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Iran stops ship ferrying Iraq crude to India 16 Aug 2013 - 03:30 am

NEW DELHI: An Indian ship carrying Iraqi crude has been detained by Iran in its territorial waters due to pollution concerns, the head...

UN Security Council to discuss Egypt 16 Aug 2013 - 03:30 am

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council was to meet yesterday to discuss the situation in Egypt after hundreds of people were killed and...

Missiles given by Saudi boost Syria rebels 16 Aug 2013 - 03:29 am

A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon as he takes a defensive position inside a house in the old city of Aleppo...

Car bomb attacks in Iraq kill 34, injure more than 100 16 Aug 2013 - 03:29 am

BAGHDAD: Car bomb attacks killed at least 34 people in Baghdad yesterday but the Interior Ministry said it would not allow Al Qaeda,...

Iran parliament rejects 3 of 18 ministers chosen by Rowhani 16 Aug 2013 - 03:28 am

TEHRAN: Iran’s parliament approved yesterday all but three of President Hassan Rowhani’s 18 cabinet picks, allowing the government to start work, parliament speaker...

Saudi beheads man for beating wife to death 16 Aug 2013 - 03:28 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday beheaded a citizen convicted of torturing his wife to death, in the first execution since the start of the...

Yemeni Jews secretly flown to Israel 16 Aug 2013 - 03:27 am

JERUSALEM: An Israeli organisation said yesterday that it has secretly flown 17 Yemeni Jews to Israel after evacuating them from the Arabian Peninsula...

EGYPT SPHINX CAIRO MILITARY ROCK CIVIL WAR 16 Aug 2013 - 03:20 am

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Egyptians in Qatar concerned but divided over crackdown 16 Aug 2013 - 02:52 am

Egyptians in Qatar (file picture) DOHA: Egyptian expatriates in Qatar, while obviously unhappy about what is happening back home, say they expect the...

Free Mursi to end Egypt crisis: Qatar 16 Aug 2013 - 02:50 am

DOHA: Reiterating its strong condemnation of Wednesday’s military action in Egypt that saw hundreds killed, Qatar yesterday said no solution to the crisis...

Cairo govt office burnt; toll 623 16 Aug 2013 - 02:37 am

Egyptian men try to extinguish a fire in a government building that was set ablaze in the Giza district of Cairo yesterday. CAIRO:...

Beirut blast kills 18 16 Aug 2013 - 02:36 am

Lebanese people gather at the site of a car bomb between the Bir el-Abed and Roueiss neighbourhoods, in the southern suburb of Beirut...

Gold prices surge to four-month high in local market 16 Aug 2013 - 02:31 am

DOHA: After dropping nearly 15 percent, gold prices in the local market surged to a four-month high yesterday, with a gram of the...

Top Philippine carriers suffer profit setbacks 15 Aug 2013 - 03:02 pm

MANILA: The parent firm of Philippine Airlines said Thursday it plunged deeper in the red in the previous quarter, while Cebu Pacific's profits...

Qatar Stock Exchange down 1.20pc 15 Aug 2013 - 02:59 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Thursday 119.68 points or 1.20 percent to 9,886.68 points from the previous closing of 10,006.36 points. The...

Gang violence forces S.African schoolkids to stay home 15 Aug 2013 - 02:51 pm

CAPE TOWN: The South African authorities temporarily closed 16 schools in a Cape Town suburb Thursday following a surge in gang violence, keeping...

Pope prays for Egypt victims, urges reconciliation 15 Aug 2013 - 02:43 pm

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy: Pope Francis said on Thursday he was praying for the victims of the violence in Egypt that has left more...

World powers condemn Egypt bloodshed 15 Aug 2013 - 02:42 pm

PARIS, France: Egypt's military rulers Thursday faced international condemnation over the bloody crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protesters, with France warning of the threat...