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Woman jailed over son’s custody bid 09 Sep 2014 - 11:30 pm

SINGAPORE: A Singapore court has sentenced a London-based woman to 10 weeks in jail for illegally entering the city-state by sea in a...

Indonesia mulls end to direct elections for local leaders 09 Sep 2014 - 11:29 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesian lawmakers are expected to vote this week on legislation that ends direct elections for governors and mayors, a measure critics say...

Taiwan’s ‘gutter oil’ supplier fined $1.6m 09 Sep 2014 - 11:29 pm

TAIPEI: Taiwan yesterday fined a leading supplier more than $1.6m for selling hundreds of tonnes of “gutter oil” and sparking a food safety...

China offers $160,000 ‘terror’ tips in Xinjiang 09 Sep 2014 - 11:29 pm

BEIJING: China is offering up to 1m yuan ($160,000) in rewards to “terrorism” informants in its western Xinjiang region, state media said yestereday,...

ISIS GLOBE TERRORISM HEAD MIDEAST IRAQ SYRIA MIDDLE EAST 09 Sep 2014 - 10:06 pm

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR ISIS GLOBE TERRORISM HEAD MIDEAST IRAQ SYRIA MIDDLE EAST 090514 Provider:...

Real estate sales reaches QR431,356, 394 09 Sep 2014 - 05:42 pm

DOHA: The volume of trading in real estate registered with the Real Estate Registration Department at Qatar's Ministry of Justice during the period...

Qatar Exchange index gains 77.7 points 09 Sep 2014 - 05:36 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) index gained 77.7 points (0.56 percent) Tuesday when trading closed at 14,046.61 points. The volume of shares was up...

At least nine die in Pakistan mosque collapse 09 Sep 2014 - 05:34 pm

LAHORE, Pakistan: At least nine worshippers were killed when the roof of a mosque collapsed in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore Tuesday...

Dana Gas gets $100m financing for gas field development 09 Sep 2014 - 05:29 pm

ABU DHABI: Dana Gas, the United Arab Emirates energy firm, secured $100 million of financing to develop an offshore gas field in the...

US to send $10m to aid fight against Ebola 09 Sep 2014 - 05:25 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States will contribute $10 million to pay for medical workers and equipment to fight the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaging West...

PM meets French official 09 Sep 2014 - 02:15 pm

DOHA: HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani met here today with Director General of...

Emir chairs economic affairs council's meeting 09 Sep 2014 - 02:15 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Chairman of the Supreme Council For Economic Affairs And Investment, chaired Tuesday the council's...

GOIC holds workshop on industrial market intelligence portal 09 Sep 2014 - 02:14 pm

DOHA: The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) will hold Thursday a workshop on the Industrial Market Intelligence Portal (IMI Plus) at its...

Flight MH17 hit by numerous 'high energy objects' 09 Sep 2014 - 01:57 pm

THE HAGUE: A Malaysian passenger jet which blew up over rebel-held east Ukraine with the loss of all 298 people on board was...

Twitter helps catch rogue Philippine police for robbery 09 Sep 2014 - 01:56 pm

MANILA: Rogue policemen who staged an audacious robbery on one of the Philippines' busiest roads have been exposed by a photo of their...

Defense minister meets Chinese official 09 Sep 2014 - 12:56 pm

DOHA: HE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Major-General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah on Tuesday met with Guan Yu, director of the...

Kerry bids for Arab anti-IS front buoyed by new Iraq govt 09 Sep 2014 - 12:38 pm

BAGHDAD: US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Middle East Tuesday bidding for a broad coalition against Islamic State jihadists, buoyed...

Eight infants dead in Pakistan, reportedly due to lack of oxygen 09 Sep 2014 - 12:35 pm

ISLAMABAD: At least eight infants died allegedly at the District Headquarters Hospital in Vehari in Pakistan due to lack of oxygen in the...