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Deal signed for smartphone application for UN forum 17 Jul 2014 - 05:26 am

Officials signing the agreement. Doha: An agreement has been signed to develop smartphone application for the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention...

RAF distributes Iftar packets 17 Jul 2014 - 05:26 am

Officials from Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) distributing Iftar packets to people outside Hassan Ibrahim Al Asmakh Mosque in...

Will Aljazeera America save us? 17 Jul 2014 - 05:25 am

Qatari columnist Abdul-Aziz Al Mahmud By Abdul-Aziz Al Mahmud Okay, it is Ramadan time, and people do not want to read any topic...

QNB recognises employees’ success 17 Jul 2014 - 05:22 am

Officials and staff at the graduation ceremony. Doha: Qatar National Bank (QNB), one of the world’s strongest, recognised the success of employees who...

Katara to organise Asean Cultural Week in November 17 Jul 2014 - 05:21 am

From left: Katara General Manager, Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, Brunei Darussalam Ambassador and ACD Chairman, Nordin Ahmad, and Indonesian Ambassador Didi...

Labour force in cultural sector up 7 percent 17 Jul 2014 - 05:20 am

DOHA: The labour force in the cultural sector has increased annually by seven percent, according to the report ‘Cultural Statistics 2014 in Qatar.’ ...

New family law soon 17 Jul 2014 - 05:19 am

Doha: The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting...

Emir returns from Turkey 17 Jul 2014 - 05:19 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday returned home from a short working visit to Turkey. The Emir...

Shelling damages 20 planes in Tripoli 17 Jul 2014 - 05:17 am

Benghazi: Twenty aircraft were damaged by shelling at Libya’s main airport in the worst fighting in the capital Tripoli in months as rival...

4 kids killed on beach in Israeli bombing 17 Jul 2014 - 05:16 am

Smoke rises from buildings hit by an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the Gaza Strip yesterday. GAZA CITY: Israel intensified its bombardment...

Hamas wants changes to Egypt’s plan 17 Jul 2014 - 05:16 am

CAIRO: Hamas demanded changes yesterday to an Egyptian proposal to end the deadly conflict with Israel in and around Gaza, a Palestinian official...

Qaeda suspects rob Yemen post office, kill policeman 17 Jul 2014 - 05:14 am

ADEN: Suspected Al Qaeda militants attacked a post office in Yemen’s southeastern Hadramawt province, killing a policeman and making off with two million...

Saudi Arabia boosts security on heavily fortified Iraq frontier 17 Jul 2014 - 05:14 am

riyadh: The group now calling itself the Islamic State rampaged across the border between Syria and Iraq a month ago and has since...

Cairo’s failure gives Israel leeway in Gaza: Analysts 17 Jul 2014 - 05:14 am

JERUSALEM: Israel’s acceptance of a short-lived Egyptian truce which was rejected by Hamas, has set the scene for a much broader operation in...

Iran adherence to interim nuke deal favourable: US 17 Jul 2014 - 05:13 am

WASHINGTON: The United States said yesterday that Iran’s adherence to an interim nuclear deal had been “surprisingly favourable,” as it contemplated a likely...

Newly sworn-in Assad warns West 17 Jul 2014 - 05:13 am

DAMASCUS: President Bashar Al Assad was sworn in yesterday for a new term, warning Western and Arab governments of the backfire they face...

458 kids rescued from Mexico shelter 17 Jul 2014 - 05:12 am

The interior yard of the shelter “La Gran Familia”(the big family) during a police raid where 596 people, inclu ding 458 children, were...

BRICS bonhomie 17 Jul 2014 - 05:12 am

From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos, Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, Chile’s Michelle Bachelet, and China’s Xi Jinping prepare to pose...