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DUBAI: An international rights group condemned the sentencing of a Saudi Arabian website founder to be whipped 600 times and jailed for seven...

BEIRUT: Syrian troops attacked rebel positions outside Khan Al Assal yesterday as they seek to recapture the northern town at the centre of...

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH: Israel and the Palestinians remain far apart over terms of any peace deal, officials from both sides made clear yesterday, a day...

UNITED NATIONS: UN inspectors will go to Syria to investigate three sites where chemical weapons attacks have been reported, the United Nations said...

DUBAI: Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri said that Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah had been exposed as a tool of Iranian expansionism,...

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it would likely keep its 340 soldiers in the Golan Heights as part of a United Nations peacekeeping...

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe casts his vote as his wife Grace and daughter Bona look on in Highfields outside Harare yesterday. HARARE: Crisis-weary...

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration yesterday declassified a court order authorising collection of millions of US phone records, even as it faced new disclosures...

MOSCOW: Edward Snowden’s father is seeking a Russian visa and plans to visit his fugitive son in Moscow soon, the lawyer helping the...

MADRID: Spanish police said yesterday they have broken up a racket by fraudsters who converted ordinary cars to resemble deluxe models such as...

MADRID: The driver of a Spanish train that derailed killing 79 people told a judge he “didn’t understand” how he failed to brake...

ROME: Suspense mounted in Italy yesterday ahead of a court ruling for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi which could upset the fragile coalition...

The Palestinian people have been subject to harm and oppression throughout history, with the exception of some eras of stability. This is why...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are now considering a new food security strategy that is expected to be implemented in the next...

DOHA: Strong winds are expected again today and the unstable weather could continue until Saturday morning, according to the Meteorology Department.  Northwesterly winds...

DOHA: Qatar yesterday appointed its first woman ambassador in the person of Sheikha Moza bint Nasser bin Ahmed bin Ali Al Thani. The...

DOHA: Qatari judges, assistant judges and Qatari members of public prosecution, including assistant public prosecutors will now get huge allowances amounting to 120...

A Free Syrian Army fighter positions a cannon inside a house in Jobar, Damascus, yesterday.  DOHA: Syria’s opposition plans to set up an...