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Queen in Belfast 25 Jun 2014 - 08:39 am

A youth takes a selfie in front of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth in St George’s indoor market in Belfast, Northern Ireland, yesterday. The Queen...

Britain bans ‘herbal high’ khat 25 Jun 2014 - 08:37 am

Sylvia Burwell (right) shakes hands with US Vice President Joe Biden, beside her husband Stephen Burwell, during her ceremonial swearing-in as US Secretary...

Read to babies, US parents told 25 Jun 2014 - 08:36 am

WASHINGTON: A leading US doctors’ group yesterday urged parents to read to their children starting in infancy, in order to boost language skills...

Mismanagement in cockpit blamed for Asiana crash in San Francisco 25 Jun 2014 - 08:35 am

WASHINGTON: The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday cited “mismanagement” in the cockpit as the probable cause of last July’s crash of...

Putin won’t order troops into Ukraine 25 Jun 2014 - 08:35 am

MOSCOW/VIENNA: President Vladimir Putin asked Russia’s Upper House yesterday to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in...

Boko Haram kidnaps over 60 women 25 Jun 2014 - 08:34 am

Chibok: More than 60 women and girls have been abducted by Islamist militants from a cluster of villages in northern Nigeria, according to...

Russia eatery delivers pizza by drone 25 Jun 2014 - 08:34 am

MOSCOW: A Russian fast food chain claims to have taken a slice out of the competition by becoming the first to offer pizza...

Controllers’ strike hits flights in France 25 Jun 2014 - 08:33 am

PARIS: Airlines were forced to cancel dozens of flights to and from Paris’s main airports and southern France yesterday as air traffic controllers...

French court rules to end life of paralysed man 25 Jun 2014 - 08:31 am

PARIS: A top French court gave the green light yesterday to ending life support for a man in a vegetative state for the...

Second Ajyal Youth Film Festival in Dec 25 Jun 2014 - 07:31 am

Festival Director Fatma Al Remaihi with Ajyal 2013 jurors. DOHA: The second annual Ajyal Youth Film Festival will be held from December 1...

Al Baker attends opening of Terminal 2 at Heathrow 25 Jun 2014 - 07:30 am

QA CEO Akbar Al Baker joins the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the official opening of the new Terminal 2 at...

Erratic parking light sensors at airport 25 Jun 2014 - 07:29 am

Many parking light sensors have stopped working within weeks after the opening of the short-term parking bay at Hamad International Airport. Some sensors...

QRC opens services centre in West Darfur 25 Jun 2014 - 07:27 am

The facility has been opened under a financing agreement with Qatar Development Fund. DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has opened an integrated services...

Al Jazeera in silent protest 25 Jun 2014 - 07:26 am

Al Jazeera headquarters in Doha and bureaus worldwide and BBC headquarters in London held a silent protest in solidarity with Al Jazeera staff...

New school for Qatari, expatriate children to open in September 25 Jun 2014 - 07:25 am

Vision International School is developed by International Schools Services in Princeton, New Jersey. DOHA: Vision International School (VIS), developed by International Schools Services...

Herbal firm shut over tampered expiry dates 25 Jun 2014 - 07:22 am

DOHA: Authorities have closed all retail outlets and warehouse of a famous company selling herbal products for tampering with expiry dates. The closure...

Tanween begins leasing Joud Mall 25 Jun 2014 - 07:08 am

Joud Mall is set to be officially opened in the first quarter of 2015. Doha: Tanween has commenced leasing its latest project Joud...

Ooredoo wins three awards for focusing on customers 25 Jun 2014 - 07:06 am

Officials with the awards. Doha: Ooredoo’s focus on customer experience — which has been at the heart of its initiatives since the launch...