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UN backs military force to halt chaos in Central Africa 06 Dec 2013 - 05:52 am

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council unanimously voted yesterday to authorise African and French military action to halt deadly chaos in the Central...

NSA gathering 5bn cellphone records daily, says report 06 Dec 2013 - 05:51 am

LONDON: The National Security Agency is reportedly collecting almost 5 billion cell phone records a day under a programme that monitors and analyses...

49 Russian current, former diplomats charged in US with healthcare fraud 06 Dec 2013 - 05:51 am

NEW YORK: US prosecutors have charged 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their family members with participating in a scheme to get...

Syria oppn alleges new gas attack 06 Dec 2013 - 05:49 am

AMMAN: Opposition activists again accused President Bashar Al Assad’s forces of using poison gas in Syria’s civil war yesterday, and said victims had...

Tunisia rapper jailed for four months 06 Dec 2013 - 05:43 am

HAMMAMET: A Tunisian rapper who went on the run after receiving a 21-month jail sentence in absentia in August for songs deemed insulting...

Palestinians spurn US security ideas 06 Dec 2013 - 05:40 am

Bedouin women protest against the Prawer plan as they call for the release of fellow Bedouins arrested during last week’s protest, outside an...

Al Qaeda-linked group claims Iraqi mall attack 06 Dec 2013 - 05:39 am

Army and police vehicles in front of the mall in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk after it was stormed by security forces...

Iran parliament speaker visiting Oman to seek better Gulf ties 06 Dec 2013 - 05:36 am

MUSCAT: Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani met yesterday in Muscat with Oman’s ruler H M Sultan Qaboos bin Said, as Tehran seeks to...

Immigrant falls to death in Morocco 06 Dec 2013 - 05:28 am

RABAT: A Cameroonian immigrant plunged to his death when police raided his fourth-floor apartment in Tangiers, raising tensions in the Moroccan city after...

American teacher shot dead in Benghazi 06 Dec 2013 - 05:27 am

BENGHAZI: An American teacher was gunned down in Libya as he took his morning jog yesterday, a week before he was to return...

Iran parliament speaker visiting Oman to seek better Gulf ties 06 Dec 2013 - 05:26 am

MUSCAT: Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani met yesterday in Muscat with Oman’s ruler H M Sultan Qaboos bin Said, as Tehran seeks to...

Car bomb kills eight in Somalia 06 Dec 2013 - 05:26 am

MOGADISHU: At least eight people were killed yesterday when a suicide car bomber rammed a convoy in Somalia’s northern port of Bossasso, a...

Don’t make Islam complicated 06 Dec 2013 - 05:24 am

By Deana Nassar After watching a reality television show which supposedly documented unscripted situations and actual occurrences with my youngest son, I was...

How to attain humility in prayers 06 Dec 2013 - 05:24 am

Allah says in the Quran: ‘And perform the Prayer in remembrance of Me.’ (Ta Ha, 20:14) ‘Do not be one of those who...

QF unit unveils results of QNRF-funded research 06 Dec 2013 - 05:21 am

Participants at the QF R&D Research Outcome Seminar at Tornado Tower in Doha on Wednesday. Left: The Deputy Executive Director of QNRF, Dr...

Top Bollywood actor falls in love with Doha on first visit 06 Dec 2013 - 05:15 am

Raza Murad speaks to The Peninsula yesterday. Shaival Dalal BY MOBIN PANDIT DOHA: A popular Bollywood actor who is known for his trademark...

Qatar, Croatia agree to share energy expertise 06 Dec 2013 - 05:13 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada and the Croatian Minister of Economy Ivan Vrdoljk exchange...

Top paediatrics institute to open Mideast wing 06 Dec 2013 - 05:12 am

The Chairman of Excellence in Paediatrics (EiP), Dr Dimitri Christakis, and the Chief Executive Officer of Sidra, Dr William Owen, share a lighter...