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Qatar to participate in UN Economic and Social Council meeting 05 Jul 2014 - 06:19 pm

DOHA: Qatar will participate in meetings of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for 2014, which begins on Monday at...

QNB honours 29 long-serving staff 05 Jul 2014 - 06:17 pm

DOHA: Qatar National Bank(QNB) honoured 29 long-serving staff with 25 or more years of experience from its various departments at an event held...

Suicide bomber kills five outside northeast Nigeria mosque 05 Jul 2014 - 06:14 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: A suicide bomber targeting worshippers at a mosque in a remote village in northeast Nigeria killed five people and wounded dozens,...

Barwa Bank opens representative office in Dubai International Financial Centre 05 Jul 2014 - 02:14 pm

DOHA: Barwa Bank, Qatar’s fastest growing Shari’ah compliant banking service provider, has announced the opening of a Representative Office in Dubai International Financial...

Injaz Qatar launches youth entrepreneurship programme 05 Jul 2014 - 01:52 pm

DOHA: Injaz Qatar launched here its newest youth entrepreneurship programme in partnership with aerospace company Boeing. The non-profit organisation and member of Junior...

Football: Messi wishes Neymar prompt recovery 05 Jul 2014 - 01:00 pm

SAO PAULO: Four-time world footballer of the year Lionel Messi wished his Barcelona team-mate Neymar a quick recovery after the Brazil star Brazil...

Several killed as suicide car bomb explodes near Somali parliament 05 Jul 2014 - 12:39 pm

MOGADISHU: Several people were killed when a powerful suicide car bomb exploded near Somalia's parliament in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police and...

Egypt raises fuel prices to slash subsidies 05 Jul 2014 - 12:05 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's government drastically raised fuel prices late Friday to tackle a bloated subsidy system, in a potentially unpopular move that might blow...

Two militants blow themselves up in southern Saudi Arabia 05 Jul 2014 - 10:02 am

DUBAI: Saudi-owned al-Arabia television said on Saturday that two suspected al Qaeda militants who had been surrounded inside a government building in southern...

Modi pledges to win hearts in first visit to Kashmir 05 Jul 2014 - 07:14 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, during the inaugural function of the first train from Udhampur...

First Friday prayers 05 Jul 2014 - 07:13 am

Devotees offer prayers on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at historical Taj-ul Mosque in Bhopal yesterday.

Indian nurses trapped in Iraq heading home 05 Jul 2014 - 07:10 am

New Delhi: All 46 Indian women nurses seized by Sunni insurgents in Iraq were freed yesterday after intense diplomatic efforts, and were set...

Chennai building collapse rescue ends with 61 dead 05 Jul 2014 - 07:09 am

NEW DELHI: Rescue efforts at a building which collapsed last weekend in Chennai wound up yesterday with the final death toll at 61,...

Wanchoo quits as Goa governor 05 Jul 2014 - 07:09 am

Panaji: Hours after being questioned by CBI officials in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, Goa Governor B V Wanchoo resigned from...

Price rise: Govt to act tough on hoarders 05 Jul 2014 - 07:08 am

New Delhi: Blaming hoarders for the recent spike in prices of onions, potatoes and other food items, the government yesterday said it will...

SC reserves order on Subrata’s plea 05 Jul 2014 - 07:08 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday reserved its order on the plea by Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy seeking the court’s nod for...

First Friday of Ramadan 05 Jul 2014 - 07:07 am

Afghan devotees offer Friday prayers at Paul-e-Khishtee Mosque in Kabul on the first Friday of Ramadan yesterday.

Political parties to join electoral reform panel 05 Jul 2014 - 07:06 am

ISLAMABAD: Most major political parties, including the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), have finalised the names of their members for the proposed special parliamentary committee...