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National Day attracted 33,000 visitors from GCC, says QTA 05 Jan 2014 - 04:56 am

DOHA: Qatar National Day has attracted over 33,000 visitors from the neighbouring GCC countries as a result of a campaign held by the...

IBQ to take part in Visa 2014 FIFA World Cup raffle draw 05 Jan 2014 - 04:56 am

Doha: International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) will take part in Visa’s 2014 FIFA World Cup tickets lucky draw. Four customers using their Visa...

Sheikh Jassim Quran contest ends today 05 Jan 2014 - 04:55 am

Rijeka, Croatia: The Sheikh Jassim bin Mohamed bin Thani Quran Memorisation and Recitation Competition for non-Arabic speakers will conclude today at Rijeka Islamic...

Egypt vows ‘full force’ against defiant Brotherhood 05 Jan 2014 - 04:54 am

A police vehicle burning outside Al Azhar University after it was torched by students yesterday. CAIRO: Egypt vowed yesterday to confront the Muslim...

Yemen cleric accused 05 Jan 2014 - 04:53 am

Suspected Al-Qaeda supporter Abdul-Wahab Al Humayqani (second right) attending a meeting in Sana’a, Yemen, yesterday. Others are not identified. The US Treasury Department...

Tunisia MPs reject Islam as main source of law 05 Jan 2014 - 04:52 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s constituent assembly yesterday rejected Islam as the main source of law for the country that spawned the Arab Spring as they...

Political crisis a plot: Erdogan 05 Jan 2014 - 04:37 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose Islamist-leaning government is engulfed in a corruption scandal, yesterday called the political crisis a “plot”...

Syria rebels unite, launch new revolt against jihadists 05 Jan 2014 - 04:36 am

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels have united to kill and capture dozens of jihadists in a new “revolution” against an Al-Qaeda affiliate they accuse of...

South Sudan peace talks open amid Juba fighting 05 Jan 2014 - 04:36 am

JUBA: Artillery fire pounded Juba’s government district yesterday even as warring factions met for the first time on the eve of direct talks...

Suspected Saudi militant dies in Lebanese custody 05 Jan 2014 - 04:36 am

BEIRUT: The suspected leader of an Al Qaeda-linked militant group that claimed responsibility for bombing the Iranian embassy in Beirut two months ago...

Sharon’s condition unchanged 05 Jan 2014 - 04:35 am

TEL AVIV: The condition of Israeli former prime minister Ariel Sharon, described on Friday as in a “slow, gradual” decline after eight years...

EGYPT BOMB TERRORISM PYRAMID 05 Jan 2014 - 04:33 am

Group: ViewsMideeast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR EGYPT BOMB TERRORISM PYRAMID 122613 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New...

BAMA STATE OF UNION NSA SECURITY PRIVACY SPYING 05 Jan 2014 - 04:25 am

Group: KAL.Credit: KAL.Source: The Economist - London, England.Keywords: COLOR OBAMA STATE OF UNION NSA SECURITY PRIVACY SPYING 010313.Provider: CartoonArts International / The New...

Cairo summons Qatar envoy over criticism 05 Jan 2014 - 04:14 am

Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clash with riot police during clashes at Nasr City district in Cairo CAIRO:...

Peace talks making progress, says Kerry 05 Jan 2014 - 04:11 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas talk at a meeting at the presidential compound in the West...

Fallujah in Iraq falls to Al Qaeda 05 Jan 2014 - 04:09 am

Armed tribesmen deployed on the streets take control of the city of Ramadi yesterday. FALLUJAH: Iraq has lost Fallujah to Al-Qaeda-linked fighters, a...

New Nepal envoy unlikely soon 05 Jan 2014 - 04:00 am

Embassy of Nepal By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Nepal is unlikely to appoint a new ambassador to Qatar in the near future, since a...

Flood, snow warning in UK 05 Jan 2014 - 03:52 am

Big waves hit a breakwater at San Juan de Nieva coast near Aviles, Asturias, northern Spain, yesterday. Heavy winds from the east, rain...