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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 27 09 Jul 2014 - 05:46 am

Smoke rises after an attack of Israeli aircraft in the South of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, yesterday. GAZA CITY: An Israeli operation against...

Emir receives Bashir 09 Jul 2014 - 05:43 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir at Al Bahr Palace yesterday....

Separate dept for community policing set up 09 Jul 2014 - 05:41 am

DOHA: Qatar has decided to set up a separate and independent directorate of community policing within its interior ministry, signaling that it will...

Arab League seeks UNSC meeting on Gaza 09 Jul 2014 - 05:31 am

Flames and smoke rise after an Israeli air strike south of Gaza City in Gaza Strip yesterday. CAIRO: The Arab League called yesterday...

Shia rebels seize city near Yemeni capital 09 Jul 2014 - 05:30 am

Sana’a: Yemeni Shia rebels yesterday seized control of the northern city of Amran, near the capital Sana’a after three days of fierce fighting...

Khamenei wants more enrichment 09 Jul 2014 - 05:30 am

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader yesterday revealed his country’s demands for a massive long-term increase in its nuclear enrichment capability, laying bare huge gaps...

Call to register as organ donors 09 Jul 2014 - 12:52 am

By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Qatar Organ Donation Centre (Hiba) is urging the public to register as organ donors as part of its campaign...

Emir endorses Cabinet decision 09 Jul 2014 - 12:52 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani ratified Cabinet Decision No. 32 of 2014, exempting Mesaieed Power Company Ltd...

Woqod to start mobile fuel station in Al Shamal soon 09 Jul 2014 - 12:51 am

DOHA: Responding to reports of fuel shortage in Al Shamal, Qatar Fuel (Woqod) yesterday assured its clients that the situation would be for...

Vintage car parade 09 Jul 2014 - 12:50 am

A vintage car taking part in a parade of vintage and luxury cars on the Corniche yesterday. The parade before Iftar has been...

Qatar-Uganda ties reviewed 09 Jul 2014 - 12:47 am

Kampala: The Foreign Minister J E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah met his Ugandan counterpart Sam Kutesa during a one-day visit to...

Vodafone begins mobile phone trade-in service 09 Jul 2014 - 12:47 am

DOHA: Vodafone has launched a mobile phone trade-in service, making it the first operator in Qatar to offer it. Customers can take used...

14pc of tap water wasted through leakage: Kahramaa 09 Jul 2014 - 12:46 am

DOHA: Some 14 percent of water meant for consumption in the country is wasted through leakage, utility distributor, Kahramaa, has said. The corporation...

Ashghal begins sewerage renovation in Najma 09 Jul 2014 - 12:45 am

Doha: The Public Works Authority — Ashghal — has started working in early June to renovate the sewerage network in inner Doha, especially...

Two dead as powerful typhoon hits Japan 09 Jul 2014 - 12:43 am

A reporter stands next to a wooden house hosting a restaurant after it collapsed due to strong winds generated by typhoon Neoguri, in...

Asylum seekers 09 Jul 2014 - 12:42 am

Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were sent back by Australia line up to enter a magistrate’s court in the southern port district of...

‘This land was ours’ 09 Jul 2014 - 12:41 am

A woman holds a banner during a demonstration in front of the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh yesterday to demand an apology from...

Merkel raises human rights issue on China trip 09 Jul 2014 - 12:40 am

BEIJING: German Chancellor Angela Merkel raised human rights issues publicly in China yesterday — unlike many Western visitors — invoking the fall of...