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UN Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi resigns 14 May 2014 - 04:35 am

UNITED NATIONS: Lakhdar Brahimi resigned as the UN and Arab League mediator for Syria yesterday after international efforts to find a political solution...

Israel ex-PM Olmert gets six years for bribery 14 May 2014 - 04:35 am

TEL AVIV: An Israeli court yesterday sentenced ex-premier Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for bribery, making him the most senior politician...

Heed truce, S Sudan leaders told 14 May 2014 - 04:35 am

ADDIS ABABA: Mediators who brokered South Sudan’s fragile ceasefire called yesterday for the warring sides to abide by the deal, with bloodshed showing...

Hariri court begins media contempt hearings 14 May 2014 - 04:34 am

THE HAGUE: A Lebanese journalist pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of contempt for publishing witness details at a tribunal set up to...

Yemen raid kills five militants 14 May 2014 - 04:34 am

Sana’a: Yemen’s air force killed five suspected Al Qaeda militants in a raid yesterday on a convoy carrying weapons and ammunition, a local...

Obama warns of narrow window for bill on immigration reforms 14 May 2014 - 04:34 am

US President Barack Obama leaves after speaking to law enforcement officials in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, yesterday. WASHINGTON: President...

Woman informed of her own death 14 May 2014 - 04:30 am

Stockholm: A Swedish woman was informed by her insurance company that she had been dead for over a week following a mistake committed...

India’s cabin crew fight back over weight loss rules 14 May 2014 - 04:29 am

NEW DELHI: India’s cabin crew yesterday attacked new guidelines from the civil aviation watchdog on how much they should weigh, branding them “crazy”...

EU sanctions will hit peace push: Russia 14 May 2014 - 04:29 am

MOSCOW: Russia said yesterday new European Union sanctions will hinder efforts to defuse the crisis in Ukraine and urged the West to persuade...

US ‘manned missions’ to seek abducted Nigeria girls 14 May 2014 - 04:28 am

LAGOS: Manned US aircraft were in the skies above Nigeria yesterday in the hunt for more than 200 missing schoolgirls, almost a month...

Study raises questions on mobile phone safety 14 May 2014 - 04:28 am

PARIS: People who use mobile phones intensively appear to have a higher risk of developing certain types of brain cancer, French scientists said...

Judge denies bid to move trial of accused Boston bombers’ friends 14 May 2014 - 04:28 am

BOSTON: A US judge denied a request yesterday to move the trials of three friends of the accused Boston Marathon bomber, on charges...

Serbian leader seeks to rebuild ties with Bosnia 14 May 2014 - 04:27 am

SARAJEVO: The new prime minister of Serbia travelled to Bosnia yesterday, pledging to respect borders and rebuild ties that remain tense nearly two...

Sheikha Moza meets First Lady of Hungary 14 May 2014 - 04:10 am

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, yesterday met Anita Herczegh, wife of Hugarian President...

Ooredoo names treasure hunt winners 14 May 2014 - 04:10 am

Winners of the Ooredoo Treasure Hunt Competition. Doha: Ooredoo has announced the winners of the Ooredoo Treasure Hunt Competition as part of the...

Diplomacy ‘can help achieve democracy’ 14 May 2014 - 04:08 am

Former French premier, Dominique de Villepin, addressing the first session on ‘Democracy Building After the Change’ on the second day of Doha Forum...

Plan to convert 2 more roundabouts into signal-controlled intersections 14 May 2014 - 04:05 am

DOHA: The Public Works Authority — Ashghal — will soon start work on converting Al Markhiya and Dahl Al Hamam roundabouts to signal-controlled...

Qatari artist Al Haidoos in solo exhibition from today 14 May 2014 - 04:04 am

One of the paintings by Qatari artist Iman Abdullah Al Haidoos to be on display. DOHA: Qatari artist Iman Abdullah Al Haidoos will...