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QU orientation sessions to start on September 4 31 Aug 2014 - 02:02 am

DOHA: Qatar University has announced that an orientation programme for new male students will be held from September 4 to September 7. Newly...

SCH advices cautious use of drug 31 Aug 2014 - 02:01 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has advised caution while prescribing domperidone (pictured), a medicine for treating nausea and vomiting, considering its...

2015 Honda Accord sedan launched 31 Aug 2014 - 01:59 am

The new 2015 Accord sedan at the Honda showroom. PICTURE: KAMMUTTY VP DOHA: The 2015 Honda Accord sedan has been launched in Qatar....

Strict steps urged to stop public smoking 31 Aug 2014 - 01:58 am

DOHA: People in Qatar are demanding strict measures to stop smoking in public places. They complain that Qatar does not have smoking zones...

Haj pilgrims urged to get vaccinated early 31 Aug 2014 - 01:57 am

DOHA: Pilgrims going for Haj this year are being asked to take all the necessary vaccinations about two weeks before they embark on...

New sanctions have deepened mistrust: Iran 31 Aug 2014 - 01:55 am

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani gestures during a press conference in Tehran yesterday. TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rowhani yesterday condemned a new round of...

Erdogan names close aide as economic adviser 31 Aug 2014 - 01:53 am

Turkish soldiers parade with a large poster of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, yesterday in Ankara, during a ceremony to...

Ten Houthi rebels, troops killed in Yemen 31 Aug 2014 - 01:53 am

Young members of the Houthi movement rest inside a tent on a road in Sana’a yesterday. SANAA: At least ten men from local...

Iraq launches offensive to retake town 31 Aug 2014 - 01:49 am

Iraqis, who fled violence in the northern city of Tal Afar, receive drugs at the Bahrka camp, 10 km west of Arbil in...

Gaza staff to get salaries ‘soon’ 31 Aug 2014 - 01:48 am

A Palestinian child wrapped in the Hamas flag takes a picture during a rally by supporters of the Islamist movement in the West...

Algerian diplomats freed after two years’ captivity 31 Aug 2014 - 01:47 am

ALGIERS: Two Algerian diplomats kidnapped in Mali in April 2012 by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) were freed...

Airport hit in heavy Benghazi fighting 31 Aug 2014 - 01:47 am

BENGHAZI: Heavy clashes broke out between the forces of a renegade general and Islamist fighters in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi yesterday, killing...

Migrant killed in Morocco violence 31 Aug 2014 - 01:46 am

RABAT: A clash between sub-Saharan migrants and residents of a Tangiers neighbourhood in northern Morocco left a Senegalese man dead, the prefecture and...

41 illegal migrants drown off Libya 31 Aug 2014 - 01:46 am

BEN GUERDANE, Tunisia: Tunisian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 41 migrants since Friday after their ship sank off the Libyan...

Bahrain detains Shia rights activist on arrival at airport 31 Aug 2014 - 01:46 am

MANAMA: Bahraini authorities detained prominent human rights activist Maryam Al Khawaja yesterday on her arrival at the country’s airport, her mother told Reuters....

Ignore IS at your peril, Saudi King tells West 31 Aug 2014 - 01:45 am

JEDDAH: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has warned that the West will be the...

OCEAN POLLUTION JUNK PLASTIC BAGS CART ENIRONMENT 31 Aug 2014 - 01:39 am

Group: PETT Credit: JOEL PETT Source: Lexington Herald-Leader Keywords: COLOR OCEAN POLLUTION JUNK PLASTIC BAGS CART ENIRONMENT 082814 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Polish PM Tusk is new EU president 31 Aug 2014 - 01:36 am

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (left), European Council President Herman van Rompuy (centre) and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini (right) after they were...