MALE: Former president Mohamed Nasheed demanded the Maldives’ presidential polls take place as scheduled today despite warnings by organisers that it could be...
MALE: Former president Mohamed Nasheed demanded the Maldives’ presidential polls take place as scheduled today despite warnings by organisers that it could be...
SEOUL: North Korea has agreed with an international consortium to develop a new high-tech district in Kaesong, close to the newly-reopened industrial zone...
SHANGHAI: A young Chinese couple is facing criminal punishment for “selling” their infant daughter and using the proceeds to buy an Apple iPhone,...
TAIPEI: Taiwan is set to receive the first batch of attack helicopters ordered from the United States next month, after the US government...
JAKARTA: Indonesian police shot dead a suspected militant and arrested two others, police said yesterday, in an ongoing clampdown on terrorism. Police from...
This screen grab released yesterday which was taken from closed circuit television shows an armed man walking during the attack at the Westgate...
PARIS: Some 50 schools in Paris and the rest of France were being disrupted yesterday as students continued protests sparked by the deportation...
KAMPALA: Uganda was on high alert yesterday over fears of an attack similar to the bloody mall assault by Somalia’s Shebab fighters in...
NEW YORK: School children in New York are likely to get two extra days off to mark the biggest annual Muslim holidays if...
NEW YORK: US officials yesterday arrested a 25-year-old man from suburban New York and charged him in a five-count indictment with attempting to...
WASHINGTON: The director of America’s eavesdropping National Security Agency plans to retire next year but his departure is not connected to leaks from...
Egyptian supporters of ousted President Mohammed Mursi gather during a protest in Cairo, yesterday. CAIRO: Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s deposed President Mohammed...
ADEN: A suicide car bomber killed 12 soldiers and wounded six others yesterday in an attack on a military command centre in southern...
BRUSSELS: A senior western diplomat cautioned on Thursday that any breakthrough in diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme was not “close”, seeking to dampen...
BAGHDAD: A car bomb near an ice-cream shop in Baghdad killed 12 people yesterday, while seven died in other attacks, officials said, bringing...
New York: Qatar renewed its commitment to continue efforts to strengthen the role of women incorporated in Qatar National Vision 2030, which deals...
Ambassador Khundoker (second, left) with his wife and guests at the reception. DOHA: Bangladesh Ambassador Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker and his wife Tahmina...
A file photo shows expat workers at an exchange house to remit money home. DOHA: Worker remittances could soar up to an incredible...
