We are nearing elections to the Shura (Advisory) Council, which will be held in the second half of 2013, as the Emir H...
We are nearing elections to the Shura (Advisory) Council, which will be held in the second half of 2013, as the Emir H...
DOHA: Al-Jazeera is the Middle East and North Africa's most-watched Arabic-language television channel, according to an independent survey, the Qatar-based broadcaster said today. ...
BAGHDAD: Unidentified gunmen shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in Baghdad on Wednesday, in the same area...
BASRA,Iraq: Oil major BP has allocated $2.85 billion to develop Iraq's Rumaila oilfield in 2013, up from $2.2 billion last year, the head...
PARIS: French bank Societe Generale said Wednesday it had sacked the head of its Russian unit Rosbank, who was arrested last week in...
DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on Wednesday issued law No.6 of 2013 on the health and education fund....
DUBAI: As debt-laden Dubai's economic recovery continues, with grandiose projects making a comeback, the emirate faces some near-term maturity of debt racked up...
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court Wednesday refused bail to former military leader Pervez Musharraf over the detention of judges during his 1999-2008 rule, the...
BANGKOK: Thailand's army chief on Wednesday urged teachers in the country's insurgency-racked south to stay at home after 6pm to avoid falling victim...
TOKYO: Farmers have resumed planting rice for market only 15 kilometres (nine miles) from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a local...
PARIS: Societe Generale management will face investors later on Wednesday for the first time since the shock arrest of the French bank's top...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken...
ROME: Italian lawmakers on Wednesday gave their final approval to a law that allows limited use of a controversial type of stem cell...
DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area Wednesday adding 48.95 points (or 0.54 percent) to advance to 9,085.90 points from 9,036.95 Tuesday....
DOHA: The Advisory Council's Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee met here today. At the outset of the meeting, the committee elected Youssuf Rashid...
DOHA: Jordan's Prime Minister Dr. Abdullah Ensour called on the International Community to assume its responsibilities towards putting an end to the Syrian...
ANKARA: Turkey's parliament passed an amnesty law on Wednesday aimed at reclaiming Turkish assets held abroad and estimated to be worth $100-130 billion...
DOHA: President of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall met here at his residence on Wednesday with HE Minister of Social Affairs and...