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DOHA: HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud met Monday with Mark Simmonds, minister for...

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced its onshore and offshore crude oil official prices for June 2014.  The company set Qatar onshore crude...

MANILA: Pope Francis is to visit the Philippines, Asia's bastion of the Catholic faith, in January 2015 to comfort victims of disasters including...

PARIS: French gas and power group GDF Suez has bought the UK facilities management business of Australian property group Lend Lease, the firm...

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent on Monday a cable of congratulations to President of the Federal Republic of...

KHARTOUM: President of the Republic of Sudan Omar Hassan Ahmed al Bashir has met with HE Qatar's Foreign Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed...

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed seven Palestinian militants, medics said on Monday, after recovering two more bodies from...

DUBAI: The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, is in good health, his brother, the crown prince...

A Palestinian man looks at a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, yesterday. BAGHDAD:...

KAMPALA: At least 65 people have been killed in clashes between tribal gunmen and Ugandan government troops in the west of the country...

MANILA: A leading Catholic university in the Philippines has apologised for inviting former first lady Imelda Marcos to speak after photos of her...

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's Jarir Marketing posted a 7.1 percent increase in second-quarter profit on Monday as the retailer recorded higher sales. Jarir made...

Revellers participate in the ‘alternative riau-riau’, an alternative start of the Festival of San Fermin (or Sanfermines) organised by one of Pamplona’s ‘penas’...

MOMBASA, Kenya: Gunmen killed at least 29 people in two coastal areas of Kenya in raids the deputy president indicated yesterday were the...

PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius is walking on his stumps, appearing to aim a pistol, in footage broadcast yesterday that shows the Paralympic gold medallist...

LONDON: The British government faced growing calls yesterday for a national inquiry into alleged child abuse that may have involved lawmakers in the...

SLAVYANSK , Ukraine: Resurgent Ukrainian forces yesterday pursued retreating pro-Russian rebels after seizing their symbolic bastion in a morale-boosting win that appeared to...

BRASïLIA: Playing second fiddle to the injury woes of soccer star Neymar and the host country’s bid for World Cup glory, Brazil yesterday...