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The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani speaking at the Doha Forum at the Ritz- Carlton yesterday. DOHA: The Emir...

Argentinian football star Lionel Messi and Chairman of Ooredoo Group, Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, pose with children at Aspire...

DOHA: Some 20 expensive cars, 11 motorcycles, 30 iPads, 30 mini-iPads, 40 Sony mobile phone handsets, a number of ‘Play Stations’ and hundreds...

DOHA: QNB Group has received all regulatory approvals to establish a fully owned subsidiary under the name of “QNB (India) Private Limited”, which...

Aleema Khan (centre), sister of the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, Imran Khan, addresses supporters during a protest against the...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan yesterday, killing 14 people including a local politician in the latest attack...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday threw his support behind peace talks with the country’s Taliban insurgents, saying it would be...

RAWALPINDI: A Pakistani court yesterday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the murder of Benazir Bhutto, an official said, but...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday congratulated Samina Baig on becoming the first woman from the country to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The 22-year-old...

  KHAR: Gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in part of Pakistan’s restive tribal regions yesterday, killing a policeman who was providing security, officials...

ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani ministers in charge of water and power explained what can be done to end power cuts of up to 20...

Students take part in a lesson at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. Reports state that about 8.3 million Afghan students are enrolled,...

Japan's Ground Self-Defence Force soldiers check Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor units to counter North Korea's possible launch of ballistic missiles at the...

Rescuers look for survivors in damaged buildings after a blast ripped through an explosives factory in Zhangqiu, in China’s Shandong province, killing 13...

CHIANG MAI: Fierce competition for water could trigger conflict unless nations cooperate to share the diminishing resource, leaders from Asia-Pacific nations warned yesterday....

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it would make “coordinated efforts” with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but...

BANGLADESH: Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers yesterday as they demanded a wage hike at a...