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BAGHDAD: A television journalist shot dead in north Iraq was among six people killed nationwide yesterday, amid a surge in unrest the authorities...

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry sought yesterday to offer assurances to Israel over the nuclear deal with Iran, saying that the...

TEHRAN: Iranians hopeful that a nuclear deal with world powers will ease their economic woes found a hero in Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad...

White smoke rising from a newly created islet from a volcano near the Ogasawara island chain in Japanese waters, 1,000km south of Tokyo....

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita casts his vote at a polling station in Bamako yesterday. RIGHT: Another voter exercises his right to franchise. ...

Honduran presidential candidate for the National Party (PN), Juan Orlando Hernandez (second left) and his wife Ana (centre) greet supporters before casting their...

KIEV: Pro-Western Ukrainians yesterday held the biggest protest rally in Kiev since the 2004 Orange Revolution, urging the government to sign a historic...

JOS, Nigeria: Some 300 gunmen stormed a mostly Christian village in central Nigeria yesterday, killing five people and burning scores of homes, police...

RIGA: Latvian investigators tried yesterday to narrow down the cause of a Riga supermarket cave-in that killed at least 54 people, as rescuers...

EDINBURGH: Scotland’s government tomorrow publishes its legal blueprint making the case for independence from the United Kingdom, with the economy at the heart...

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser addressing the opening session of Qatar Foundation’s Annual Research Conference 2013 and (RIGHT) attends the session with...

The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah and his Yemeni counterpart Dr Abu Bakr Al Qirbi signing the deal...

Some of the workers involved in the Corniche road project are honoured at a ceremony. DOHA: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) said yesterday...

DOHA: The Al Watan roundabout leading to the Industrial Area is being converted into a three-level intersection with bridge, interchange and underpass. The...

DOHA: The Minister of Transport H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti will open the Qatar International Exhibition and Conference for Transport, Railways...

DOHA: A friendly match between Doha-based football clubs of the Philippines and Nepal will be held on Friday at Al Arabi Sports Club...

DOHA: The Indian Embassy will hold an Open House on Saturday to address urgent consular and labour problems of Indians in Qatar.  It...

DOHA: Air India will soon have a new manager at its Doha office.  Nitan Paul will take over as manager in place of...