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15 killed in Yemen tribal feud over 'desert oil' 02 Jul 2014 - 12:51 pm

ADEN: Clashes between two Yemeni tribes over who owns a piece of land in the southeast believed to be rich in oil has...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 02 Jul 2014 - 12:49 pm

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

Qatar's CBQ to buy out public shares, then delist Turkey's Alternatifbank 02 Jul 2014 - 12:32 pm

DUBAI: Commercial Bank of Qatar will buy out the remaining publicly owned shares in Turkey's Alternatifbank and then delist the lender from the...

Pakistani military kills 10 in anti-militant offensive 02 Jul 2014 - 12:29 pm

BANNU, Pakistan: Pakistani military helicopters shelled militant hideouts in the country's restive northwest on Wednesday as part of a massive ongoing offensive against...

Suicide attack on military bus kills five in Kabul 02 Jul 2014 - 12:25 pm

KABUL: A suicide bomb in Kabul killed five military officers Wednesday in an attack on an air force bus, Afghan officials said, in...

Saudi Aramco unit ups stake in S-Oil in $1.95bn deal 02 Jul 2014 - 12:18 pm

RIYADH: Aramco Overseas Co (AOC), a unit of state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco, said on Wednesday it had agreed in principle to buy...

Sudan tribal militia battles kill up to 22 02 Jul 2014 - 12:07 pm

KHARTOUM: Battles between Sudanese tribal militias armed with machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades have left up to 22 people dead in a border region...

QA launches non-stop service to Dallas/Forth Worth 02 Jul 2014 - 12:04 pm

Qatar Airways’ maiden flight from Doha to Dallas/Fort Worth QR733, arrives to a traditional water salute welcome. DOHA: Qatar Airways began daily non-stop...

French ex-leader Nicolas Sarkozy charged with corruption 02 Jul 2014 - 11:33 am

PARIS: France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with corruption and influence peddling, French prosecutors said Wednesday, a dramatic move in a...

Kenyan cargo plane crashes into building, killing 4 on board 02 Jul 2014 - 10:44 am

Kenyan army men stand near the wreckage of a cargo plane which crashed at a commercial building in a Nairobi susburb shortly after...

Danish ship carrying Syrian chemical weapons arrives in Italy 02 Jul 2014 - 10:30 am

Danish ship Ark Futura (L) is docked next to US ship Cape Ray at port of Gioia Tauro, southern Italy, on July 2,...

Iraq parliament session ends in chaos 02 Jul 2014 - 08:51 am

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al Mutlaq shakes hands with Iranian Ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Dnaii (left) as they arrive for the first...

Turkey premier launches presidential bid 02 Jul 2014 - 08:49 am

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets AK Party members at a meeting where he was named his party’s candidate for the country’s...

Ramadan rite 02 Jul 2014 - 08:48 am

Libyan boys read the Holy Quran during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in the outskirts of the capital Tripoli,...

Israel mourns teens; Gaza hit by air strikes 02 Jul 2014 - 08:48 am

MODI’IN: Tens of thousands of mourners joined in an outpouring of national grief yesterday at the burial of three Israeli teenagers whose kidnapping...

Jihadists seize key Syrian border town 02 Jul 2014 - 08:47 am

BEIRUT: The jihadist Islamic State seized control of the key Syrian border town of Albu Kamal yesterday after a fierce three-day battle with...

Blast wounds Tunisian security force members 02 Jul 2014 - 08:47 am

TUNIS: Six members of the Tunisian security forces were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded yesterday in the mountainous Kef region near the...

Pro-Mursi leaders arrested ahead of anniversary 02 Jul 2014 - 08:46 am

CAIRO: Egyptian police yesterday arrested five Islamist leaders who back Mohamed Mursi, two days ahead of protests their alliance has called to mark...