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Philippines may pull peacekeepers from Golan 10 May 2013 - 07:59 am

MANILA: The Philippines said Friday it may quickly withdraw from a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights because of security concerns,...

Texas A&M Qatar graduates 400th engineer in 10 years 10 May 2013 - 02:58 am

New graduates of Texas A&M University Qatar at the convocation at Qatar National Convention Centre, yesterday. DOHA: Texas A&M University Qatar graduated its...

Appreciation 10 May 2013 - 02:58 am

Ezdan Mall and Shafallah Centre for children with special needs recently held a meeting to express mutual appreciation between the two organisations. Malik...

Qaradawi honoured 10 May 2013 - 02:55 am

The Prime Minister of the Hamas-run government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyah, presenting a certificate to the Chairman of the International Union for Muslim...

Long Service Award 10 May 2013 - 02:54 am

Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) employees with their certificates. The bank held the ‘Long Service Award’ ceremony at its headquarters to honour...

Qatar pledges $18m to Somali government 10 May 2013 - 02:54 am

Doha: Qatar offered $18m in contribution to the Somali government to help carry out four pillars dealing with consolidating the infrastructre projects, the...

SCH holds free medical tests for low-income workers today 10 May 2013 - 02:53 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has announced free medical tests for low-income workers today to mark the “World Day for Safety...

Filipino celebrities to enthral fans 10 May 2013 - 02:53 am

DOHA: Filipino comedians Petite and AJ along with Filipina actress Rich Asuncion are set to entertain families at the Summer Festival today at...

45,000 people visited Project Qatar expo 10 May 2013 - 02:53 am

DOHA: Around 45,000 people visited the four-day International Trade Exhibition for Construction Technology, Building Materials, Equipment & Environmental Technology for Qatar (Project Qatar...

VCUQ professor exhibits photos in Bahrain 10 May 2013 - 02:52 am

DOHA: Doha-based architect and professor, Dr Thomas Modeen displays photographs he has taken in the Middle East at an exhibition which recently opened...

Before the weekend 10 May 2013 - 02:51 am

A street vendor prepares a beverage on a kiosk on a bridge overlooking the river Nile, in Cairo, yesterday.

Assad can’t be part of interim govt: Kerry 10 May 2013 - 02:51 am

ROME: US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted yesterday Syrian President Bashar Al Assad could play no role in a transitional government,on a...

Qaeda threat worse under Ben Ali: Ennahda 10 May 2013 - 02:51 am

TUNIS: The threat Islamist militants posed to Tunisia under ousted dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was worse than the current threat, the...

Iran’s Khatami in two minds over contesting elections 10 May 2013 - 02:50 am

Fatameh Mohabi Nasab (right) registers her candidacy at the Ministry of Interior for Iran’s upcoming presidential election on 14 June, in Tehran, yesterday. ...

American stabbed outside US embassy in Cairo 10 May 2013 - 02:50 am

CAIRO: An American was stabbed in the neck as he came out of the US embassy in central Cairo yesterday, a security official...

Israel plans 300 new settler homes 10 May 2013 - 02:49 am

JERUSALEM: Israel has signed off on plans for nearly 300 new settler homes near Ramallah, angering the Palestinians who accused the Israeli government...

Morocco burns 9.5 tonnes of hashish 10 May 2013 - 02:49 am

RABAT: Moroccan customs authorities yesterday incinerated 9.5 tonnes of cannabis resin in a suburb of Casablanca, official media reported, days after record hashish...

Protest in Spain 10 May 2013 - 02:47 am

Students block a bridge in protest against the government’s cost-cutting reform plans in education as part of austerity measures, during a nationwide general...