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ANAKARA: Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu met here on Thursday with Qatar's ambassador to Turkey HE Salim Mubarak Al-Shafi. They discussed means of...

ISLAMABAD: Three girl-students were injured after a girl's school was blown up today in northwest Pakistan.   Security sources said the school is located...

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi is the world's fourth favourite city, ranked behind only New York, London and Paris, according to an independent survey....

RIYADH: The Saudi authorities beheaded two citizens in Riyadh on Thursday after they were convicted of separate murders, the interior ministry announced.      Hashan...

DOHA: Dr. Mohammed Al-Momani, the Jordanian Minister of State for Media Affairs and government spokesman has highly lauded Qatar's contribution and support to...

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Thursday 151.40 points or 1.62 percent to 9,204.92 points from the previous closing of 9,356.32 points. The...

CAIRO: Egypt's interior minister survived an assassination attempt on Thursday when a bomb blew up as his convoy drove through Cairo's Nasr City...

MUSCAT: The 16th International Scout Gathering for Cultural Exchange is due to kick off at the auditorium of the Ministry of Education Thursday....

BEIJING: China accused the Philippines on Thursday of deliberately stirring up trouble over a chain of disputed reefs and rocks in the South...

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced its offshore and onshore crude oil prices for August, 2013 . QP has fixed its onshore crude...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened 0.61 percent higher on Thursday after Wall Street shares rose on surging auto sales and following a positive regional...

JEDDAH: President of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Ali, the Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a set of finances...

DUBAI: Hasan Abdullah Ismaik, the chief executive of Dubai-based construction company Arabtec, has increased his personal stake in the company to more than...

DOHA: Aspire-owned Belgian football club KAS Eupen have started the new season in fine style, jointly leading the Second Division table with a...

JEDDAH: GCC Chambers of Commerce Union today reiterated its call to activate the European Free Trade Association (EFAT) agreement among GCC member states...

SANAA: The Head of Education and Sustainable Development Projects for the Middle East and North Africa at the German Reconstruction Bank Reneaut Jelsnishki,...

BEIJING: The number of confirmed dengue fever cases in an outbreak of the disease in a prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province has...

OSLO: The world is set to use far more treated wastewater to help irrigate crops and feed a rising population as fresh water...