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Emir receives Omani minister 22 Jul 2014 - 06:58 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah at Al Bahr Palace...

Ministry foils bid to sell contaminated fish 22 Jul 2014 - 06:57 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Environment has foiled bids to market contaminated fish that were bred in drainage water, thus diluting a serious threat...

Gaza truce efforts intensify; US offers $47m aid 22 Jul 2014 - 06:56 am

Israeli soldiers of the 155mm artillery cannons unit fire towards the Gaza Strip from their position near the border with the coastal Palestinian...

Katara, Aspire to donate day’s income to Gaza 22 Jul 2014 - 06:55 am

DOHA: Showing solidarity with the people of Gaza, Katara (The Cultural Village Foundation) and Aspire Zone Restaurants yesterday announced that they will donate...

UKRAINE PLANE CRASH SEAT MISSILE MALAYSIAN AIRLINES RUSSIA 22 Jul 2014 - 01:01 am

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Malaysian plane flies over Syria 22 Jul 2014 - 12:52 am

A boy looks at tributes to John Alder and Liam Sweeney who were killed in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash, outside Newcastle...

Protest over Gaza 22 Jul 2014 - 12:51 am

People holding candles in a silent protest against the bloodshed in Gaza during a vigil at a park in Tokyo yesterday. People holding...

China spy ship leaves for Hawaii drills 22 Jul 2014 - 12:50 am

WASHINGTON: China has sent a spy ship to international waters off Hawaii during a giant US-led naval exercise involving 22 countries, even though...

Indonesia’s Yudhoyono urges presidential poll loser to accept defeat 22 Jul 2014 - 12:49 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s outgoing leader yesterday came within a whisker of telling retired general Prabowo Subianto to admit defeat so that the country’s most...

Prosecutors urge death penalty for subway killer 22 Jul 2014 - 12:40 am

TAIPEI: Taiwanese prosecutors said they were seeking the death penalty for a man accused of killing four people and wounding others in a...

Philippine worker beheaded by militiamen in Libya 22 Jul 2014 - 12:40 am

MANILA: Suspected militiamen have beheaded a Philippine worker in Libya after singling him out because he was not a Muslim, the Philippine Foreign...

Ideological clash grips China party 22 Jul 2014 - 12:40 am

BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party has demanded that government officials be prevented from “being disoriented and losing themselves” to the influence of Western...

Passenger bus crash kills 16 in Pakistan 21 Jul 2014 - 06:13 pm

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: Sixteen people died after a passenger bus plunged nearly 200 metres into a ravine in Pakistan's Kashmir region on Monday, officials...

ABB, Volvo reveal tie-up on fast-recharge electric buses 21 Jul 2014 - 05:54 pm

ZURICH: Electric buses which can recharge their batteries fast when at bus stops are to be developed by Swiss-Swedish engineering group ABB and...

QCB to issue new notes for Eid 21 Jul 2014 - 05:53 pm

DOHA: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has announced it will issue new Qatari Riyal banknotes of all denominations on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr....

Lufthansa joins Emirates in calls for airlines summit on MH17 21 Jul 2014 - 05:48 pm

BERLIN: Lufthansa, Europe's largest airline by revenue, joined rival Emirates in calling for an airline summit to discuss the industry's response to the...

MH17 families to get $5,000 as initial help 21 Jul 2014 - 02:45 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines said Monday it would make an initial payment of $5,000 to families of passengers aboard its crashed flight MH17...

Kuwait court upholds 10-year jail term for Twitter user 21 Jul 2014 - 02:44 pm

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's top court on Monday upheld a 10-year jail sentence for a Shiite Twitter user for insulting the Prophet Mohammed and...