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Qatar praises civic societies’ role in resolving conflicts 16 Mar 2014 - 05:19 am

Ljubljana: The UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Nasser discussed with Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign...

BQFP organises creative working class on folklore 16 Mar 2014 - 05:19 am

Doha: For the first time, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) author, Dr Kaltham Al Ghanim, will be offering aspiring writers the opportunity to...

Jordan’s Premier meets Qatari ambassador 16 Mar 2014 - 05:19 am

Amman: Jordan’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour met yesterday with Qatar’s Ambassador to Jordan Zayed bin Saeed Al Khayareen. Discussions during the meeting dealt...

New law for vendors, shops under study 16 Mar 2014 - 04:28 am

DOHA: The State Cabinet is studying a draft law that makes a licence mandatory for vendors selling goods and providing various services to...

Gunmen kill 6 army officers near Cairo 16 Mar 2014 - 04:27 am

Soldiers and officials inspect the site where gunmen killed six soldiers at a Cairo checkpoint yesterday. Qatar condemned the attack that took place...

Health call centre to be set up in three months 16 Mar 2014 - 04:25 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH), in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, will soon set up a “health...

Rainbow arc 16 Mar 2014 - 04:24 am

A rainbow arcs over Kuwait City yesterday after heavy rain.

Lost plane diverted deliberately: Najib 16 Mar 2014 - 04:19 am

A Japan Coast Guard (right) studies a map with a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency pilot in JCG’s Gulfstream V Jet aircraft customized for...

Car bomb blast in Somali capital 15 Mar 2014 - 01:47 pm

MOGADISHU: A car bomb went off on Saturday in central Mogadishu near a hotel popular with government officials and businessmen, police and witnesses...

Egypt militant group says founder killed in bomb accident 15 Mar 2014 - 01:47 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's deadliest militant group said one of its founders, who led a 2011 attack in Israel, has been accidentally killed by a...

Yemen police colonel killed trying to save judge 15 Mar 2014 - 01:44 pm

ADEN: A senior Yemeni police officer was killed when a street patrol in the southern city of Aden intervened to stop gunmen from...

Two ISIS militants killed in Iraq 15 Mar 2014 - 10:56 am

BAGHDAD: Baghdad Operations Command announced that two snipers belonging to ISIS were killed. Five improvised explosive devices dismantled, and a number of wanted...

Saudi MERS death toll rises to 63 15 Mar 2014 - 10:56 am

RIYADH: Saudi health authorities said Saturday a young man had died from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease...

Pakistan court reduces sentence of doctor who helped find bin Laden 15 Mar 2014 - 10:48 am

PESHAWAR: A Pakistani tribunal Saturday reduced by 10 years the sentence of a doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden, after...

Disappearance of Malaysian jet appears 'deliberate': PM 15 Mar 2014 - 10:43 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's leader Saturday said communications aboard a missing jet were switched off and its course deliberately changed by someone on board...

Five Egyptian soldiers shot dead in Cairo: state TV 15 Mar 2014 - 10:05 am

CAIRO: Gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint in Cairo Saturday, killing five Egyptian soldiers, state television reported. The attack comes two days after...

Thriving business 15 Mar 2014 - 06:19 am

A shopper browses as a vendor talks over the phone in his shop selling election campaign items in New Delhi yesterday. India, the...

Building collapse kills six 15 Mar 2014 - 06:18 am

National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) members and firemen look for survivors from the rubble of a collapsed building in Mumbai yesterday. MUMBAI: An...