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Penalty proposed to curb dumping of cars 10 Jul 2014 - 05:48 am

DOHA: People found abandoning vehicles without cancelling their road permit might be punished, as their dealings with the interior ministry may be stopped....

Envoy to enquire about fate of Qataris held in UAE 10 Jul 2014 - 05:45 am

Doha: Qatar’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been assigned to contact the relevant authorities there to enquire about the fate...

Emir hosts Iftar 10 Jul 2014 - 05:44 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held an Iftar banquet at Al Wajba Palace yesterday in honour of their...

Cabinet nod to bank transfer of workers’ pay 10 Jul 2014 - 04:17 am

DOHA: The decks have finally been cleared for the launch of the much-awaited Wage Protection System (WPS) whereby all workers in the country...

Israel pounds Gaza; 30 killed 10 Jul 2014 - 02:35 am

A woman carries an injured child into the Al Najar hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, after Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza...

Gazans bury family as Israeli bombs rain 10 Jul 2014 - 02:34 am

Palestinian rescuers check a car hit by an Israeli air strike killing the driver in Gaza City yesterday. RIGHT: An Israeli police man...

Syrian opposition elects Al Bahra as new leader 10 Jul 2014 - 02:33 am

Syrian national opposition coalition`s newly elected president Hadi Al Bahra (left), Vice President Noura Al Ameer (centre) and Vice President Mohammad Husseein Quddah...

De Mistura is new UN Syria mediator 10 Jul 2014 - 02:32 am

New York: Staffan de Mistura (pictured), a veteran diplomat and former UN special envoy to Afghanistan, will replace Lakhdar Brahimi as the UN...

Bahrain opposition chief to face prosecutors 10 Jul 2014 - 02:31 am

Bahraini women hold up posters bearing the portrait of Abdul Aziz Al Abbar during a protest condemning his death, in the village of...

Egypt urges end to Gaza violence, plays down mediation 10 Jul 2014 - 02:30 am

CAIRO: Egypt yesterdayurged Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in Gaza to halt their escalating conflict but played down hopes of a...

Iraq PM accuses Kurds of harbouring militants 10 Jul 2014 - 02:30 am

BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki yesterday accused Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region of harbouring jihadists, further ratcheting up tensions despite calls for leaders...

New York court orders Iran to give $1.75bn to US victims 10 Jul 2014 - 02:29 am

NEW YORK: A US appeals court in New York yesterday ordered $1.75bn in Iranian funds be handed to families of Americans killed in...

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting 10 Jul 2014 - 02:29 am

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting today on the escalating violence between Israel and Hamas, the Council’s...

Kerry in telephone diplomacy to help quell Mideast fire 10 Jul 2014 - 02:29 am

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry was in China yesterday but that did not stop him from engaging with Mideast leaders and...

Israeli and Palestinian leaders behaving like children: Tutu 10 Jul 2014 - 02:28 am

JOHANNESBURG: Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu has lashed out at Israeli and Palestinian leaders for behaving “like children,” seeking to blame each other...

WORLD CUP BRAZiL GERMANY CHRIST CORCOVADO FOOTBALL 10 Jul 2014 - 02:20 am

Group: ViewsLatinAmerica Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR WORLD CUP BRAZiL GERMANY CHRIST CORCOVADO FOOTBALL SOCCER 070914 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

Kiev promises ‘restraint’ in military push 10 Jul 2014 - 02:16 am

Ukrainian troops are seen near Slavyansk, as the government kept up military pressure against pro-Russian rebels. Russia arrests Ukrainian aviator MOSCOW: A female...

Remembering Srebrenica 10 Jul 2014 - 02:15 am

Bosnian citizens of Sarajevo put flowers on a truck carrying the remains of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in Srebrenica yesterday. Bosnia...