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Winter World Cup 2022 won’t affect Winter Olympics: IOC 30 Sep 2013 - 02:44 am

ANCIENT OLYMPIA: Staging the 2022 Qatar World Cup in winter will not affect the Winter Olympics, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said...

Manama forum raises questions about GCC media freedom 30 Sep 2013 - 02:24 am

DOHA: A two-day symposium kicks off in Manama today where media persons and experts from the GCC region would likely argue and counter-argue...

Suicide bomber kills 27 at Iraq Shiite mosque 29 Sep 2013 - 07:05 pm

HILLA, Iraq: A suicide bomber targeted mourners at a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad Sunday, killing 27 people, police and a doctor said,...

Syria 'will comply' with UN arms resolution: Assad 29 Sep 2013 - 07:04 pm

DAMASCUS: Damascus "will comply" with a UN Security Council resolution ordering the destruction of the country's chemical arsenal, President Bashar al-Assad said in...

Siemens to cut 15,000 jobs worldwide by end 2014 29 Sep 2013 - 06:58 pm

BERLIN: German engineering and technology giant Siemens said Sunday it plans to slash 15,000 positions worldwide by late next year as part of...

Air strike kills 16 in Syria high school 29 Sep 2013 - 06:55 pm

BEIRUT: An air strike on a high school killed 16 people, most of them students and teachers, in a rebel-held city in northern...

Boko Haram storm Nigeria college dorm, kill 40 29 Sep 2013 - 06:53 pm

KANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria as the students slept, killing at least...

Etisalat's talks to buy Vivendi's Morocco stake extended 29 Sep 2013 - 06:49 pm

ABU DHABI: UAE's telecom giant Etisalat said on Sunday that the period for its binding offer and exclusive talks to buy Vivendi's 53...

Bomb kills 39 in Pakistan's Peshawar 29 Sep 2013 - 06:46 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A car bomb killed at least 39 people on Sunday in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said, the third deadly...

Bahrain jails 50 Shiites for up to 15 years 29 Sep 2013 - 06:43 pm

DUBAI: A Bahraini court handed jail terms of up to 15 years Sunday to 50 Shiites, including a prominent Iraqi cleric, convicted of...

Emir issues ratification instruments 29 Sep 2013 - 06:41 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued today an instrument of ratification approving a draft Memorandum of Understanding between...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.48pc 29 Sep 2013 - 06:36 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area on Sunday adding 45.53 points (0.48 percent) advance to 9,626.30 points from 9,580.77 on Thursday. ...

QFB says CEO Mansour resigns 29 Sep 2013 - 06:32 pm

DUBAI: Qatar First Bank (QFB), a sharia-compliant bank active in private equity investments, said its Chief Executive Emad Mansour has resigned and will...

Messi out for up to three weeks with muscle problem 29 Sep 2013 - 06:29 pm

MADRID: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi will be out of action for two to three weeks with a small hamstring problem in his right...

India helicopter crashes, killing five 29 Sep 2013 - 06:23 pm

MUMBAI: A privately-operated helicopter crashed in western India on Sunday, killing all five people on board, a police officer said. The officer said...

Egypt received $7bn of total $12bn Gulf aid 29 Sep 2013 - 06:19 pm

ABU DHABI: Egypt has received $7 billion out of the $12 billion pledged by Gulf countries, its central bank governor said on Sunday,...

Greek police arrest far-right party chief, four members 29 Sep 2013 - 03:27 am

Extreme-right Golden Dawn party lawmaker Ilias Panagiotaros is escorted by anti-terrorism police officers as he arrives at a courthouse in Athens yesterday. ATHENS:...

Kenya faces questions over mall attack 29 Sep 2013 - 03:27 am

NAIROBI: Kenya is “at war” with Islamist militants who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, the government said yesterday as it faced questions about...