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Bouteflika poised for fourth term 18 Apr 2014 - 04:12 am

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika casts his ballot during the presidential election in Algiers yesterday. He is expected to win after 15 years in...

GCC in historic deal to end internal divide 18 Apr 2014 - 04:11 am

DOHA: GCC foreign ministers yesterday agreed on a deal to end months of unprecedented tension between Qatar and three other member states —...

Woqod fuel stations resume sales of Shafaf LPG cylinders 18 Apr 2014 - 04:07 am

DOHA: Some Woqod fuel stations have resumed selling lightweight Shafaf LPG cylinders, after getting a clearance from the Civil Defence Directorate, a company...

Ministry to name erring outlets 18 Apr 2014 - 04:01 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning will start announcing from April 24 the names of food outlets caught violating health rules. ...

Half-Saudi kids to enjoy same rights as citizens 18 Apr 2014 - 04:00 am

Riyadh: Kids born to expats married to Saudi women, will be treated as Saudis for work, education and medical purposes, said Sulaiman Al...

In a cloning first, scientists create stem cells from adults 18 Apr 2014 - 04:00 am

A handout picture shows the process by which scientists created patient-specific stem cell lines out of the skin cells of two adult men. ...

Korea-Qatar Cultural Show 18 Apr 2014 - 03:58 am

South Korean artistes taking part in a Korea-Qatar Cultural Show at Qatar National Convention Centre last night, as part of 40th anniversary of...

Malaysia quarantines 64 villagers over MERS virus 17 Apr 2014 - 04:51 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has quarantined 64 people in a southern village after one of its residents become the country's first person to die...

Gulf ministers to meet over Qatar dispute 17 Apr 2014 - 04:43 pm

DUBAI: Gulf foreign ministers hold Thursday an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh in a bid to defuse tensions between Qatar and three other members...

SAP confirms 2014 forecasts after solid Q1 17 Apr 2014 - 04:41 pm

FRANKFURT: German software giant SAP said Thursday it is sticking to its full-year forecasts for 2014 after profits rose slightly in the first...

Weibo IPO below expectations, raises $285.6m 17 Apr 2014 - 04:36 pm

BEIJING: Sina Weibo sold fewer shares than expected in its US IPO which was priced below expectations ahead of a Thursday listing that...

Amazon hit by new strikes in Germany 17 Apr 2014 - 04:34 pm

FRANKFURT: Two of Amazon's key sites in Germany were the target of fresh walkouts by staff on Thursday in an long-running wage dispute....

Pilot killed in Jordan military plane crash 17 Apr 2014 - 04:32 pm

AMMAN: A Jordanian air force plane on a training flight crash landed on Thursday, killing the pilot, the army said. "At around 8:00...

Malaysia warns of 'huge' cost in MH370 search 17 Apr 2014 - 04:30 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia warned Thursday that the cost of the search for flight MH370's wreckage in the vast depths of the Indian Ocean...

Militants kill 13 security personnel in northern Iraq 17 Apr 2014 - 03:23 pm

MOSUL, Iraq: Militants armed with automatic weapons attacked a military position in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing 12 soldiers, and a senior police...

Malaysian lawmaker who defended Anwar killed in car crash 17 Apr 2014 - 03:20 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: A leading Malaysian politician who gained fame defending opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in his sensational sodomy trials was killed in a...

Turkey still hopes Twitter will open office 17 Apr 2014 - 03:18 pm

ANKARA: Turkey's government said on Thursday it still hopes Twitter will open an office in the country a day after the social networking...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.78pc 17 Apr 2014 - 03:12 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange added 97.12 points (or 0.78pc) when the bourse closed at 12,550.98 points Thursday afternoon. The volume of the shares traded...