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No US-Cuba deal on embassies, talks to go on 23 May 2015 - 02:16 pm

Washington - The United States and Cuba failed Friday to nail down an agreement on reopening their embassies and more discussions to restore...

Strong 6.8-magnitude quake strikes off Solomon Islands 23 May 2015 - 02:08 pm

Sydney - A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands early Saturday, US geologists said, the third major tremor to hit in...

Gunfight in western Mexico kills at least 39 -officials 23 May 2015 - 02:08 pm

MEXICO CITY-- At least 39 people were killed on Friday in western Mexico in a fight between suspected gang members and security forces,...

Emails offer rare glimpse into Clinton's personal life 23 May 2015 - 02:02 pm

U.S. Senators urge Obama administration to block Arctic oil drilling 23 May 2015 - 02:02 pm

WASHINGTON--A group of 18 mostly Democratic U.S. senators on Friday urged the Obama administration to stop Royal Dutch Shell's preparations for oil exploration...

Brazil unveils cuts as IMF urges fiscal discipline 23 May 2015 - 01:59 pm

Rio de Janeiro - The IMF urged Brazil to get its fiscal house in order to emerge from five years of low growth...

Son of Honduran ex-president appears in US court on drug charges 23 May 2015 - 01:55 pm

New York - The son of the former president of Honduras, who was arrested in Haiti this week, appeared in New York court...

Colombia's FARC rebels suspend ceasefire over air strike 23 May 2015 - 01:52 pm

21 killed, 81 wounded in IS attack on Saudi Shia mosque: ministry 23 May 2015 - 01:37 pm

Riyadh - Twenty-one people were killed and 81 wounded in an attack by an Islamic State group suicide bomber on a Shia mosque...

Gunfight kills 39 in troubled Mexican state 23 May 2015 - 01:32 pm

Tanhuato de Guerrero, Mexico - At least 37 people were killed Friday in a gunfight with federal police in a western Mexico region...

Egyptian soldier killed in Sinai attack claimed by IS affiliate 23 May 2015 - 01:21 pm

Cairo - Militants killed an Egyptian soldier Friday after abducting him from an ambulance in an ambush in the Sinai Peninsula, security officials...

Minister attends economic forum in Jordan 23 May 2015 - 04:31 am

Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani (second right) with other delegates at World Economic...

Qatari lawyers attend training 23 May 2015 - 04:27 am

Officials at the launch of the programme. DOHA: The Qatar International Court (QIC), the Ministry of Justice and BARBRI launched a collaboration to...

HMC hosts clinical abdominal MRI course 23 May 2015 - 04:26 am

Dr Adham Darweesh and Dr Mukesh Harisinghani address the event. DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), in collaboration with Harvard University’s Massachusetts General Hospital,...

GU-Q workshops to focus on food waste, environment 23 May 2015 - 04:18 am

DOHA: As part of the research project ‘Safeguarding Food and Environment in Qatar’, the research team from Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) will...

Aspire’s skateboarding and BMXing contest ends today 23 May 2015 - 04:16 am

Farhan Al Sayed, Founder and Patron, QES. RIGHT: One of the participants in action during the BMX Skateboarding competition at Aspire yesterday. Kammutty...

Blood donation campaign held 23 May 2015 - 04:13 am

The Spanish Business Council (SBC) organised a blood donation campaign at the Spanish embassy. Ambassador Ignacio Escobar, Francisco Garrote, Chairman, SBC, and Nicolas...

Silatech, Microcred Tunisia launch new loans for startup businesses 23 May 2015 - 04:12 am

DOHA: Microcred Tunisia has launched ‘Irada’, a new loan product for young startup entrepreneurs, in partnership with regional social initiative Silatech. Irada is...