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Germany frees Al Jazeera journalist 23 Jun 2015 - 02:36 am

Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour is greeted by supporters after being released in Berlin yesterday. Berlin: German authorities yesterday released Al Jazeera journalist...

Ministry blacklists 807 firms 23 Jun 2015 - 02:33 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs blacklisted 807 companies for violation of labour laws in the first half of this year....

Organ transplants jump ten-fold from 2009 23 Jun 2015 - 02:29 am

Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman of Al Faisal Holding, opening the Ramadan blood and organ donation campaign with other officials at...

Council for more study on sponsorship law 23 Jun 2015 - 02:20 am

Members unhappy about some articles in draft law DOHA: The Advisory Council yesterday expressed serious apprehensions about several articles in the draft law...

Syrian opposition figure dies after 'torture' 22 Jun 2015 - 11:05 pm

Beirut : Veteran Syrian opposition figure Oday Rajab died on Monday of kidney failure following beatings he suffered in a government prison, a...

Saudi Arabia tells citizens to ignore latest 'faked' cables 22 Jun 2015 - 10:31 pm

Saudi Arabia has urged its citizens not to distribute "documents that might be faked" in an apparent response to WikiLeaks' publication on last...

Turkey faces a period of political uncertainty 22 Jun 2015 - 09:03 pm

Birol Baskan, a Turkish political scientist teaching at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party lost...

Japan extends parliament session as Abe seeks security reforms 22 Jun 2015 - 05:58 pm

Tokyo--Japan's parliament voted Monday to extend its current session by more than three months, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces strong opposition over...

Eurogroup talks over, new Greece debt meeting in days: officials 22 Jun 2015 - 05:53 pm

Brussels--A meeting of eurozone finance ministers to prepare the ground for a leaders summit on Greece later Monday has ended without agreement, and...

Brazen Taliban attack on Afghan parliament kills two 22 Jun 2015 - 05:48 pm

Kabul--Two people, including a child, died when Taliban militants launched an assault on the Afghan parliament Monday, triggering gunfire and explosions and sending...

Taiwan high court rejects death row inmate's retrial motion 22 Jun 2015 - 05:46 pm

Taipei--Taiwan's high court on Monday rejected a motion by the island's longest-serving death row prisoner for a retrial, saying the new evidence presented...

Israel 'does not commit war crimes', PM says after Gaza report 22 Jun 2015 - 05:41 pm

Jerusalem--Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Monday that Israel "does not commit war crimes" after publication of a UN report alleging both sides may...

Japan's SoftBank in $20 billion-solar power venture in India 22 Jun 2015 - 05:35 pm

New Delhi--Japan's SoftBank will team up with Taiwan's Foxconn and Bharti Enterprises to invest $20 billion in solar power projects in India, as...

Outrage in Israel as Arab MP says to join Gaza flotilla 22 Jun 2015 - 05:27 pm

Jerusalem--An announcement by an Arab Israeli lawmaker that he plans to join a pro-Palestinian flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza caused...

Somali troops stage raid on 'senior' Shebab leaders: official 22 Jun 2015 - 05:21 pm

Mogadishu--Somalia's security agency said Monday it carried out a night raid on key targets inside a Shebab-controlled town in southern Somalia, targeting "senior"...

Swiss court maintains freeze on Assad's wealthy cousin 22 Jun 2015 - 05:15 pm

Geneva--The financial assets of one of Syria's wealthiest men -- a cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad -- will remain frozen in Switzerland,...

Hamas hails UN Gaza report's 'condemnation' of Israel 22 Jun 2015 - 05:13 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories--Hamas saluted "condemnation" of Israel in a UN report released Monday on last summer's conflict in the Gaza Strip that...

Merkel, Hollande see 'insufficient' Ukraine progress after call with Putin: French source 22 Jun 2015 - 05:06 pm

Paris, France--Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said progress on resolving the Ukraine crisis was "insufficient" after a 45-minute telephone conversation Monday...