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No foreign policy change: FM 11 Mar 2014 - 02:20 am

Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah speaking at the Paris Institute of Political Studies yesterday. DOHA: The recent recall...

Saudi may shut Jazeera office 11 Mar 2014 - 02:19 am

DOHA: Saudi authorities will shortly close down Al Jazeera’s office in Riyadh, London-based Al Hayat Arabic daily reported yesterday, quoting an unidentified Saudi...

Qatar mediated release of nuns abducted in Syria 11 Mar 2014 - 02:18 am

Nuns, who were freed after being held by rebels for over three months, arrive at the Syrian border with Lebanon at the Jdaydeh...

Crash test 11 Mar 2014 - 02:17 am

A 2014 Ford Explorer XLT performs a full-frontal crash impact test at 30mph at the Crash Barrier Dearborn Development Center in Michigan. Ford...

Ooredoo chief in World Bank body 11 Mar 2014 - 02:16 am

Doha: Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, Chairman of Ooredoo, has been appointed to the World Bank Group Advisory Council on...

Scattered rains likely today 11 Mar 2014 - 02:16 am

DOHA: There are chances of scattered rains, with partly cloudy to cloudy weather today, according to the weather bureau. The day will be...

Snowden: I would do it again 11 Mar 2014 - 02:15 am

NEW YORK: Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower whose unprecedented leak of top-secret documents led to a worldwide debate about the nature of surveillance,...

Russia touts own solution to Ukraine crisis 11 Mar 2014 - 01:20 am

Dozens of volunteers restore in Kiev some shredded documents found in the residence of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich. They are hard at...

Bilateral bonhomie 11 Mar 2014 - 01:19 am

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (left) and Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa greet people at Independence Square from the balcony of the Government Palace...

Iran fooling the world: Netanyahu 11 Mar 2014 - 01:16 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon arrive to speak to the press in the southern Israeli port of...

More than 500,000 in Syria without food aid: WFP 11 Mar 2014 - 01:15 am

Syrians try to climb up a mud bank as they flee across fields to reach the Syrian-Turkish border yesterday. GENEVA: The World Food...

Israeli troops kill Jordan judge 11 Mar 2014 - 01:13 am

Riot police try to control tens of angry Jordanians as they protest in front of the Israeli embassy to demand the deportation of...

19 Turkish ‘coup’ convicts freed 11 Mar 2014 - 01:12 am

Journalist Tuncay Ozkan (centre) shares an emotional moment with his daughter Nazlican (left) and his wife Duygu (right) after being released from prison...

Libya orders special force to ‘liberate’ rebel-held ports 11 Mar 2014 - 01:10 am

TRIPOLI: Libya’s parliament has ordered a special force to be sent within one week to “liberate” all rebel-held ports in the volatile east,...

Cairo bombing suspect arrested 11 Mar 2014 - 01:09 am

CAIRO: Egyptian police said they arrested a man yesterday suspected of carrying out a deadly bomb attack in the capital Cairo, accusing him...

Israel open to joint missile defence with Jordan, Egypt 11 Mar 2014 - 01:09 am

TEL AVIV: A US general proposed yesterday that Israel upgrade its anti-missile systems to include neighbouring Jordan and possibly Egypt, and an Israeli...

Saudi slams terror charges by Iraq PM 11 Mar 2014 - 01:09 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday slammed as “aggressive and irresponsible” accusations by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki that the kingdom was supporting global...

Rowhani to visit Oman tomorrow 11 Mar 2014 - 01:08 am

MUSCAT: Iranian President Hassan Rowhani is expected in Muscat for a two-day visit starting tomorrow during which he will discuss with Oman’s leader...