CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World

4 Qaeda members killed in Yemen drone strikes 22 Jan 2017 - 11:48 am
File Photo: AFP.
7.9 quake shakes PNG, tsunami alert rescinded 22 Jan 2017 - 11:44 am
A major earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea, with a tsunami alert issued for the Pacific island nation and neighbouring countries, January 22, 2017 (AFP Photo/PEDRO PARDO)
No signs of life on fourth day of Italian avalanche rescue 22 Jan 2017 - 11:40 am
As a painstaking search operation entered a fourth day rescuers combing wreckage of an Italian hotel for survivors of an avalanche detected no signs of life overnight (AFP Photo).
Tamil Nadu holds Jallikattu 22 Jan 2017 - 11:38 am
A foreign tourist raises her thumb and holds a placard against the car window as she passes students during a demonstration against the ban on the Jallikattu bull taming ritual and a call for a ban on animal rights orgnisation PETA, in Chennai on January
Suspected rebels kill two soldiers in India's northeast 22 Jan 2017 - 11:36 am
Assam has seen decades of unrest among ethnic and separatist groups that resist rule from New Delhi ©STRDEL (AFP/File).
In Mosul battle, Iraq forces face fewer IS-planted bombs 22 Jan 2017 - 11:32 am
While previous urban battlefields in Iraq's war against IS were largely depopulated, Mosul still sheltered a million-plus people when an offensive to retake it was launched (AFP Photo/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
36 killed in Andhra train derailment 22 Jan 2017 - 11:31 am
Derailed coaches of a Hirakhand express train from Jagdalpur to Bhubaneswar are seen near Kuneri station, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, outside the town of Rayagada, India, in this still image from video January 22, 2017. ANI via REUTERS TV
Malabar Gold & Diamonds opens 7 showrooms in a day across GCC 22 Jan 2017 - 09:12 am
A view of the inaugurations of seven showrooms of Malabar Gold & Diamonds in UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain.
Women’s march against Trump swamps Washington streets, subway 21 Jan 2017 - 07:38 pm
Protesters arrive on the platform at the Capital South Metro station for the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images/AFP)
'Europe will wake up in 2017', Le Pen says in Germany 21 Jan 2017 - 06:53 pm
France's National Front leader Marine Le Pen and Netherlands' Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders take a Selfie during a European far-right leaders meeting to discuss about the European Union, in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017. (REUTERS/Wolfg
Two suspects blow themselves up in Saudi Arabia 21 Jan 2017 - 06:40 pm
Peninsula
Malaysia Premier, OIC chief discuss Rohingya situation 21 Jan 2017 - 02:36 pm
File Photo.
Blast causes deaths in Syrian camp near Jordan border-monitor 21 Jan 2017 - 02:32 pm
Peninsula
S. Korea rally demands Samsung heir arrest, Park removal 21 Jan 2017 - 01:47 pm
Lee Jae-yong (C) vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, is to be questioned over bribery allegations in the corruption scandal surrounding South Korean President Park Geun-Hye (POOL/AFP).
Russia's Putin to call Trump in coming days 21 Jan 2017 - 12:58 pm
Peninsula
Syria: Idlib countryside is witnessing continuous tension between rebel groups 21 Jan 2017 - 12:53 pm
Peninsula
Ex-Libyan minister survives car bombing in Benghazi 21 Jan 2017 - 12:43 pm
Photo: AA.
46 IS terrorists ‘neutralized’ in northern Syria 21 Jan 2017 - 12:36 pm
Photo: AA.