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

World / Asia

China postpones lifting of ban on trade of tiger and rhino parts 12 Nov 2018 - 12:15 pm
Peninsula
Safety watchdog suspends Air India operations director's pilot license for 3 years 12 Nov 2018 - 12:00 pm
Image of an Air India flight used for representation.
Suspension of Sri Lanka parliament challenged in court 12 Nov 2018 - 11:38 am
Women hold candles during a vigil campaign demanding democracy in the country, in Colombo, Sri Lanka November 11, 2018.REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Mushrooms and tangerines: North and South Korea swap food gifts 12 Nov 2018 - 11:12 am
Boxes of tangerines are loaded into South Korean Air Force's cargo plane at the Jeju International Airport in Jeju Island, South Korea November 11, 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS
100,000 police deployed as volatile Indian state votes 12 Nov 2018 - 09:52 am
Indian voters line up to vote at a polling station in Sukma in Chhattisgarh state on November 12, 2018. / AFP / -
Myanmar prepares for first Rohingya returnees, but UN warns against rushing 11 Nov 2018 - 09:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees take part in a protest at the Kutupalong refugee camp to mark the one year anniversary of their exodus in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, August 25, 2018. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Iranian border guards kill 2, wound 3 Pakistanis 11 Nov 2018 - 04:34 pm
Peninsula
Donations flow in for Melbourne attack's "Trolley Man" 11 Nov 2018 - 11:43 am
Peninsula
Woman arrested over Australia strawberry needle scare 11 Nov 2018 - 11:03 am
This file photo illustration shows a strawberry on a fork at a restaurant in Sydney on September 19, 2018. AFP / Saeed KHAN
Sri Lanka president dissolves Parliament, calls for election 10 Nov 2018 - 02:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and President Maithripala Sirisena talk during a rally near the parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo
As Delhi smog hits "severe" level, city chief under fire after reports he is abroad 10 Nov 2018 - 02:43 pm
A pedestrian crosses a road near the Indian President's house amid heavy smog in New Delhi on November 8, 2018. AFP / Money Sharma
Melbourne police see Islamic State "inspiration" behind stabbings 10 Nov 2018 - 10:31 am
An Australian police officer stands outside a property that was searched by Australian counter-terrorism investigators, located in the Melbourne suburb of Werribee, Australia, November 10, 2018. AAP/James Ross/via REUTERS
Moscow conference on Afghanistan kicks off in Moscow 09 Nov 2018 - 05:26 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and members of Taliban delegation take part in the multilateral peace talks on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russia November 9, 2018. Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin
Taliban says not ready for direct talks with Kabul 09 Nov 2018 - 05:19 pm
Head of Political Office of the Taliban Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai (R) attends the second round of the Moscow format consultations on Afghanistan at the President Hotel in Moscow, Russia on November 09, 2018. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency)
One dead in stabbing rampage in Melbourne 09 Nov 2018 - 11:01 am
Police work at the crime scene following a stabbing incident in Melbourne on November 9, 2018.  / AFP / WILLIAM WEST
New Okinawa governor plans US tour to raise military base issues 09 Nov 2018 - 09:51 am
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki attends a news conference at at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Interpol says must accept Chinese boss resignation 08 Nov 2018 - 10:01 pm
In this file photo taken on July 4, 2017 Meng Hongwei of Interpol gives an addresses at the opening of the Interpol World Congress in Singapore. AFP/Roslan Rahman
Philippines marks five years since its deadliest storm 08 Nov 2018 - 09:22 pm
A family a tombstone of a relative at a mass grave for victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan during the fifth anniversary of the typhoon in Tacloban City, Leyte province, central Philippines on November 8, 2018.  AFP