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Australians rally for Tasmania forest 15 Jun 2014 - 01:30 am

Some 5,000 Australians at a rally to oppose the delisting of Tasmania’s World Heritage forests in Hobart yesterday. SYDNEY: Thousands of Australians rallied...

Russia sending tanks to rebels: US 15 Jun 2014 - 01:29 am

KIEV: The United States accused Russia of sending tanks and rocket launchers to pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine as Kiev’s resurgent forces hoisted the...

Stubb to be next Finland PM, backs Nato membership 15 Jun 2014 - 01:28 am

LAHTI, Finland: Finland’s EU Minister Alexander Stubb, who wants to cut taxes and take his neutral country into Nato, won the leadership of...

Tanzania police hunt for bombers after blast 15 Jun 2014 - 01:28 am

ZANZIBAR: Tanzanian police yesterday hunted for suspects amid tightened security a day after an explosion at a mosque in the busy capital of...

Opposition leader closes in on Rousseff ahead of vote 15 Jun 2014 - 01:27 am

SAO PAULO: Opposition leader Aecio Neves, who vows to shake up Brazil’s stagnant economy with fiscal austerity and pro-market policies, is chipping away...

Iraqi forces regain some territory 15 Jun 2014 - 01:14 am

Iraqi Shia men shout slogans in support for the call to arms in Baghdad yesterday. BAGHDAD: An offensive by insurgents that threatens to...

Moderate Syria rebel officers quit 15 Jun 2014 - 01:13 am

Women walk through damage and rubble in Aleppo’s Al Shaar neighbourhood yesterday. BEIRUT: Nine top officers from the moderate Free Syrian Army resigned...

Egypt refers 13 to trial for Tahrir attacks on women 15 Jun 2014 - 01:11 am

Women chant slogans as they gather to protest against sexual harassment in front of the opera house in Cairo yesterday. CAIRO: Egypt’s prosecution...

50,000 kids face death in S Sudan: UN 15 Jun 2014 - 01:09 am

JUBA: Tens of thousands of children in South Sudan could die this year without assistance from aid agencies, the United Nations said yesterday,...

30 killed in blast near Iraq border, says Syria TV 15 Jun 2014 - 01:09 am

DAMASCUS: A bomb attack targeting a weapons bazaar in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border killed 30 “terrorists” yesterday, state television reported. “A...

Turkey defends actions over consulate seizure 15 Jun 2014 - 01:08 am

ANKARA: Diplomats and soldiers trapped inside Turkey’s consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had no option but to surrender this week...

Drone strikes in Yemen kill 3 suspected militants 15 Jun 2014 - 01:08 am

ADEN: A drone strike killed three suspected Al Qaeda militants in Yemen late on Friday, a local official and a tribal source said...

RAF, Lulu Hypermarket sign agreement 15 Jun 2014 - 01:07 am

RAF and Lulu Hypermarket officials exchange documents at the signing ceremony. Doha: Shk Thani Bin Abdulla Humanitarian Services Est (RAF) and Lulu Hypermarket...

Official visits Brazil security centre 15 Jun 2014 - 01:06 am

The Director General of Public Security, Staff Maj Gen Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, visited the International Police Cooperation Center, which was set...

QIB to focus on drawing Qatari talent on career day 15 Jun 2014 - 01:05 am

DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), Qatar’s leading Shariah compliant lender, in association with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, will host a...

Two Commercial Bank customers win trip to World Cup in Brazil 15 Jun 2014 - 01:05 am

DOHA: Two customers of Commercial Bank have won an all-expenses-paid trip to watch two matches of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The...

Migration meet to begin tomorrow 15 Jun 2014 - 01:00 am

Doha: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) will organise an international conference — Doha Dialogue on Migration 2014 — at Doha Marriot tomorrow and on...

Consumer protection meet today 15 Jun 2014 - 12:59 am

Doha: The committee of undersecretaries and chiefs of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states’ consumer protection agencies will hold its fifth meeting here today...