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Qatar Airways treats travel agents to a movie night 14 Apr 2015 - 05:48 pm

DOHA: Qatar Airways was pleased to invite travel agents to an exclusive IMAX movie night at Novo Cinemas - The Pearl on Friday,April10.More...

Syria peace envoy eyes 'separate' talks with rival sides in May: UN 14 Apr 2015 - 05:40 pm

Geneva--The UN peace envoy for Syria wants to kickstart stalled negotiations to end the country's four-year conflict by hosting separate talks with rival...

Israel grants entry to Palestinian medics' cars 14 Apr 2015 - 05:30 pm

Jerusalem--Israel began Tuesday to allow Palestinian medical staff working in the country to enter from the West Bank with their own vehicles, a...

IS loses ground in Syria's Yarmuk camp: Palestinian sources 14 Apr 2015 - 05:25 pm

Damascus--Jihadists from the Islamic State group have lost ground to Palestinian fighters in Syria's Yarmuk camp, Palestinian officials and a resident said on...

Sudan opposition struggles to mount challenge to dominant Bashir 14 Apr 2015 - 05:05 pm

Omdurman, Sudan--Battling division and government repression, Sudan's opposition has launched a sit-in against elections expected to extend President Omar al-Bashir's rule, but it...

Somali Shebab kill nine in education ministry attack 14 Apr 2015 - 05:02 pm

Mogadishu--Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants on Tuesday blasted their way into the higher education ministry with a car bomb before storming the building, killing...

Swedish military says 'sub' in photo was civilian boat 14 Apr 2015 - 04:59 pm

Stockholm--The Swedish military said Tuesday that a photograph believed to show a foreign submarine in the sea off Stockholm last October was in...

Jihadist cyber-attack on French TV began in January: sources 14 Apr 2015 - 04:56 pm

Paris--The jihadist cyber-attack against French television channel TV5Monde last week was set in motion in January, several sources with knowledge of the investigation...

Kenya rights group shutdown 'harming counter-terrorism efforts' 14 Apr 2015 - 04:39 pm

Nairobi--Kenya rights groups condemned Tuesday the suspension of two key Muslim civil society organisations for suspected links to Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab, saying it...

UK's Cameron vows return to 'good life' in election fight 14 Apr 2015 - 04:36 pm

London--British Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron launched his party's manifesto on Tuesday, promising a return to the "good life" and the revival of...

Man charged over murder of Assad critic in London 14 Apr 2015 - 04:33 pm

London--British police on Tuesday charged a 36-year-old man with the murder in London of an imam who was a critic of Syrian President...

Nigeria marks first anniversary of Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnappings 14 Apr 2015 - 04:29 pm

Abuja--Nigeria's president-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned he could not make promises on the return of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as...

Libya rivals to resume Morocco talks Thursday 14 Apr 2015 - 04:24 pm

Rabat--Libya's rival parliaments are to resume UN-brokered talks in Morocco on Thursday on forging a united administration for the divided and violence-wracked country,...

Saudi-led coalition seeks UN support on Yemen rebels 14 Apr 2015 - 04:21 pm

Aden--The Saudi-led coalition waging air strikes in Yemen takes its offensive to the diplomatic stage Tuesday, seeking a UN demand that rebels retreat...

Fresh violence erupts in Guinea after day of riots: AFP 14 Apr 2015 - 04:17 pm

Conakry--Fresh violence erupted in the Guinean capital Tuesday after a day of clashes between police and anti-government protesters that left one dead and...

Yemen LNG still has control of gas export terminal: Total 14 Apr 2015 - 04:10 pm

Paris--Yemen's only gas export terminal is still being controlled by operators Yemen LNG, said French energy company Total on Tuesday, after reports it...

'Strong' evidence of Syria regime chemical attacks: HRW 14 Apr 2015 - 04:08 pm

Beirut--Eyewitness accounts and evidence collected from northwestern Syria "strongly" suggest regime forces dropped toxic chemicals on civilians several times last month, Human Rights...

S. Korea, Japan hold first security talks for 5 years 14 Apr 2015 - 04:05 pm

Seoul--South Korea and Japan on Tuesday held their first high-level security talks in more than five years despite simmering tensions over territorial and...