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Cairo clashes 09 Jan 2014 - 04:10 am

Smoke rises as a police vehicle collides with a car set aflame by protesters during clashes in Nasr City district in Cairo yesterday....

‘Polar vortex’ eases up on eastern US 09 Jan 2014 - 03:53 am

The Chicago skyline is framed by icicles in Chicago, Illinois, yesterday. A deadly blast of arctic air shattered decades-old temperature records as it...

Real estate deals in 2013 worth QR45bn 09 Jan 2014 - 03:11 am

Municipality wise REAL ESTATE statistics for 2013 DOHA: Real estate deals in the country last year were worth QR45.5bn ($12.49bn), but growth over...

Turkey moves to curb powers of judiciary 08 Jan 2014 - 11:13 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkey has moved to curb the powers of the country’s top independent judicial body and block a probe into a corruption scandal,...

Kuwaiti MPs slam new cabinet, urge Premier to quit 08 Jan 2014 - 11:13 pm

KUWAIT CITY: Several Kuwaiti MPs sharply criticised the cabinet yesterday, two days after its formation, saying it will fail to resolve problems in...

88-year-old charged in WWII massacre 08 Jan 2014 - 10:43 pm

BERLIN: German prosecutors have charged an 88-year-old former soldier over the Nazis’ worst atrocity on French soil, the 1944 massacre in the village...

EU plans joint forces in CAR to stop massacres 08 Jan 2014 - 10:42 pm

BRUSSELS: European Union nations will consider plans for a joint military operation in the Central African Republic as worsening sectarian strife there raises...

Dutch pension fund quits Israeli banks over settlements 08 Jan 2014 - 10:41 pm

THE HAGUE: Dutch pension asset manager PGGM, one of the largest in the country, said yesterday it was divesting from five Israeli banks...

French court upholds controversial burqa ban 08 Jan 2014 - 10:41 pm

VERSAILLES, France: A French court yesterdayconvicted a young woman for wearing a full-face Islamic veil in public and threw out her bid to...

Croatia court okays ex-spy chief’s extradition to Germany 08 Jan 2014 - 10:41 pm

ZAGREB: A Croatian court ruled yesterday that a communist-era intelligence chief could be extradited to Germany where he is wanted over a killing...

Moscow’s three airports ban carry-on liquids before Games 08 Jan 2014 - 10:40 pm

MOSCOW: Moscow’s three international airports yesterday announced a flat ban on all carry-on liquids — including medicines — as part of a mass...

PUTIN SOCHI OLYMPICS STALIN RUSSIA TRUCK 08 Jan 2014 - 09:41 pm

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR PUTIN SOCHI OLYMPICS STALIN RUSSIA TRUCK 010714 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New...

Opium seized 08 Jan 2014 - 09:37 pm

Security officials show packets containing opium confiscated during an operation in Herat, Afghanistan, yesterday. Afghanistan is one of the main producers of opium...

Protest 08 Jan 2014 - 09:37 pm

An activist of Anjuman Naujawanan-i-Islam holds up a placard during a protest against the killing of six men found dead at a shrine...

Musharraf to leave for medical treatment 08 Jan 2014 - 09:29 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf who is facing treason charges is expected to leave the country this month, according...

Pakistan mulls transfer of court cases 08 Jan 2014 - 09:28 pm

ISLAMABAD: The standing committee on law and justice of Pakistan’s Senate has discussed a proposal to give powers to the government to transfer...

First citizen gets access to public record under RTI law 08 Jan 2014 - 09:28 pm

PESHAWAR: The much-trumpeted Right to Information law has practically become operational in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as the first citizen has been formally...

Gunman in Islamabad stand-off, wife indicted 08 Jan 2014 - 09:28 pm

ISLAMABAD: The gunman responsible for the Islamabad stand-off, Malik Sikander- was indicted by an anti-terrorism court here yesterday. During proceedings, Sikander along with...