Hundreds of Kuwaitis demonstrate in Kuwait City in protest against a court verdict to jail opposition leader and former MP Musallam Al Barrak...
Hundreds of Kuwaitis demonstrate in Kuwait City in protest against a court verdict to jail opposition leader and former MP Musallam Al Barrak...
DUBAI: Protesters in Bahrain plan to step up demands for reform ahead of this weekend’s Formula One Grand Prix, setting the scene for...
KHARTOUM: Seven Sudanese military officers convicted and jailed over a coup attempt walked free yesterday, just days after they were sentenced. The seven...
The Qatar Career Fair was in the limelight recently, with ministries, organisations and the private sector offering jobs in various fields. Organisers of...
Social networking websites have turned into an outlet for anybody with an opinion or ideology to express themselves across national boundaries and other...
We need good education that elevates the standards of Qatari students and equips them with skills, not just information and knowledge. The education...
Syria’s National Council chief Ahmed Moaz Al Khatib (second left) and other opposition members holding talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in...
Members of the 6th of April movement and relatives of people killed in the 2011 Egyptian revolution, shout anti-government slogans and demand the...
JERUSALEM: Two rockets fired from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula struck Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat yesterday, causing no casualties or damage, the Israeli...
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s government and rebels in South Kordofan state said yesterday they are ready to talk about ending a two-year-long war at a...
TUNIS: Secular lawmakers have submitted a motion of no-confidence against Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki after he criticised “secular extremists”, a lawmaker said yesterday....
Ok Sung-seok, Vice-President of the Association of Companies at Kaesong Industrial Complex, hugs an employee working at the North Korean border yesterday. SEOUL:...
GENEVA/BEIJING: The World Health Organisation yesterday said many people who had tested positive for a new strain of bird flu in China had...
TOKYO: Japan scrambled fighter jets in response to Chinese aircraft a record number of times in the year to March 2013, mostly after...
HANOI: Two children were killed and six others seriously injured after a grenade left over from the Vietnam War exploded while they were...
MANILA: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei vowed his support for the peace process in Mindanao as he reaffirmed his country’s ties with...
TOKYO: Myanmar’s charismatic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday the estrangement of minority Muslims in her country was “a very sad...
TOKYO: Japan’s Crown Princess Masako, treated for a stress-induced illness for a decade, is expected to travel abroad for the first time in ...