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US changes visa rules to keep foreign talent 08 May 2014 - 04:21 am

Caption WASHINGTON: The US said yesterday it will soon start issuing work visas to the spouses of some foreign workers as part of...

Barwa to sell City Project to Qatari Diar subsidiary 08 May 2014 - 04:14 am

Doha: Barwa Real Estate Company has signed a QR7.57bn ($2.08bn) deal to sell Barwa City project to Labregah Real Estate Company, a wholly-owned...

Delay secession vote, Putin tells rebels 08 May 2014 - 04:13 am

A soldier talks to a man at a checkpoint near the town of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin called...

Firms given one year to comply with law banning double insurance 08 May 2014 - 03:53 am

DOHA: Private insurance companies have been given one-year grace period to comply with the law banning double insurance. According to a new circular...

Qatar’s rights panel calls for parliamentary polls 08 May 2014 - 03:52 am

DOHA: Qatar’s human rights watchdog has called on the government to hold parliamentary elections and implement a much-awaited new media law as well...

Sponsorship rules being reviewed 08 May 2014 - 03:47 am

The Assistant Foreign Minister for International Cooperation H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdurrahman bin Jassim Al Thani heading Qatar’s delegation to the Universal...

UKRAINE WAR ROAD WAY 0 07 May 2014 - 10:55 pm

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Thai court asks PM to step down 07 May 2014 - 10:30 pm

PM Shinawatra gives a traditional greeting as she leaves the Permanent Secretary of Defence in Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: A Thai court ordered Prime...

Sharia law violation 07 May 2014 - 10:29 pm

An Acehnese woman (left), who was riding a motorcycle, is arrested for violating Sharia law for wearing tight jeans and without Hijab head...

25 hurt in army munitions depot explosion 07 May 2014 - 10:27 pm

Firemen extinguish the blaze at the Philippine Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, yesterday. MANILA: A ball of fire...

Cabbage anyone? 07 May 2014 - 10:15 pm

A vendor arranges cabbages, which he sells for 50 pesos ($1.13) a kg at a market in Manila on Tuesday. Inflation came in...

Vietnam says China fired water cannon, rammed ships near oil rig 07 May 2014 - 10:14 pm

HANOI: Hanoi said yesterday that Chinese ships protecting a deep-water drilling rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea had used water...

US mining firm stops operation in Jakarta 07 May 2014 - 10:13 pm

JAKARTA: US mining giant Newmont said yesterday it would likely cease production at its Indonesian gold and copper mine in June due to...

S Korea mulls wrapping up recovery effort 07 May 2014 - 10:13 pm

SEOUL: Recovery teams should try to wrap up their search for bodies from South Korea’s ferry disaster by the weekend. Prime Minister Chung...

Police capture China boat in disputed shoal 07 May 2014 - 10:12 pm

MANILA: Philippine police said yesterday they had seized a Chinese fishing vessel and detained its 11 crew members in South China Sea waters...

No rehab master plan six months after Haiyan 07 May 2014 - 10:12 pm

MANILA: The Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (OPARR) admitted yesterday that there is still no final and official rehabilitation...

Four die as cops quell prison riot 07 May 2014 - 10:11 pm

MANILA: Philippine police firing assault rifles stormed a provincial prison yesterday to pacify rioting inmates, killing four, the authorities said. Police were called...

Surveys begin on oil-rich Benham Rise 07 May 2014 - 10:10 pm

MANILA: Filipino scientists have started to conduct surveys on the potentially oil-rich Benham Rise, a largely unexplored territory larger than Luzon recently approved...