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FM gets call from Hammond 17 May 2015 - 04:05 am

Doha: Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah yesterday received a phone call from British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. They...

Sheikha Moza in Seoul 17 May 2015 - 03:53 am

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser arrives in Seoul, South Korea, for a four-day visit. During her visit, she will advocate for universal...

Court suspends death sentence of Asian man 17 May 2015 - 03:52 am

DOHA: A criminal court that late last month sentenced an Asian man to death by firing squad for killing a male colleague for...

School forced to refund ‘special fee’ 17 May 2015 - 03:51 am

DOHA: The Supreme Education Council (SEC) has forced a leading private school to refund a huge amount of ‘special fee’ it collected from...

Buzzard 4 military drill 17 May 2015 - 03:49 am

Qatari Armed Forces participate in Buzzard 4 military drill. Head of National Defence and Crisis Management Brigadier General Jassim Ahmed Al Muhannadi said...

Ministry eases licence rules for businesses 17 May 2015 - 03:49 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has eased licensing rules for some 55 business categories including some major sectors. The Ministry said...

Al Qaradawi scoffs at death verdict 17 May 2015 - 03:45 am

DOHA: Prominent Islamic cleric, Dr Yusuf Al Qaradawi, pooh-poohed an Egyptian court’s verdict yesterday sentencing him and many others in absentia to death...

Turkey shoots down 'Syrian helicopter' 16 May 2015 - 11:46 pm

Istanbul---Turkish fighter jets on Saturday shot down a Syrian helicopter that crossed into Turkey's airspace in the south of the country, the government...

Hezbollah making gains on Lebanon-Syria border 16 May 2015 - 10:34 pm

Beirut---Hezbollah's chief said Saturday his Shiite movement had expelled Syrian opposition fighters from most of Syria's Qalamun region bordering Lebanon but the battle...

Founder of Israeli settler movement dies at 80 16 May 2015 - 10:24 pm

Jerusalem---Rabbi Moshe Levinger, who founded the militant Gush Emunim movement which pushed Jewish settlements in the West Bank, died aged 80 on Saturday,...

Thousands protest presidential election results in Togo 16 May 2015 - 10:13 pm

Lome---Thousands of opposition supporters marched through the Togolese capital on Saturday to protest the results of presidential elections that extended the Gnassingbe family's...

US drone strike kills four in Pakistan: officials 16 May 2015 - 09:46 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan---A US drone strike killed at least four militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Saturday, Pakistani security...

Macedonian PM defiant ahead of opposition rally 16 May 2015 - 09:38 pm

Skopje---Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski insisted Saturday that he would not step down, on the eve of a major anti-government rally calling for...

US commandos kill top IS leader 16 May 2015 - 09:32 pm

Beirut---US commandos killed a senior Islamic State group leader in a nighttime raid into Syria, US officials said Saturday, as IS jihadists seized...

Turkey arrests ex-top policeman 16 May 2015 - 09:26 pm

Ankara---Turkey has placed under arrest the powerful former police chief of the southeastern city of Diyarbakir and nine others as part of a...

Malaysian dam project opposed by tribes 16 May 2015 - 09:15 pm

Kuala Lumpur---Construction of a Malaysian dam that will flood a rainforested area half the size of Singapore and displace 20,000 tribespeople was given...

Turkey says downs 'Syrian helicopter'. 16 May 2015 - 09:13 pm

Ankara - Turkish armed forces on Saturday shot down a Syrian helicopter that violated Turkey's airspace in the south of the country, the...

China infrastructure bank will uphold standards: minister 16 May 2015 - 09:01 pm

Beijing---China's foreign minister worked on Saturday to allay concerns that Beijing's new regional infrastructure bank would not meet international standards as he met...