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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Middle East yesterday, aiming to shore up decades-old alliances with Egypt and Saudi...

DOHA: Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Finance to ministries and state agencies on their budget estimates for the fiscal year (2014-15) stress...

Doha: Qatar will witness a partial solar eclipse for 33 minutes this evening.  The eclipse will be visible from 4.19pm until 4.52pm, but...

Mait Nilson drives his amphibious car rebuilt from a Toyota Land Cruiser yesterday in Tallinn, Estonia. The 44-year-old mechanical engineer designed and built...

RIYADH: Thousands of illegal foreigners, mostly unskilled workers from Asia, are rushing to leave Saudi Arabia as an amnesty expires today and they...

By Azmat Haroon Doha: While Qatar’s social media community continues to grow, a majority of government and private organisations do not see the...

Traffic fills airport streets, passing law enforcement vehicles outside Terminal 3, as access to airport terminal parking lots resumes after a shooting at...

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela is “fine” after his critical lung illness earlier this year, fellow ex-political prisoner Tokyo Sexwale said ahead of the premiere...

NAIROBI: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will review a press law passed by parliament that has sparked outrage among the media, his spokesman said...

ROME: Italian Justice Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri faced calls to resign yesterday over accusations she used her influence to get the ailing daughter...

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) recently held the first QP Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Forum to discuss common risk management practices, their practical applications...

DOHA: The weekly analysis of Qatar National Bank (QNB) Group has suggested that growth in Indonesia is challenged by short term instability and...

DOHA: The State of Qatar has condemned the Israeli government's decision approving the construction of 1,500 housing units at Ramat Shlomo settlement in...

ANKARA: A senior US defence official has held talks in Turkey, the embassy said Saturday, after Washington expressed "serious concerns" about Ankara's plans...

BEIRUT: Two German citizens kidnapped in eastern Lebanon were freed Saturday, hours after their abduction, but police immediately arrested them on drug trafficking...

BEIJING: China's ruling Communist Party aims to silence the voice of the Dalai Lama in his Tibetan homeland by tightening controls on media...

NEW DELHI: A court in New Delhi has begun hearing appeal arguments over the death penalty given to four men for the fatal...

  Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (2nd L) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) attend a joint news conference with Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio...