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FIFA statement on probe report in Nov 25 Sep 2014 - 03:40 am

Zurich: The Adjudicatory Chamber of FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee will issue in November a public statement on the investigation on the awarding of...

Asian Games: Qatar team forfeits game over hijab 25 Sep 2014 - 03:38 am

atar's women's basketball team leaves court after forfeiting their women's basketball game against Mongolia at Hwaseong Sports Complex during 17th Asian Games in...

Dangerous crossing 25 Sep 2014 - 03:33 am

Syrian Kurds go back to Syria through the Mursitpinar crossing gate in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province yesterday. The numbers...

Redouble efforts to fight terror: Emir 25 Sep 2014 - 03:27 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani addressing the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday. DOHA: The Emir H...

Too many Israelis ready to abandon peace: Obama 25 Sep 2014 - 01:35 am

Member of Palestinian Fatah party, Azzam Al Ahmad (third left), meets with Hamas politburo member Musa Abu Marzouk (fourth right) at a hotel...

Obama vows to dismantle ‘network of death’ 25 Sep 2014 - 01:31 am

A Syrian refugee family braves a sand storm at the Syrian-Turkish border near Sanliurfa, Turkey, yesterday. Turkey hosts more Syrian refugees than any...

Jihadists ‘behead’ Frenchman who was abducted in Algeria 25 Sep 2014 - 01:27 am

ALGIERS: Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group claimed to have beheaded a Frenchman abducted in Algeria in a video posted online yesterday,...

Abu Qatada walks free after Jordan terror acquittal 25 Sep 2014 - 01:25 am

AMMAN: Radical cleric Abu Qatada was acquitted of terrorism charges by a Jordanian court yesterday and freed from jail, ending more than a...

Rift clouds Gaza truce prospects 25 Sep 2014 - 01:17 am

CAIRO: The Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah met here yesterday to try to overcome their differences and strengthen their hand for upcoming talks...

Cameron, Rowhani hold first talks since revolution 25 Sep 2014 - 01:16 am

UNITED NATIONS: British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with Iran’s President Hassan Rowhani yesterday at the United Nations, the first meeting between...

Turkish court convicts writer 25 Sep 2014 - 01:14 am

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court convicted a writer of “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a book about last year’s mass anti-government protests, handing...

Foley, Cantlie converted to Islam in captivity: Report 25 Sep 2014 - 01:14 am

BRUSSELS: Western journalists James Foley and John Cantlie converted to Islam while being held hostage in Syria, a Belgian newspaper quoted a jihadist...

Belgium to offer F-16s for strikes 25 Sep 2014 - 01:13 am

BRUSSELS: Belgium plans to send six F-16 fighter jets to join the US-led coalition against the Islamic State militant group but will limit...

Quds Force chief ‘fighting IS’ in Iraq 25 Sep 2014 - 01:13 am

DUBAI: An Iranian commander has confirmed the presence in Iraq of the influential chief of Iran’s Quds Force, an overseas arm of the...

France to probe ‘jihadist’ bungle 25 Sep 2014 - 01:12 am

PARIS: France’s interior minister yesterday announced a probe into a series of blunders that saw three suspected jihadists waltz out of a French...

SYRIA ISIS MISSILE HEAD ATTACK USA WAR ON TERROR 25 Sep 2014 - 01:01 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR SYRIA ISIS MISSILE HEAD ATTACK USA WAR ON TERROR COALITION 092414 Provider: CartoonArts...

Radicals call incoming Jakarta governor ‘infidel’ 25 Sep 2014 - 12:50 am

Members of the Islamic Defender Front protest against Jakarta’s Vice Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama outside the parliament in Jakarta yesterday. JAKARTA: Hundreds of...

Eyes of the soul 25 Sep 2014 - 12:49 am

A visually challenged girl (left) smiles as she feels an elephant with her friend at an exhibition on Chiang Mai’s Doi Inthanon mountain...