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DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani left at noon today for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to take part in...

DOHA: HE the Minister of Justice Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim met here on Monday morning with Executive Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism...

VIENNA: Two packed commuter trains collided head-on in the Monday morning rush-hour in the Austrian capital Vienna, leaving five people seriously hurt, emergency...

DOHA: HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud met here separately on Monday with...

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Monday announced increased cash bonuses for parents of newborn babies and introduced paternity leave as part of a package of...

SANAA: A U.S. drone killed four suspected al Qaeda militants on Monday in a strike in central Yemen, tribal sources said, in the...

DOHA: The Advisory (Shura) Council held on Monday its ordinary weekly meeting of its 41st regular session under HE the Council's Deputy Speaker...

KARACHI: Pakistan has arrested 27 Indian fishermen for illegally straying into its territorial waters, officials said Monday. The arrests come after a ceasefire...

FRANKFURT: Air traffic is disrupted on Monday at Frankfurt International Airport in Germany due to harsh winter weather. Lufthansa German Airlines canceled 140...

LONDON: Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Mozah is sailing to a British port destination, according to AIS Live ship tracking data on...

SEOUL: The teenage daughter of Google chairman Eric Schmidt has shed some light on her father's secretive trip to North Korea, writing a...

FRANKFURT: BASF, the world's biggest chemicals maker, and Malaysia oil and gas giant Petronas announced Monday they were terminating plans to set up...

NEW DELHI: The father of a student who died after being gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi called for swift justice and...

MANILA: Six Filipinos were killed in gunfire or explosions during a siege by Islamic militants on a gas plant in Algeria, and four...

DUBAI: National Bank of Kuwait, the Gulf state's largest lender, posted a slight rise in its 2012 net profit, according to a bourse...

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi's biggest property firms, Aldar Properties and Sorouh Real Estate , plan to merge in a share swap, Sorouh announced on...

MANILA: A US Navy minesweeper that has been stuck on a World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines since last week ignored warnings...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 1.52 percent lower on Monday after rallying at the end of last week to a 33-month high, and as...