Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right), Organising Committee Head Dmitry Chernyshenko (centre) and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak (left) visit an Olympic volunteer’s centre...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right), Organising Committee Head Dmitry Chernyshenko (centre) and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak (left) visit an Olympic volunteer’s centre...
A diver dressed as Neptune and other divers take part in the New Year’s swim in the six degree Celsius water of lake...
Artists perform at a dress rehearsal for Quidam, a show by Cirque du Soleil, at the Royal Albert Hall in London yesterday.
Kumbuka, a 16-year-old silver-back gorilla, looks over a blackboard showing London Zoo’s gorilla count during a stocktaking at the zoo undertaken in January.
Washington: Former first lady Barbara Bush (pictured) went home yesterday after six days in hospital for pneumonia, a statement from the office of...
NEW YORK: United States authorities warned residents to stay indoors and stock up on food after a fierce winter storm killed at least...
WASHINGTON: The US government said yesterday it has lodged an appeal against a judge’s ruling that the National Security Agency’s “almost Orwellian” bulk...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Former Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva has agreed to run for vice president in October elections on the presidential ticket...
London: Britain’s Labour party has accused the government of using the centenary of the start of the first world war to “sow political...
BERLIN: Europe’s top economy Germany is grappling with how to handle immigration from poor EU members Romania and Bulgaria now that their citizens...
PARIS: France is considering a plan to allow divorces by mutual consent to proceed without a judge, simplifying a process that some critics...
CANBERRA: An Australian icebreaker carrying 52 passengers who were retrieved from an icebound ship in the Antarctic resumed its journey home yesterday, leaving...
BANGUI: In the latest violence to rock the crisis-prone and poor Central African Republic, children have become deliberate targets of armed gangs, mainly...
Representatives of QRC and other organisations during the workshop. DOHA: The Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) discussed the critical medical situation of Syrian refugees...
The gang members with their loot. DOHA: The police arrested a six-member Asian gang extorting money and valuables from people pretending as security...
A view of the District Cooling plant at the Msheireb Downtown Doha project. DOHA: Msheireb Downtown Doha (MDD), the multi-billion dollar ambitious project...
US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) listens as Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks to the media after a meeting with Palestinian President...
DOHA: The Bone and Joint Institute in collaboration with the Medical Education Department at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) organised the Qatar Orthopaedic Review...
