with a diplomatic offensive aimed at securing his first-ever summit with Chinese President...

SHANGHAI: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, which completed the world's largest stock offering earlier this month, has received approval to set up a private...

KABUL: Ashraf Ghani, a one-time US-based academic, was sworn in as the new president of Afghanistan on Monday, taking power as NATO troops...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks added 0.50 percent on Monday after the yen weakened against the dollar in response to data showing the US economy...

Abbas Arnaout, Director of the 10th Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival, speaking at the press conference at Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday. Baher Amin...

Capago-MENA officials Country Manager for Qatar Jeremy Georget (left) and Deputy Manager Jean Philippe Gourdier speaking to The Peninsula yesterday.  Salim Matramkot By...

By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Many have chosen to travel to France this year as the number of applications for French visa has increased...

Qatar University President Prof Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad (third right) and Qapco Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dr Mohammed Yousef Al Mulla...

Essa Al Mannai, Executive Director of Rota, speaking at the gala dinner in New York. DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (Rota) is one...

DOHA: Some 19 people died in fatal road accidents in August 2014, and the number of major and minor accidents amounted to 43...

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is marking today’s World Heart Day by promoting the importance of collaborations between patients, families and healthcare professionals...

Doha: Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) will host a public lecture today by Dr Charles W Calomiris (pictured), a renowned economist, scholar and...