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JAKARTA: Indonesia is deliberating criminalising unmarried couples living together and lengthening jail terms for adulterers, a lawmaker said yesterday, in plans that activists...

GENEVA: The world must keep Myanmar in the spotlight, a UN human rights monitor warned yesterday, saying there was a gap between words...

SEOUL: North Korea has military firepower even if its threat of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the US is hollow, with South Korea...

  COLOMBO: An English politician yesterday urged Britain’s Queen Elizabeth to boycott the Commonwealth summit in Colombo later this year to protest against Sri...

Former Syrian premier Riad Hijab chairs the first official meeting of the Free National Gathering’s general assembly in Doha, yesterday. DOHA/damscus: Dissident Syrian...

DUBAI: An Iranian official has accused the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Islamic Republic of receiving bribes from the...

Australian Chris McDougall has his parachute deployed after jumping from Al Hamra Tower, the tallest building in Kuwait, yesterday. McDougall holds the record...

JERUSALEM: Palestinians enraged by reports that an Israeli policeman mishandled a copy of the Holy Quran battled riot officers at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa...

PORT SAID, Egypt: Thousands of Egyptians packed the streets of the Suez Canal city of Port Said yesterday in protest at the deaths...

    TRIPOLI: The owner and former director of a private Libyan television who were seized by gunmen in a raid on the channel’s headquarters...

GAZA CITY: The Hamas prime minister charged yesterday that an upcoming regional visit by US President Barack Obama was a “trap” aimed at...

  BAGHDAD: Iraqi Agriculture Minister Ezzedine Al Dawleh resigned yesterday after a protester was killed in the north, the second minister from the Sunni-backed...

  TUNIS: Premier-designate Ali Larayedh yesterday unveiled Tunisia’s new coalition government after reaching a last-minute deal aimed at ending a major political crisis, with...

Fashion designer Fatma Ghanem, Project Manager Fahad Abdul Rasheed and Youth Company Chairman Mohamed Farid during the show.  DOHA: The Youth Company, social...

Philippine Ambassador Crescente R Relacion administering the oath to Filipino Investors and Entrepreneurs Movement officials during the ‘Wealth Conference 01’, at Copthorne Hotel...

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: Many workers responsible for cleaning state-run mosques and toilets therein claim they do not get weekly day off.  Some...

The picture is for illustration and was taken at a cultural programme showcasing a traditional Qatari marriage. DOHA: Qataris do not marry at...

DOHA: The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) is holding a high-level international conference entitled ‘Arts and Politics from an Islamic...