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New private school to begin enrolling students today 10 Aug 2014 - 01:36 am

A section of the premises of Loyola International School, on Al Andalus Street in Al Nasr. DOHA: Admissions in Loyola International School (LIS),...

Qatar has 1,227 mosques, heritage shrines 10 Aug 2014 - 01:34 am

DOHA: There are a total of 1,227 mosques, including heritage mosques, in different parts of the country, some of them built by the...

Dealers miss deadline to remove cars 10 Aug 2014 - 01:34 am

DOHA: Most second-hand car dealers have failed to meet the deadline for removing cars parked in public places. Hamad Misfar Al Qahtani, director...

US U17 basketball team reaps Aspire reward 10 Aug 2014 - 01:34 am

The US under-17 basketball players with the Qatar under-18 team at Aspire Zone. DOHA: The USA under-17 men’s basketball team underwent an intensive...

Vodafone Qatar offers more data 10 Aug 2014 - 01:32 am

DOHA: Vodafone Qatar is offering its Prepaid customers more data with the enhanced Vodafone Internet Weekly Pack 6 and Vodafone Internet Weekly Pack...

16 killed in Aleppo violence 10 Aug 2014 - 01:31 am

ALEPPO: At least 16 civilians were killed in violence in Syria’s second city of Aleppo yesterday, residents and a monitoring group said. Residents...

ISRAEL GAZA PALESTINE PEACE DOVE SKELETON 10 Aug 2014 - 01:29 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: AMORIM Source: Correio do Povo - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Keywords: COLOR ISRAEL GAZA PALESTINE PEACE DOVE SKELETON 080814...

Besides bombs, high prices hurt Gazans 10 Aug 2014 - 12:27 am

A Palestinian man buys mangoes at a local market in Gaza City yesterday. Israeli bombardment has left parts of Gaza in ruins, and...

UN sanctions loom on South Sudan factions 10 Aug 2014 - 12:27 am

Mabior Garang (left), son of late South Sudanese rebel leader John Garang, and Major General Dau Deng Ahecyol at a press conference in...

Erdogan holds final rally on election eve 10 Aug 2014 - 12:26 am

A woman walks past a poster of Turkish Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday in Istanbul. Turkish voters will directly elect their president...

IS repairing Mosul dam; Kurds rush to arms 10 Aug 2014 - 12:25 am

Sailors launch aircraft from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush (CVN 77) in the Gulf, in this...

Egypt bans Brotherhood’s political arm 10 Aug 2014 - 12:25 am

CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, dealing a crippling...

Iran cop gets 3 years in jail for killing blogger 10 Aug 2014 - 12:23 am

TEHRAN: An Iranian policeman has been sentenced to three years in jail, 74 lashes and two years’ internal exile for the unpremeditated killing...

Major airlines avoid Iraq skies 10 Aug 2014 - 12:23 am

WASHINGTON: International airlines steered clear of Iraq after Washington banned American air carriers from Iraqi skies in the immediate wake of US air...

Shabab claims killing 13 soldiers in clashes 10 Aug 2014 - 12:22 am

MOGADISHU: Somalia’s hardline Islamists said they fought intense battles yesterday with government and African Union troops in the central Hiran region that left...

Al Qaeda kidnaps and kills 14 Yemeni troops 10 Aug 2014 - 12:22 am

ADEN: Al Qaeda militants kidnapped 14 Yemeni soldiers returning home by bus from duty in eastern Yemen on Friday and executed them in...

Cycling race 09 Aug 2014 - 10:41 pm

Afghans take part in a cycling race on the outskirts of Bamyan province on Friday. For the first time, Bamyan has hosted a...

Four killed in Pakistan clashes, 500 held 09 Aug 2014 - 10:40 pm

Supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek political party leader, Canadian-based cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, shout slogans during a protest following clashes with police in Lahore yesterday. ...