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Shia gunmen kill Sunni in Lebanon ‘revenge’ ambush 12 Aug 2013 - 02:01 am

BAALBEK: Shia gunmen killed a Sunni man in an ambush yesterday in eastern Lebanon in apparent revenge for a deadly attack on local...

Iraqis blame govt for not stopping attacks 12 Aug 2013 - 02:01 am

BAGHDAD: Gun attacks and a bombing killed at least six more people in Iraq yesterday, police said, after a day of carnage aimed...

100 killed in fresh Darfur fighting 12 Aug 2013 - 02:01 am

KHARTOUM: Fighting between two Arab tribes has killed 100 people in Sudan’s Darfur region, where hundreds had already died in worsening unrest this...

Somali Islamists stole $750,000 of aid 12 Aug 2013 - 02:01 am

LONDON: Members of the Shebab Islamist group have stolen £480,000 ($750,000) worth of British government-funded humanitarian materials and supplies in Somalia, it emerged...

Expat workers upset over closed cinemas 12 Aug 2013 - 02:00 am

A file photo shows expat workers at one of the ticket windows at the Doha Cinema. By Azmat Haroon Doha: Thousands of movie...

City Center food court reopens after fire 12 Aug 2013 - 01:59 am

The upgraded west food court at City Center Doha. DOHA: City Center Doha’s west food court which was closed down after a small...

Multi-level plans to raise water, power production 12 Aug 2013 - 01:58 am

DOHA: Qatar is set to augment its water and electricity production capacity by launching new projects and enhancing existing infrastructure. Government agencies have...

Condolence cables sent to Morocco 12 Aug 2013 - 01:58 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolences to His Majesty King Mohammed VI of...

Gunmen kill five Yemeni soldiers 12 Aug 2013 - 01:57 am

ADEN: Suspected Al Qaeda militants killed four Yemeni soldiers in their sleep early yesterday in an attack on forces guarding the country’s only...

Eight militants die in Sinai air attacks 12 Aug 2013 - 01:57 am

CAIRO: Egyptian air strikes in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least eight militants and destroyed a weapons depot, the military and local residents...

Bahrain deports US teacher over website articles 12 Aug 2013 - 01:57 am

ABU DHABI: Bahrain has deported a US nursery school teacher it says wrote articles on social media sites linked to radical groups and...

Cartoon Yes We Can 12 Aug 2013 - 01:56 am

11 injured as bus slams into commuters 12 Aug 2013 - 01:33 am

The damaged Karwa bus and (right) the waiting area of the Mowasalat bus terminus in Al Ghanim after an accident yesterday. At least...

Celestial beauty 12 Aug 2013 - 01:31 am

A multiple exposure picture taken in the early hours of yesterday shows a Perseids meteor shower in the sky, near the municipality of...

Indian stabbed to death at Al Sailiya labour camp 12 Aug 2013 - 01:30 am

Shameer DOHA: A 31-year-old Indian expatriate died, reportedly after being stabbed by an Asian man in a labour camp in Al Sailiya on...

Two youth sentenced to death for murder 12 Aug 2013 - 01:29 am

DOHA: A lower criminal court has handed out the death sentence to two young men for killing in cold blood a security guard...

Mursi camps face action 12 Aug 2013 - 01:28 am

Supporters of deposed President Mohammed Mursi chant slogans at Rabaa Adawiya Square yesterday. CAIRO: Egyptian police are expected to start taking action against...

Norway PM turns taxi driver to find out ‘what people think’ 12 Aug 2013 - 01:26 am

This video grab taken yesterday from a video made available by the Norwegian Labour Party shows Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (R) acting...