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Migrants’ plight 15 May 2015 - 05:18 am

Rohingya migrants jump to collect food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter from a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern...

US, Gulf states to deepen military ties 15 May 2015 - 05:16 am

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and leaders and heads of GCC states attending the summit with US President Barack...

Nine street vendors arrested 15 May 2015 - 02:10 am

DOHA: Nine street vendors in Souq Haraj and Najma area were arrested during an inspection campaign conducted by the authorities recently. The crackdown...

15 sitting members win CMC election 15 May 2015 - 02:09 am

DOHA: The majority of candidates who won the Central Municipal Council (CMC) election held last Wednesday were sitting members of the Council. Fifteen...

Ooredoo offers more mobile data options 15 May 2015 - 02:09 am

DOHA: Ooredoo has announced two major upgrades for customers looking to top-up their mobile data, with data recharges now available on the Ooredoo...

Vatican’s Palestine recognition fuels debate 15 May 2015 - 02:07 am

Granddaughters of Salman Hamaida, a 75-year-old Palestinian man who was driven out of the town of Ramla during the 1948 war over Israel’s...

Respect Yemen’s truce, appeals UN 15 May 2015 - 02:06 am

Aid packages are unloaded from a Doctors Without Borders plane at Sana’a International Airport yesterday. Relief agencies used a five-day humanitarian truce in...

INDIA MODI CHINA VISIT SINO INDIA RELATIONS 15 May 2015 - 12:34 am

Group: ViewsAsia Credit: KESHAV Source: The Hindu - New Delhi, India Keywords: COLOR INDIA MODI CHINA VISIT SINO INDIA RELATIONS 051415 Provider: CartoonArts...

Tips to improve our patience 14 May 2015 - 11:46 pm

By Ibn Al Qayyim As Almighty Allah has enjoined patience, He has also provided some means that lead to it and support it....

No dead-end streets for believers 14 May 2015 - 11:44 pm

By Harun Yahya One of the mistakes people generally fall in is their descending into desperation whenever they face even the slightest difficulty....

S.Sudan security given key role in new media regulation bodies. 14 May 2015 - 09:20 pm

Juba - South Sudan formed two new media regulation bodies Thursday placing national intelligence officials on the boards of both, a decree on...

Fourteen die in Kabul guesthouse siege, most of them foreign. 14 May 2015 - 09:18 pm

Kabul - Fourteen people, most of them foreigners, were killed in a Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse that trapped dozens attending a...

Hungary mayor offers to 'rescue' doomed John Paul II statue. 14 May 2015 - 09:13 pm

Budapest - A Hungarian mayor has offered to "rescue" a statue of Pope John Paul II set for demolition in France after a...

NATO, EU work together against 'hybrid warfare'. 14 May 2015 - 09:04 pm

Antalya, Turkey - NATO and the European Union on Thursday vowed to tighten cooperation against the "hybrid warfare" that the West accuses Russia...

Hollande denounces 'unacceptable' violations of Ukraine ceasefire. 14 May 2015 - 09:04 pm

Aachen, Germany - France's President Francois Hollande on Thursday denounced as "unacceptable" ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, after speaking briefly with his Ukrainian...

President and spy chief battle for Burundi's future. 14 May 2015 - 08:56 pm

Bujumbura, Burundi - Brothers-in-arms during Burundi's civil war, President Pierre Nkurunziza and former spy chief General Godefroid Niyombare are now vying for power....

IS jihadists execute 26 civilians near Syria's Palmyra: monitor. 14 May 2015 - 08:53 pm

Beirut - Jihadists from the Islamic State group executed 26 civilians on Thursday after overrunning their villages near Syria's ancient city of Palmyra,...

At least three soldiers killed in Burundi coup battles: AFP. 14 May 2015 - 08:39 pm

Bujumbura, Burundi - At least three soldiers were killed in Burundi Thursday during intense battles between rival army factions after a coup attempt,...