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EC’s decision on Amit Shah rakes up controversy 19 Apr 2014 - 07:07 am

New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party and the Congress yesterday opposed the Election Commission’s decision to revoke a ban on campaigning and public rallies...

Landslide for Bouteflika 19 Apr 2014 - 06:50 am

A supporter of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika kisses his picture as he celebrates in Algiers yesterday.. ALGIERS: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika clinched a...

Syrian refugees in Jordan say they’d rather go home 19 Apr 2014 - 06:49 am

A Syrian emergency services personnel runs in front of a burning building following a reported barrel bombing attack on Aleppo yesterday. ZAATARI REFUGEE...

Military might 19 Apr 2014 - 06:48 am

Iranian members of the Basij force, a volunteer paramilitary organisation, march in front of the presidential rostrum during the annual Army Day parade...

Turkish president rules out role swap with Erdogan 19 Apr 2014 - 06:47 am

Turkish riot police hold protesters during clashes at a demonstration by workers protesting the government’s privatisation policy, in Ankara yesterday. ANKARA: Turkey’s president...

Poll graffiti 19 Apr 2014 - 06:47 am

A man rides a motorcycle past election campaign posters at Tahrir Square in central Baghdad yesterday. Iraq is to hold a national election...

Syrian army advances in Homs as car bomb kills 14 19 Apr 2014 - 06:45 am

DAMASCUS: Syrian army forces advanced yesterday around rebel-held areas of the Old City of Homs, as a car bomb hit a regime-controlled part...

Reverse West Bank moves: EU to Israel 19 Apr 2014 - 06:45 am

BRUSSELS: EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton called on Israel yesterday to reverse recent actions, such as announcing new settlements in the occupied...

Erdogan sues social media in top court 19 Apr 2014 - 06:45 am

ANKARA: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan applied to Turkey’s constitutional court yesterday to challenge the alleged violation of his and his family’s rights...

Death toll in attack on UN base at 58 19 Apr 2014 - 06:45 am

JUBA: The United Nations said yesterday at least 58 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded in an attack against one...

Morocco king in rare Western Sahara visit 19 Apr 2014 - 06:44 am

RABAT: Morocco’s King Mohamed VI attended weekly Friday prayers during a rare visit to Western Sahara, official media reported, ahead of a UN...

Kidnappers of Tunisian diplomat demand release of militants 19 Apr 2014 - 06:44 am

TUNIS: Libyan militants who kidnapped a Tunisian diplomat in Tripoli on Thursday have demanded the release of Islamist fighters detained in Tunisia, its...

PUTIN UKRAINE PIRATE SHIP BLACK SEA RUSSIA CRIMEA 19 Apr 2014 - 06:42 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR PUTIN UKRAINE PIRATE SHIP BLACK SEA RUSSIA CRIMEA 041714 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

Korean kites take to the skies 19 Apr 2014 - 06:37 am

Professional Korean kite flyers (above and below) at the Kite Flying Event held at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) Park yesterday. BY...

Call to develop new sources of energy 19 Apr 2014 - 06:34 am

Ilker Baybars, Dean of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, presenting a memento to Bart Cahir (right), President and General Manager of ExxonMobil Qatar...

Bangladesh festival 19 Apr 2014 - 06:33 am

The Ambassador of Bangladesh Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker (second left) and other officials releasing balloons to inaugurate the Bengali New Year 1421 festival,...

Bangladeshis observe Mujibnagar Day 19 Apr 2014 - 06:33 am

DOHA: The Embassy of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh community in Qatar observed the historic Mujibnagar Day with due solemnity. Every year the historic...

More than 100 attend Second Career Development Forum 19 Apr 2014 - 06:32 am

Sheikh Jassim Al Thani, Head of Qatarisation at Maersk Oil Qatar, giving the keynote speech. DOHA: Human reso-urce professionals from throughout Qatar’s public...