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ISLAMABAD: Unknown gunmen attacked a coastguard check post with rockets and heavy weaponry near Pakistan-Iran border in Balochistan’s Gwadar district on Saturday, killing...

BEIJING: Twenty-one people have died and four are missing after rainstorm-triggered floods and mud-rock flows hit a city in northwest China's Gansu Province,...

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti voters began Saturday morning balloting for the 14th legislative elections to select 50 MPs for the forthcoming National Assembly. Each of...

MANILA: A powerful blast ripped through a crowded popular nightclub in a southern Philippine city late on Friday, killing six people and wounding...

Artistes perform using laser technology ... mesmerising. DOHA: Hundreds of people were mesmerised by the ‘Light Calligraphy Show’, a contemporary theatre performance, which...

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of congratulations to the President of Maldives Mohammed Waheed...

DOHA: Many faithful who offered Friday prayers at the Souq Waqif mosque yesterday were upset when they were charged QR5 parking fee. “I...

DOHA: The Indian embassy will hold its next ‘Open House’ on Friday to discuss any urgent issues faced by Indian community members. “The...

The students who took part in Georgetown Pre-College Summer programme. Doha: Thirty-nine high school students from Qatar and abroad recently completed Georgetown University...

Doha: More than 5,000 students have been admitted to various programmes at Qatar University for the coming academic year. The university has also...

More than 1,000 Pakistani nationals attended a community iftar organised by RAF Charity at Al Arabi Stadium on Thursday. Abdul Basit

Smoke coming out of a huge blaze at one of the warehouses yesterday. pic MOHAMMED ALAQEDI DOHA: Two state-owned warehouses in the Industrial...

DOHA: It is going to be a windy and dusty day today with humidity levels rising from 35 percent during the daytime hours...

DOHA: With less than two weeks to go for the Eid Al Fitr holidays, leisure travellers face long queues, online as well as...

Qataris remain the largest spenders on leisure travel but, of late, the number of Asian and Arab expatriate families in higher income brackets...

by Salim Matramkot Fancy and luxury cars, including Jaguars, Ferraris, Mustangs and other expensive marques, can be seen in a daily parade of...

US President Barack Obama speaks at an iftar dinner at the White House in Washington on Thursday.

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON: The US has made a formal promise to Russia not to execute or torture Edward Snowden if he is sent home to...