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Majority from Qatar use mobile device for LinkedIn access 05 May 2014 - 03:54 am

DOHA: Qatar has been identified as one of the first markets worldwide from where a majority of the members accessed the LinkedIn platform...

Ministers meet visiting officials 05 May 2014 - 03:54 am

Doha: The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah met here yesterday with the visiting Commissioner for Peace and Security...

Discord over new premier in Libya 05 May 2014 - 03:49 am

Reporters watch a live feed of Libyan members of parliament meeting to decide between two candidates for the post of prime minister at...

Palestinian President arrives in Doha 05 May 2014 - 03:41 am

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas being welcomed on arrival at Doha International Airport by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H E Dr...

Industrial Area getting a major facelift 05 May 2014 - 03:40 am

DOHA: Some 220km of roads in the Industrial Area will see a major overhaul, under a QR8bn development project being implemented by the...

Media professionals condemn crackdown on press freedom 05 May 2014 - 03:38 am

Participants at a World Press Freedom Day event organised by the Doha Centre for Media Freedom expressing solidarity with detained Al Jazeera journalists,...

New sponsorship law ‘to make all happy’ 05 May 2014 - 03:37 am

DOHA: The much-anticipated changes in country’s sponsorship law will come very soon and will be good news for both citizens and expatriates, a...

Gas flares and weather led to lingering smell 05 May 2014 - 03:35 am

Ahmed Abdullah, Ahmed Mohamed Al Sada, Abdul Aziz Al Muftah and Colonel Abdulla Khalifa Al Muftah at the press conference yesterday. DOHA: More...

LABOUR DAY MAY WORKERS PROTESTS 05 May 2014 - 12:25 am

Group: BusinessViews Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR LABOUR DAY MAY WORKERS PROTESTS 050114 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Park vows to punish ferry culprits 04 May 2014 - 11:51 pm

Caption SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday met relatives of passengers still missing after the sinking of a ferry last month, vowing...

Taiwan demonstrators call for peace 04 May 2014 - 11:50 pm

TAIPEI: Thousands of Taiwanese calling for peace and the rule of law rallied in Taipei yesterday to counter a recent series of demonstrations...

Peace advocates to stage rally for passage of Bangsamoro law 04 May 2014 - 11:47 pm

MANILA: Peace advocates will rally in front of the House of Representatives today to call for the passage of a Bangsamoro basic law....

Philippine rebels seize gold prospectors 04 May 2014 - 11:46 pm

MANILA: Communist rebels waging one of Asia’s longest running insurgencies seized dozens of prospectors in a remote Philippine gold rush site and used...

Number of children in Japan slips to new low 04 May 2014 - 11:46 pm

TOKYO: The number of children in Japan has fallen to a new low, while the amount of people over 65 has reached a...

US vows support for typhoon-hit areas 04 May 2014 - 11:46 pm

MANILA: The US government has assured the Philippines of continuous support for the rehabilitation of Super Typhoon Yolanda-devastated areas and strengthening of alliance...

LABOUR DAY MAY WORKERS PROTESTS 04 May 2014 - 11:41 pm

Group: BusinessViews Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR LABOUR DAY MAY WORKERS PROTESTS 050114 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Etihad tight-lipped on Alitalia investment offer 04 May 2014 - 05:48 pm

ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways chief James Hogan declined to comment Sunday on the progress of talks to acquire a stake in Italy's debt-laden...

Nigeria leader orders push to free abducted girls 04 May 2014 - 05:42 pm

ABUJA: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday ordered top security chiefs and officials to secure the safe release of 223 schoolgirls abducted three...