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Stalled Mideast peace process fuels jihadists 04 Sep 2014 - 01:48 am

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi yesterday blamed the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process for fuelling regional militancy, as Washington tries to shore...

American citizen among 24 jailed over terror cell in Saudi Arabia 04 Sep 2014 - 01:47 am

RIYADH: A Riyadh court jailed 24 people, including a US citizen, for up to 27 years yesterday for forming a “terrorist cell” and...

Qaeda-held Saudi diplomat makes video plea 04 Sep 2014 - 01:47 am

SANA’A: A Saudi diplomat kidnapped in Yemen by Al Qaeda and held since 2012 has appealed for Riyadh to negotiate his release, in...

WAR ON ISIS IRAN SAUDI ARABIA BRIDGE TERRORISM SYRIA IRAQ MIDEAST MIDDLE EAST 04 Sep 2014 - 01:46 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR WAR ON ISIS IRAN SAUDI ARABIA BRIDGE TERRORISM SYRIA IRAQ MIDEAST...

Interpreting Article I of the Constitution 04 Sep 2014 - 01:44 am

While I was skimming through the information archive on my computer, my attention was caught by the speech of the Emir H H...

Employing citizens of GCC countries 04 Sep 2014 - 01:44 am

It is a known fact that Qatar is the biggest employer of citizens of GCC countries at its different facilities and institutions. Employees...

President Mahmoud Abbas in Doha 04 Sep 2014 - 01:43 am

While military air strikes and artillery deployment intensify against our brothers in the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several people and causing huge...

Putin unveils Ukraine peace plan 04 Sep 2014 - 01:42 am

Ukrainian self-propelled artillery guns are seen near Slaviansk yesterday. MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday unveiled a peace plan for Ukraine that could...

French mother reunited with daughter taken by jihadi father 04 Sep 2014 - 01:42 am

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (second right) welcomes Meriam Rhaiem (left) upon her arrival with her daughter in Vélizy-Villacoublay near Paris yesterday. VILLACOUBLAY...

Cameron talks of wiping out IS 04 Sep 2014 - 01:41 am

British Prime Minister David Cameron meets local producers from the South Wales Basket Makers Group who have helped supply this year’s NATO Summit...

UK parents reunited with sick son at Spain hospital 04 Sep 2014 - 01:40 am

Father of British boy Ashya King, Brett King (centre), talks to the media after visiting his son at a hospital in Malaga, Spain,...

Trierweiler spills the beans in memoir 04 Sep 2014 - 01:39 am

PARIS: A heated passion, a tumultuous break-up and a desperate bid at reconciliation: For the first time, France’s former first lady spills the...

Nigeria, allies call for help to stop Boko Haram funding, arming 04 Sep 2014 - 01:37 am

ABUJA: Nigeria and its regional allies yesterday called for greater international support to shut down Boko Haram’s weapons and funding supply as concern...

IS rebels vow to ‘de-throne’ Putin over Syria support 04 Sep 2014 - 01:37 am

MOSCOW: Islamic State militants have issued a threat to President Vladimir Putin, vowing to oust him and “liberate” the volatile North Caucasus over...

Lesotho PM back home after ‘coup’ 04 Sep 2014 - 01:36 am

MASERU: Lesotho’s embattled prime minister, who fled to South Africa at the weekend after an apparent bid to oust him, returned safely to...

Venezuela reshuffles cabinet 04 Sep 2014 - 01:36 am

CARACAS: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro replaced Rafael Ramirez as head of the country’s state oil giant PDVSA and appointed him as foreign minister....

British Ebola victim out of hospital 04 Sep 2014 - 01:35 am

LONDON: A British nurse infected with Ebola while working in Sierra Leone was discharged from a London hospital yesterday after recovering from the...

Obama to lead Security Council session 04 Sep 2014 - 01:35 am

UNITED NATIONS: President Barack Obama will lead a UN Security Council session on the threat of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria on...