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Ezdan Real Estate services more accessible with app 28 Sep 2014 - 02:55 am

DOHA: Ezdan Real Estate, one of Ezdan Holding Group’s subsidiaries, has launched a new mobile application (app) for smartphones and tablets to provide...

Qatargas hits another safety milestone 28 Sep 2014 - 01:55 am

Doha: Qatargas, the largest LNG producer in the world, has completed over 20 million man-hours across all of its assets and projects without...

US intensifies air strikes in Syria 28 Sep 2014 - 01:40 am

Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 fighter jets prepare to take off yesterday at the Akrotiri British RAF airbase near the Cypriot port city...

Circumambulating the Kaaba 28 Sep 2014 - 01:39 am

Pilgrims circumambulate the holy Kaaba during the ritual pilgrimages of Haj and Umrah at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Friday.

Al Qaeda says fired rocket at US embassy in Sanaa 28 Sep 2014 - 01:35 am

Shia Houthi rebels man a checkpoint in Sanaa yesterday. SANAA: Yemeni Shia rebels who have overrun the capital clashed with presidential guards yesterday...

Egyptian court postpones verdict in Mubarak’s trial 28 Sep 2014 - 01:34 am

Pro and anti-Hosni Mubarak camps clash outside the police academy in Cairo during his trial yesterday. CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday postponed its...

Not must to meet Obama, says Rowhani 28 Sep 2014 - 01:28 am

NEW YORK: Iranian leader Hassan Rowhani downplayed his no contact with US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly,...

Kurdish militants kill three Turkish cops 28 Sep 2014 - 01:27 am

ISTANBUL: Three Turkish police were killed after an ambush in Turkey’s overwhelmingly Kurdish southeast, in an attack claimed yesterday by armed Kurdish militants...

Will attack IS in Iraq if it nears border: Iran 28 Sep 2014 - 01:27 am

TEHRAN: Iran will attack Islamic State group jihadists inside Iraq if they advance near the border, ground forces commander General Ahmad Reza Pourdestana...

SMART PHONE EVOLUTION TECHNOLOGY 28 Sep 2014 - 01:19 am

Group: BusinessViews Credit: GABLE Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto, Canada Keywords: COLOR SMART PHONE EVOLUTION TECHNOLOGY 092614 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

South Sudan’s Kiir concerned by UN civilian protection focus 28 Sep 2014 - 01:13 am

UNITED NATIONS: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir raised concerns yesterday about UN peacekeepers focusing on protecting civilians amid renewed violence — as instructed...

Al Nusra asks Lebanon to discuss troops’ release 28 Sep 2014 - 01:13 am

BEIRUT: Al Qaeda’s Syria affiliate called on the Lebanese authorities yesterday to discuss its terms for the release of dozens of captive troops,...

Libya wants world to provide more arms 28 Sep 2014 - 01:12 am

UNITED NATIONS: Libya yesterday asked the world either to give it more weapons and other support to help restore security and rebuild its...

CHINA INDIA DRAGON TRAIN RELATIONS 28 Sep 2014 - 01:12 am

Group: ViewsAsia Credit: NINAN Source: Times of India - New Delhi - India Keywords: COLOR CHINA INDIA DRAGON TRAIN RELATIONS 092614 Provider: CartoonArts...

Testing the waters 28 Sep 2014 - 01:09 am

German test pilot Markus Scherdel steers the solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft over the Lake Neuchatel during a training flight at its base...

Another blow to Cameron as MP defects to UKIP 28 Sep 2014 - 01:08 am

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive in Birmingham yesterday. DONCASTER: British Prime Minister David Cameron suffered a blow yesterday...

Clintons become grandparents 28 Sep 2014 - 01:06 am

NEW YORK: Chelsea Clinton (pictured) announced yesterday that she had given birth to her first child, daughter Charlotte, thrilling first-time grandparents Bill and...

UK minister quits over explicit photos 28 Sep 2014 - 01:05 am

LONDON: A British minister announced his unexpected resignation yesterday as a newspaper reported he sent an explicit photo of himself online, in the...