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Afghan police kill Taliban who cut off voters' fingers 17 Jun 2014 - 10:10 am

HERAT: Afghan police hunted down and killed two Taliban insurgents who cut off the fingers of 11 elderly men who voted in the...

Emir, PM congratulate Iceland president 17 Jun 2014 - 10:08 am

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

Japan minister apologises for Fukushima money gaffe 17 Jun 2014 - 09:44 am

TOKYO: A Japanese cabinet minister apologised on Tuesday after appearing to suggest people in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima could be persuaded to put up...

Pakistan leader urges Afghan's Karzai to stop militant exodus 17 Jun 2014 - 09:39 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to help stop militants escape a major military offensive, as Pakistani...

Islamist militants kill 8 more in new attack on Kenya coast 17 Jun 2014 - 09:34 am

NAIROBI: Somali-linked Islamist militants killed at least eight people in a second night of attacks on Kenya's coast, after a raid on the...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 17 Jun 2014 - 08:53 am

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

Ukraine unrest 17 Jun 2014 - 07:35 am

Pro-Ukraine supporters fight with servicemen as they try to storm the Russian consulate in the Black Sea Ukrainian city of Odessa during a...

Royal ceremony 17 Jun 2014 - 07:33 am

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales travel by carriage after the Most Noble Order of the Garter Ceremony at...

Britain bans forced marriage 17 Jun 2014 - 07:31 am

LONDON: Forcing women, men and children into marriage was made a criminal act in Britain yesterday as the government escalated a campaign to...

US, Russia hold 93pc of world’s N-weapons 17 Jun 2014 - 07:31 am

VIENNA: Nuclear-armed states are modernising their arsenals and appear determined to keep sizable numbers of such weapons of mass destruction for the foreseeable...

49 massacred in Kenyan coastal town 17 Jun 2014 - 07:30 am

MPEKETONI, Kenya: At least 49 people have been killed after militants from Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shabab stormed into a Kenyan coastal town, attacking...

Santos re-elected in Colombia 17 Jun 2014 - 07:30 am

BOGOTA: President Juan Manuel Santos vowed to bring peace to Colombia after winning re-election on Sunday, telling Marxist rebels his victory shows that...

US needs woman in charge like Germany, says Hillary 17 Jun 2014 - 07:29 am

BERLIN: Hillary Clinton has told a German magazine the United States should follow Germany, where Angela Merkel is chancellor, and have a woman...

Strong India beneficial for neighbours: PM 17 Jun 2014 - 07:29 am

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) with Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (right) and former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck during a cultural...

Run for water 17 Jun 2014 - 07:28 am

Children run behind a leaking water tanker as it arrives to supply free drinking water at a slum on a hot summer day...

Stranded Indian nurses, workers safe in Iraq: Ambassador 17 Jun 2014 - 07:26 am

Baghdad: The Indian nurses stranded in Tikrit, the town seized by the fighters from Al Qaeda-influenced Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

92 kids die of encephalitis in Bihar 17 Jun 2014 - 07:26 am

Patna: Fifteen more children died in Bihar of suspected encephalitis in the past 24 hours as the disease spread to new districts, taking...

Two engineers killed in Vizag Steel Plant accident 17 Jun 2014 - 07:25 am

Visakhapatnam: Two engineers were killed yesterday due to suspected leakage of carbon monoxide in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, company officials said. The accident occurred...