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New Netanyahu government wins MPs' approval as Obama urges deal 15 May 2015 - 10:15 am

Jerusalem - The Israeli parliament late Thursday narrowly approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government as the United States insisted the Jewish state...

US Senate advances trade negotiating authority for Obama 15 May 2015 - 10:13 am

Washington - Following days of obstruction from lawmakers in President Barack Obama's own Democratic party, the US Senate advanced contentious legislation Thursday allowing...

Yemen refugees flee to Djibouti 15 May 2015 - 10:07 am

Djibouti - Dwarfed by warships and giant cargo vessels, the small wooden boats that brave the dangerous crossing between the Horn of Africa...

Saudi warns rebels over Yemen truce breaches 15 May 2015 - 09:59 am

Sanaa - The Saudi-led coalition against Huthi rebels in Yemen Thursday warned a five-day truce "would not last long" in the face of...

Japan's second city voting to emerge from Tokyo's shadow 15 May 2015 - 09:52 am

Tokyo - The people of Osaka vote this weekend on a plan to streamline Japan's second city in the mould of global metropolises...

US, Cuba to hold embassy talks next Thursday: State Department 15 May 2015 - 09:49 am

Washington - American and Cuban officials will meet on May 21 to discuss reopening embassies and tackle broader migration, security and environmental issues,...

Mexico to give $3.3 m to relatives in army killing 15 May 2015 - 09:48 am

Mexico City - The Mexican government will give $3.3 million in compensation to relatives of criminal suspects killed by soldiers last year in...

Ex-Soviet Central Asia raises alarm over IS recruitment 15 May 2015 - 09:44 am

Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Farrukh Sharifov, a 25-year-old Tajik who repented after joining the Islamic State group in Syria, spoke softly as he addressed...

Eighth victim found dead after US train crash, as probe deepens 15 May 2015 - 09:34 am

Washington - Rescuers with sniffer dogs found an eighth victim Thursday in the mangled wreckage of a train that derailed in Philadelphia, as...

Indian envoy visits The Peninsula 15 May 2015 - 05:33 am

Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora visited the office of The Peninsula yesterday and met Acting Editor-in-Chief Dr Khalid Al-Jaber. The two discussed issues of...

Katara Hospitality’s Milan hotel opens 15 May 2015 - 05:32 am

DOHA: Katara Hospitality has announced the grand opening of the Excelsior Hotel Gallia, a luxury hotel in Milan owned and restored by the...

Emir at Camp David 15 May 2015 - 05:30 am

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah arriving at Camp...

HMC programmes get top accreditation 15 May 2015 - 05:29 am

Dr Hanan Al Kuwari, Managing Director of HMC, with some of the recognised physicians and other senior officials during the event. DOHA: Hamad...

Qatar Charity aids workers who lost everything in fire 15 May 2015 - 05:29 am

DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has distributed food packets to a group of expatriate workers who were badly hit by a massive fire that...

SCH orders recall of medicine 15 May 2015 - 05:28 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has ordered a recall of two batches of Panadol Baby and Infant Suspension (100ml) from the...

Filipina gets a year in jail for forging marriage certificate 15 May 2015 - 05:27 am

DOHA: A criminal court has sentenced a Filipina to a year in jail for forging a marriage certificate to show that her boyfriend...

QAF chief unfazed by possible Olympics bid 15 May 2015 - 05:25 am

President of the International Asociation of Athletics Federation (IAAF), Lamine Diack from Senegal (L) and Qatar Athletics Federation President Dahlan Al Hamad speaks...

Move to phase out existing air conditioners put on hold 15 May 2015 - 05:19 am

DOHA: A decision to phase out all conventional air conditioners from the local market by September has been put on hold until a...