Muslim women wear hijab — which is more than just a head cover — because God ordered them to do so in two...
Muslim women wear hijab — which is more than just a head cover — because God ordered them to do so in two...
A one-day experience of wearing hijab has led a 21-year-old Briton to read more about Islam and eventually embracing the religion. “I took...
Riot police run past bursting Molotov cocktails thrown by anti-government protesters in the village of Diraz, Bahrain, yesterday.
WASHINGTON: UN officials believe some four million people are now trapped inside Syria after fleeing the fighting, as the United States echoes calls...
RAMALLAH: President Mahmoud Abbas will temporarily refrain from unilateral action against Israel to give US-brokered peace talks a chance to resume, a Palestinian...
CAIRO: The newly re-elected chief of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, pledged yesterday to work to end a rift with his...
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s state intelligence agency ordered that the chief editor of a respected daily newspaper be suspended, the editor said yesterday, a rare...
KHARTOUM: Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi arrived in neighbouring Sudan yesterday to push economic and other ties on a visit Khartoum calls “historic” but...
BEIRUT: Lebanese politician Tammam Salam, a former minister from a prominent Sunni Muslim political dynasty, emerged as a potential new prime minister yesterday...
ALMATY: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili sounded a defiant note ahead of a new round of talks with world powers in Kazakhstan,...
Volunteers participating in the disaster management camp at Al Khor. DOHA: About 150 volunteers are taking part in the fourth edition of a...
Products displayed by visiting companies such as Amino Up Chemical, Katsuri and HABA, at the Hokkaido Fair at the Japanese ambassador’s residence in...
DOHA: With the long summer vacations approaching, the demand for garments is expected to grow by 40 percent, says the head of Al...
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud with the Chairman of Darfur...
The Assistant Foreign Minister for Services Affairs Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa holding talks with China’s special envoy for the Middle East Wu...
DOHA: In arguably a first, a laughter club has been set up in Doha and it is being inaugurated on April 15, the...
Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of greetings to the Pesident of the Republic...