MANILA: The first genetically-modified rice to be commercially available could be approved for production in the Philippines in two to three years, researchers...
MANILA: The first genetically-modified rice to be commercially available could be approved for production in the Philippines in two to three years, researchers...
MANILA: The government is unlikely to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) of reducing its poverty level to 16 percent in 2015 though...
MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it is seeking help from Sudan to commute the death sentence of an overseas Filipino worker facing execution...
A protester holds a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a rally at the Democracy Monument in central Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: Thai Prime...
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court sentenced 152 soldiers to death and jailed hundreds more yesterday, after a mass trial over a 2009 mutiny in...
GENEVA: The UN refugee agency yesterday urged Myanmar to stem sectarian violence to avoid a repeat of a boat tragedy believed to have...
SEOUL: The South Korean government yesterday petitioned the constitutional court to disband a far-left political party branded as pro-North Korean. The cabinet decided...
Following is a translation of the speech of the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the opening of the...
Saeed A Al Kaabi (left) and Glenn de Souza signing a contract during a function at the Doha Sheraton on Monday. (Salim Matramkot)...
Officials and guests during the opening of the Radwan Islamic Centre. DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has opened the Radwan Islamic Centre in Italy,...
The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received yesterday at Emiri Diwan President of the Asian Football Confederation Sheikh Salman...
Work on metro station in progress in the West Bay area, near Doha Exhibtion Centre. (Kammutty VP)
DOHA: The government has earmarked QR4bn for the development of the Industrial Area in six phases, said a senior official of Ashghal. “The...
Paris: Qatar participated in the 37th session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (Unesco) General Conference. The Minister of Education...
DOHA: The inaugural Ajyal Youth Film Festival delves into the spectacular world of ‘Anime’ with an exhibition entitled ‘Otaku.’ To be held from...
DOHA: Qatar Airways yesterday announced it will launch four-times-weekly flights to Hangzhou, China beginning December 20. “This year we celebrate 10 years of...
Kuwait: The Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah has received the credentials of Hamad bin Ali...
Doha: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has said that many companies still continue to house single workers in labour camps in...
