ROME: The Vatican yesterday said it could speed up the election of a new Pope as lobbying for Benedict XVI’s job intensified amid...
ROME: The Vatican yesterday said it could speed up the election of a new Pope as lobbying for Benedict XVI’s job intensified amid...
CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s supporters joyfully brandished first photographs of him since cancer surgery two months ago while opposition activists said the...
LONDON: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to hospitals in England to warn them against using “gagging orders” to stop staff from exposing...
CHICAGO: US President Barack Obama acknowledged on Friday that he wished his father had been a bigger part of his life as he...
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei speaking to a crowd at a ceremony in Tehran, yesterday. TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader said yesterday that his...
DAMASCUS: Rebels pressed an offensive in northern Syria yesterday, attacking Aleppo airport and two air bases, as a rights watchdog and residents reported...
ABU DHABI: Police firing tear gas clashed with hundreds of stone-throwing youth in Bahrain yesterday in heightened unrest that could complicate new efforts...
United Nations: The UN Security Council praised plans for a national dialogue in Yemen and warned former president Ali Abdullah Saleh he could...
Jockeys take the start of a traditional camel race during the Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Camel Festival, held at the Shweihan...
MOSUL: A suicide bomber killed a senior Iraqi army intelligence officer and two bodyguards in a northern town yesterday after storming his well-guarded...
RIYADH: A senior Saudi official told an international conference on security yesterday that the “terrorist” threat remains and urged global cooperation to combat...
TUNIS: Thousands of members of the Islamist party Ennahda rallied yesterday in support of its right to rule and against plans to form...
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates is considering changes to its labour law to attract more citizens into the private sector, local media...
Dr Mario Padron (centre), Chairman of Department of Radiology at Clinica Cemtro Orthopaedic Institute, Spain, addressing the second Joint Meeting of the Asian...
The participants of CS4Qatar workhop at Carnegie Mellon University Qatar. DOHA: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) held its sixth annual CS4Qatar workshop...
A view of skyscrapers engulfed in thick fog at West Bay early yesterday, captured from the 40th floor of a hotel building by...
Thomas Dold, winner in the Professional’s category, celebrating after the race. (Qassim Rahmatullah) Doha: Germany’s Thomas Dold upheld his winning title at the...
DOHA: Patients referred to a specialist dental clinic at the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will be able to avail of the services through...