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Remittances rise ahead of Eid 26 Jul 2014 - 02:44 am

A file photo of people waiting to send money home at an exchange house in Qatar. DOHA: Remittances from Qatar have surged 30...

Shortage of dollars amid high demand 26 Jul 2014 - 02:43 am

DOHA: There is a shortage of dollars at some exchange houses here as demand for the US currency has been soaring ahead of...

Ramadan: Ooredoo brings joy across its global footprint 26 Jul 2014 - 02:42 am

Alrabaa with children in Qatar. DOHA: Ooredoo’s companies have launched community and charity events during Ramadan to enrich lives and reach out to...

Vegetable production drops due to hot weather 26 Jul 2014 - 02:41 am

DOHA: Vegetable production in Qatar comes down drastically during the summer months when the weather is harsh. Yet some farms continue to produce...

Limited supplies pushing up prices of date, says Ministry 26 Jul 2014 - 02:40 am

DOHA: Demand for dates goes up substantially during Ramadan so do the prices. However, this and the previous years the fasting month coincided...

PUTIN RUSSIA UKRAINE MILOSEVIC FOOTPRINTS GHOST BALKAN 26 Jul 2014 - 02:05 am

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No agreement on Gaza truce 26 Jul 2014 - 01:41 am

Relatives mourn over the body of 48-year-old Hashem Abu Marieh, who was killed by Israeli soldiers according to medical sources, during his funeral...

Iran rallies for Gaza, Rowhani slams world ‘silence’ 26 Jul 2014 - 01:40 am

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani takes part in an anti-Israeli rally marking Al Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in a show of support for Palestinian...

Hezbollah pledges full support to Hamas 26 Jul 2014 - 01:39 am

The head of Lebanon’s militant Shia movement Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, speaks during a rare public appearance at a gathering to mark Al...

Top cleric signals to Maliki to step aside 26 Jul 2014 - 01:38 am

Residents look at damage at the site of car bomb attacks in Baghdad’s Karaada district, yesterday. Two car bombs killed 15 people on...

Bad weather likely cause of Air Algerie crash 26 Jul 2014 - 12:09 am

French soldiers at the wreckage site of the Air Algerie flight AH5017, which crashed in Mali’s Gossi on Thursday. PARIS/OUAGADOUGOU: Poor weather was...

Obama on skills training 26 Jul 2014 - 12:08 am

President Barack Obama speaks at Trade-Technical College about the importance of “job-driven skills training” in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Mass grave uncovered in Ukraine ex-rebel area 26 Jul 2014 - 12:08 am

A convoy of the Ukrainian military vehicles drives towards the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk yesterday. Russia called the latest US accusations of...

Ukraine forces take another strategic city 26 Jul 2014 - 12:06 am

KIEV: Ukrainian troops have retaken the strategically-important city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine, as they press on with their offensive to stamp out...

Ukraine crisis worsens after PM’s resignation 26 Jul 2014 - 12:05 am

KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament said yesterday it had yet to receive a resignation letter from Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk so could not vote on...

Lethal injection execution in US faces scrutiny 26 Jul 2014 - 12:05 am

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court is under increasing pressure to consider halting death sentences by lethal injection after a convicted Arizona killer took...

US soldiers under rape charges to face Italy trial 26 Jul 2014 - 12:04 am

ROME: Two American paratroopers charged with raping and beating a pregnant Romanian prostitute will stand trial in Italy, the justice ministry said yesterday....

Americans alarmed as heat kills kids in cars 26 Jul 2014 - 12:04 am

WASHINGTON: Leaving children in parked cars in the blazing heat of summer: it’s so obviously wrong, yet it happens with astonishing regularity, with...