UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to quickly open its nuclear program for inspection and...
UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to quickly open its nuclear program for inspection and...
TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that his country is ready to hold talks with US on specific issues, but...
DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani joined the faithful worshippers in performing the Istisqaa prayer (rain-seeking prayer) at the...
Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Tuesday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...
MANILA: Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical storm to hit the Philippines this year, slammed into a southern island on Tuesday, destroying homes, cutting...
JERUSALEM: Israel rejected concerted criticism from Europe yesterday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations’ de...
CAIRO: Egypt’s most senior judges announced yesterday they would delegate judicial officers to oversee a referendum on a controversial draft constitution, overriding calls...
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s ruler accepted the government’s resignation yesterday, the state news agency Kuna said, a step designed to make way for a new...
RIYADH: A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 jet crashed in the Gulf during a routine training exercise late on Sunday and the pilot...
LONDON: Prince William’s wife Catherine is expecting a baby and is in hospital suffering severe morning sickness, St James’s Palace announced yesterday. The...
WASHINGTON: The failure of Rupert Murdoch’s pioneering iPad newspaper The Daily underscores the problems of the news industry as it seeks a paid...
The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegne at the Emiri Diwan in Doha...
The father (right) of a South African child killed during the Villaggio Mall fire weeps next to his other son, during a funeral...
DOHA: The craze for special easy-to-remember numbers is not restricted to individuals alone. The state health authorities also seem to be bitten by...
JERUSALEM: Israel faced concerted criticism from Europe yesterday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations’ de...
The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with the President of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday....
Doha: In a bid to help reduce the soaring costs of weddings for young unmarried Qatari men, the Qatari government has issued directives...
LONDON/PARIS: Qatar Airways has upgraded an order for Airbus A350 aircraft to larger variants, a move that includes new backing for a model...