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Car bomb hits Sunni mosque in Bahrain 19 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

DUBAI: A car bomb exploded outside a Sunni mosque in a Bahrain neighbourhood where the royal court is situated but caused no casualties,...

Mursi supporters to hold mass protests 19 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood attend a protest in support of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi CAIRO: The Muslim Brother-hood called for mass...

Palestinians rebuff US peace talks blueprint 19 Jul 2013 - 02:41 am

RAMALLAH: Palestinian politicians rebuffed yesterday a hard-fought blueprint for resumed talks with Israel thrashed out by US Secretary of State John Kerry in...

Rising rents put pressure on cost of living in Qatar 19 Jul 2013 - 02:39 am

DOHA: Rents have been rising, putting pressure on the cost of living in the country, consumer price index (CPI) figures released yesterday reflect....

Fire in Muntazah 19 Jul 2013 - 02:38 am

The seventh floor of a building under construction in the Al Muntazah area caught fire yesterday. Civil Defence personnel rushed to the spot...

Gulf states eye Arabian Sea for safer drinking water supplies 19 Jul 2013 - 02:37 am

KHOBAR: The Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) are planning a joint water supply system that takes seawater from outside the Gulf and distributes...

Emir hosts iftar banquet 19 Jul 2013 - 02:36 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani hosted an iftar banquet in honour of judges and religious scholars at Al...

Qatar free from coronavirus but tests continue 19 Jul 2013 - 02:34 am

DOHA: Qatar is free from the Sars-like MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) coronavirus and 400 people have tested negative for the disease, a...

29 dead in Syria clashes between Kurds, jihadists: NGO 18 Jul 2013 - 02:59 pm

BEIRUT: At least 29 people have been killed in fighting between Kurdish and jihadist fighters in northern Syria in the past two days,...

Nokia says losses narrow in Q2 but revenue plunges 18 Jul 2013 - 02:59 pm

HELSINKI, Southern Finland: Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia on Thursday reported a reduced loss of 227 million euros or $298 million in the...

UAE telecom operators fail to agree network sharing deal 18 Jul 2013 - 02:57 pm

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates' two telecom operators, Etisalat and du, remain at loggerheads over a deal to allow them to compete on...

Philippines expects to be lifted from US air blacklist 18 Jul 2013 - 02:44 pm

MANILA: The Philippines expects to be removed from a US air safety blacklist this year, opening a lucrative market for its carriers, an...

Qatar's CBQ completes Alternatifbank stake buy 18 Jul 2013 - 02:43 pm

DUBAI: Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ), the Gulf Arab state's second-largest lender by assets, said on Thursday it had completed the purchase of...

Qatar Exchange index gains 129.9 points this week 18 Jul 2013 - 02:42 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 129.90 points or 1.38 percent this week when the bourse closed trading Thursday afternoon at 9,549.87 points. The...

Pakistan cook held as 22 poisoned in 'political feud' 18 Jul 2013 - 02:36 pm

MULTAN, Pakistan: Police in Pakistan have arrested a cook on suspicion of murder after 22 members of a powerful landowning clan were poisoned...

Dubai's Tamweel Q2 profit rises 40pc 18 Jul 2013 - 02:21 pm

DUBAI: Dubai mortgage lender Tamweel reported a 40 percent rise in second-quarter profit on Thursday. Tamweel, which is due to delist from the...

India grants three-month extension to Iranian underwriters 18 Jul 2013 - 01:57 pm

NEW DELHI: India has extended a temporary approval to Iranian underwriters Kish P&I Club and Moallem Insurance Co for covering container and tanker...

Gulf Arab states eye Arabian Sea for safer water supplies 18 Jul 2013 - 01:17 pm

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) are planning a joint water supply system that takes seawater from outside the Gulf and...