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Lebanon holds three over bomb, assassination plots 09 Oct 2013 - 01:02 am

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s General Security agency said yesterday it had arrested three people on suspicion of planning bomb attacks and assassinations. “General Security held...

Saudi renews support to Egypt 09 Oct 2013 - 01:02 am

Jeddah: Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour won fresh support from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz for his...

S Sudan pardons politicians, rebels 09 Oct 2013 - 01:01 am

JUBA: South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has pardoned several key political rivals and rebels, a number of whom were accused of having received...

US envoy called to explain Tripoli raid 09 Oct 2013 - 01:01 am

TRIPOLI: Libya said yesterday it had summoned the US ambassador over the capture by American forces of an alleged Al Qaeda operative in...

SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS ASSAD KERRY MEDAL UNITED NATIONS 09 Oct 2013 - 01:00 am

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Turkey lifts 90-year ban on Islamic headscarf 09 Oct 2013 - 12:40 am

Turkish women wearing headscarves walking on Beyazit Square in Istanbul. ANKARA: Turkey lifted a ban on women wearing the Islamic head scarf in...

Saudi Shura Council women call for lifting female drive ban 09 Oct 2013 - 12:39 am

RIYADH: Three female members of Saudi Arabia’s Shura Consultative Council filed a recommendation yesterday that a ban on women driving in the kingdom...

UAE, Italy discuss economic cooperation 08 Oct 2013 - 02:46 pm

ABU DHABI: Trade exchange between the UAE and Italy including the free zones, rose last year to US$ 7.3 billion thanks to the...

Vodafone plans to boost stake in Indian unit 08 Oct 2013 - 02:41 pm

LONDON: Vodafone intends to increase its stake in its Indian subsidiary after the country cleared foreign companies to take full ownership of local...

OIC, Bosnia Herzegovina sign agreement 08 Oct 2013 - 02:40 pm

ABU DHABI: The Jeddah-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Bosnian Federal Ministry of Displaced Persons and...

Saudi preacher jailed 8 years for raping, killing daughter 08 Oct 2013 - 02:34 pm

RIYADH: A Saudi court sentenced a preacher convicted of raping his five-year-old daughter and torturing her to death to eight years in prison...

Blackouts, curfews and protests over India's newest state 08 Oct 2013 - 02:33 pm

NEW DELHI: Blackouts hit emergency services and industry in parts of India's Andhra Pradesh state on Tuesday. The third day of a strike...

11 dead as rains lash central, southern Philippines 08 Oct 2013 - 02:24 pm

MANILA: Heavy rain and floods have left 11 dead in the central and southern Philippine islands, including in a city still reeling from...

Gunmen kill Iraqi official in Nineveh 08 Oct 2013 - 01:49 pm

BAGHDAD: Gunmen assassinated on Tuesday the spokesman of the governor of Iraqi province of Nineveh. A security source told the National Iraqi News...

Islamists blow up bridge in north Mali 08 Oct 2013 - 01:45 pm

BAMAKO: Armed Islamic extremists on Tuesday blew up a small bridge near Mali's largest northern town of Gao, wounding two civilians, police and...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.43pc 08 Oct 2013 - 01:37 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area on Tuesday adding 41.40 points 0.43 percent advance to 9,757.83 points from 9,716.43 on Monday....

Diplomatic Institute organizes seminar on promoting Qatar-Venezuela relations 08 Oct 2013 - 01:24 pm

DOHA: The Diplomatic Institute at Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a seminar on promoting relations between the State of Qatar and the...

Saudi renews support to Egypt against 'terrorism' 08 Oct 2013 - 01:21 pm

JEDDAH: Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour won fresh support from King Abdullah for his country's fight against "terrorism" as he Tuesday wound up...