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Inspectors raid City Center eateries 18 Jun 2014 - 04:48 am

DOHA: Members of a joint inspection team from two key ministries were shocked to discover during a raid that several eating outlets at...

Ramadan: Safari offers 500 items at cost price 18 Jun 2014 - 04:48 am

Doha: As part of its Ramadan offer, the Safari Group will offer 500 consumer products at cost price and below cost at all...

Green Economy Roadmap unveiled 18 Jun 2014 - 04:47 am

Doha: The International Chamber of Commerce Qatar (ICC Qatar) has launched the ICC Green Economy Roadmap and Energy and Environment Commission during a...

QA begins direct flights to Tokyo Haneda 18 Jun 2014 - 04:47 am

Doha: Qatar Airways (QA) has announced that it will launch direct flights to Tokyo Haneda International Airport from today. The addition of its...

Qatari family earns QR72,700 a month: Survey 18 Jun 2014 - 04:43 am

DOHA: The average monthly income of a Qatari family is a whopping QR72,700 ($19,964), which is nearly three times the earnings of an...

Iraq repels Isis rebels as US waits 18 Jun 2014 - 04:42 am

London: Iraqi government forces fought off rebel forces north of Baghdad yesterday amid signs from the US that the Obama administration is hesitating...

Britain, Australia tried to bribe top FIFA executive, says report 18 Jun 2014 - 04:41 am

DOHA: Giving a new twist to the FIFA World Cup corruption row, the Trinidad Express has reported that Britain and Australia also tried...

Israel aims to break Hamas 18 Jun 2014 - 04:39 am

Israeli soldiers walk in a single file on a path during an operation in the West Bank town of Hebron yesterday. JERUSALEM: Israel...

Egypt releases Jazeera scribe 18 Jun 2014 - 04:37 am

CAIRO: Egypt yesterday released Aljazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike for nearly five months in protest over his detention....

UK to reopen embassy in Iran 18 Jun 2014 - 04:36 am

ranian students break into the British embassy in Tehran on 29 November 2011. LONDON: Britain said yesterday it would reopen its embassy in...

Maliki, Sunni leaders in unity plea 18 Jun 2014 - 04:11 am

Shia tribesmen parade with their weapons in central Baghdad’s Palestine Street yesterday as they show their willingness to join Iraqi security forces in...

Israel widens search for teens 18 Jun 2014 - 04:10 am

JERUSALEM: Israel stepped up efforts to crush Hamas in the West Bank yesterday as the hunt for three Israeli teenagers believed kidnapped by...

Sisi cracks whip on new govt 18 Jun 2014 - 04:09 am

Ibrahim Mahlab (left) takes oath as Prime Minister in front of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in Cairo yesterday. CAIRO: An Egyptian...

Chlorine-like chemicals likely used in Syria 18 Jun 2014 - 04:07 am

AMSTERDAM: Chemical weapons inspectors who came under attack while investigating claims of chlorine gas attacks in Syria last month found information suggesting that...

US commandos nab Benghazi attack suspect 18 Jun 2014 - 04:07 am

WASHINGTON: US commandos have captured the suspected ringleader of the deadly 2012 attack on an American compound in Benghazi, in a raid hailed...

Six powers, Iran relaunch nuclear talks 18 Jun 2014 - 04:06 am

VIENNA: Iran and six world powers relaunched talks yesterday to try to salvage a deal on Tehran’s nuclear activity by a July deadline....

Kuwait ex-PM ready to face coup, graft probe 18 Jun 2014 - 04:06 am

KUWAIT CITY: Former Kuwaiti premier Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al Ahmad Al Sabah yesterday said he was ready to face a probe over alleged...

Rail strike rolls on in France 18 Jun 2014 - 04:06 am

Striking workers of the French state-run rail operator SNCF, backed by French unions CGT and Sud-Rail, demonstrate on the rail tracks at the...