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Defence Minister holds talks in Mongolia 12 Jul 2014 - 03:34 am

Doha: Mongolian Defence Minister Dashdemberel Bat-Erdene yesterday met the Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Maj. Gen. Hamad bin Ali Al...

Minor tsunami hits Japan coast after quake 12 Jul 2014 - 03:14 am

Japan Meteorological Agency officer Yasuhiro Yoshida speaks during a press conference in Tokyo yesterday, after a strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the...

250,000 new workers expected this year 12 Jul 2014 - 03:12 am

H E Dr Saleh bin Mohamed Al Nabit DOHA: A quarter of a million foreign workers are expected to arrive afresh in the...

Food wastage during Ramadan decried 12 Jul 2014 - 03:09 am

By Fazeena Saleem and Mohamed Osman DOHA: During the month of Ramadan, charities collect enough leftover food from homes and hotels to feed...

PROBLEM OF PLENTY 12 Jul 2014 - 03:05 am

Increasing wealth and lavish lifestyles are contributing to the problem of food wastage in Qatar. This phenomenon peaks during Ramadan, the holy month...

Kerry urges Kabul to focus on vote audit 12 Jul 2014 - 02:05 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry told...

Anti-Israeli protest 12 Jul 2014 - 02:02 am

Lawyers hold placards as they chant slogans during a protest against Israel’s air strikes on Gaza, in Lahore yesterday. Hundreds demanded the international...

Extremists debate merits of Islamic caliphate’s message 12 Jul 2014 - 01:57 am

WAZIRISTAN: The Afghan Taliban have urged Muslims to avoid extremism and remain united, a message apparently aimed at the Islamic State (ISIL), which...

Army raids reveal militant hideouts 12 Jul 2014 - 01:56 am

MIRANSHAH: The Pakistani Taliban have abandoned their last key stronghold and booby traps and explosives littering their hideouts now present the main danger...

Taliban post pictures of captive Bergdahl smiling 12 Jul 2014 - 01:56 am

ISLAMABAD: US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five years, appeared smiling alongside a commander from the militant...

Londoners protest against Gaza attack 12 Jul 2014 - 01:54 am

People gather, while blocking the traffic, during a protest against Israel’s air strikes in Gaza, in London yesterday.

Bull run festival 12 Jul 2014 - 01:52 am

Revellers during the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, yesterday. The festival is a symbol of the Spanish culture that attracts thousands...

Rebels kill 23 Ukraine troops, truce hopes fade 12 Jul 2014 - 01:51 am

DONETSK, Ukraine: Ukraine’s military yesterdayreported losing 23 servicemen in clashes across the separatist east that threatened to shatter slim Western hopes of a...

White House urges swift confirmation of Russia envoy 12 Jul 2014 - 01:50 am

WASHINGTON: The White House yesterday urged the US Senate to swiftly confirm President Barack Obama’s new nominee for ambassador to Moscow, despite a...

Putin in Cuba to rekindle Latin America ties 12 Jul 2014 - 01:50 am

HAVANA: President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s Cold War ally Cuba yesterday, launching a tour that will see him cozy up to Latin America...

Romanian deputy premier resigns 12 Jul 2014 - 01:50 am

BUCHAREST: One of Romania’s deputy prime ministers resigned from the government yesterday in a dispute over an international initiative calling for better the...

Ghanaians ask for Brazil asylum 12 Jul 2014 - 01:49 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: Some 200 Ghanaians in Brazil for the World Cup have applied to stay permanently citing religious violence back home, police...

Toll rises to 105 on day 4 of Gaza carnage 12 Jul 2014 - 01:49 am

Smoke billows from buildings following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City yesterday. Israel’s aerial bombardment of Gaza claimed its 105th Palestinian life...