LONDON: Britain’s opposition Labour Party is set to overhaul its welfare policies to link state help to individual contributions, countering charges by the...
LONDON: Britain’s opposition Labour Party is set to overhaul its welfare policies to link state help to individual contributions, countering charges by the...
BUENOS AIRES: Damage from last week’s record rains and flooding in Argentina exceeded $5bn, according to officials, who said yesterday that more than...
A gust of wind blows Pope Francis’ mantle at the balcony of St John’s in Lateran Basilica after celebrating a solemn mass in...
DOHA: The decks are clear for Qatar to execute its ambitious Satellite Project ‘Eshail’ announced early last year, as the country has joined...
The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State...
Egyptian Coptic Christians try to smother flames on their clothes after they were attacked by unidentified people outside the cathedral in the central...
US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on his arrival in the ‘Muqata,’ the Palestinian Authority’s headquarters, in...
DOHA: An expatriate woman driver was fined QR5,000 by a lower court after it found her guilty of physically assaulting a male expat...
DOHA: A GCC national who was here as a tourist lost his car after he handed it for valet parking at a famous...
North Korean soldiers with military dogs take part in drills in an unknown location yesterday. BEIJING/SEOUL: China warned against “troublemaking” on its doorstep,...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president yesterday ordered an investigation into a mass grave dating back to a period when thousands of people disappeared during...
MANILA: The Supreme Court (SC) will no longer entertain any appeal over its decision on the party-list system, the spokesman for the high...
SHANGHAI: China confirmed two more cases of bird flu in Shanghai yesterday, as authorities sought to curb a deadly outbreak by banning live...
TOKYO: Radioactive water has apparently leaked from another underground storage tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co said...
Boao, China: China is to open disputed South China Sea islands up to tourism this month, state media reported yesterday, a move likely...
US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on his arrival in the ‘Muqata,’ the Palestinian Authority’s headquarters, in...
ISTANBUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday hailed the commitment of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to a ceasefire under a...
ISTANBUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday world powers would pursue further talks with Iran to resolve a decade-old dispute over...
