BEIJING: Beijing’s military accused Tokyo of a “highly dangerous provocation” by interfering in Chinese live-fire drills in the Pacific last week, warning that...
BEIJING: Beijing’s military accused Tokyo of a “highly dangerous provocation” by interfering in Chinese live-fire drills in the Pacific last week, warning that...
MANILA: The Saudi government is set to implement new measures that would provide better working conditions for Filipinos and other foreign household service...
BEIJING: China’s top security official has named an Islamic movement as “behind-the-scenes supporters” of this week’s fatal attack in Tiananmen Square, in Beijing’s...
SEOUL: State prosecutors yesterday raided the offices of South Korea’s top fixed-line operator and number two mobile carrier, KT Corp, as part of...
German MP Hans-Christian Stroebele (right) of the Greens presenting the honorary certificate of the Whistleblower Award 2013, which was awarded by the organisations...
WASHINGTON: US scientists seeking to unravel the mysteries of HIV have made an important breakthrough after capturing the clearest image yet of a...
LONDON: Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson sent an email to a senior journalist at the disgraced tabloid ordering him to...
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA: Important elections yesterday in Kosovo will be watched for the turnout of its minority Serb population and as a vital step...
MOSCOW: Greenpeace yesterday accused the Russian authorities of failing to lift piracy charges against the 30 imprisoned crew of its Arctic Sunrise ship...
NIAMEY: Niger’s government yesterday announced three days of mourning for 92 migrants, nearly all of them women and children, who died in early...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif (right) and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu sit in an aircraft during a trip from Istanbul to...
DAMASCUS: Israel has reportedly bombed a Syrian base to halt an arms shipment to Hezbollah, while the international Syria envoy said yesterday there...
GAZA CITY: An Israeli raid to destroy a Gaza tunnel ignited clashes in which tank fire killed four Hamas commanders and five Israeli...
DUBAI: A video apparently showing a Saudi man beating an Asian employee for talking to his wife has prompted calls for an official...
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama welcomes Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki to the White House yesterday, as sectarian violence in the country...
by Abdul Basit Thousands of people flocked to the Museum of Islamic Art Park to see 35 hand-built flying machines dive into the...
A scene from the anime film The Wind Rises. DOHA: Critically acclaimed anime film The Wind Rises will open the first Ajyal Youth...
One of the teams taking a plunge after take-off at the Museum of Islamic Art Park yesterday.Abdul Basit BY RAYNALD C RIVERA DOHA:...
