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HAPPY EARTH DAY WASTE POLLUTION ENVIRONMENT 25 Apr 2015 - 02:49 am

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Internet use, speed to rise by year-end 25 Apr 2015 - 01:58 am

DOHA: Qatar expects a significant increase in Internet penetration once the fibre optic broadband network is completed by the end of the year....

EU migrant rescue ships head for Libya 25 Apr 2015 - 01:56 am

Rescued migrants wait before disembarking off the Italian Guardia Costiera vessel Fiorillo at the Sicilian harbour of Catania yesterday. BRUSSELS/SKOPJE: British and German...

CMC candidate shuns posters, social media 25 Apr 2015 - 01:55 am

DOHA: In what is a highly technology-driven campaign for the upcoming Central Municipal Council (CMC) election, there is at least one contestant who...

Saudi foils bomb plot, says IS killed cops 25 Apr 2015 - 01:54 am

Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al Turki listens to journalists questions during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, yesterday. Riyadh:...

Qatar remains one of the richest countries 25 Apr 2015 - 01:53 am

DOHA: Qatar continues to be one of the wealthiest countries in the world with a per capita income that was estimated at over...

Strong winds lash Qatar 25 Apr 2015 - 01:47 am

DOHA: High winds lashed the country late last evening. Eyewitnesses said wind speed was close to 100km an hour outside Doha but that...

Togo's president tries to extend family rule into second half-century. 24 Apr 2015 - 09:00 pm

Lome - Voters go to the polls in Togo this weekend, with President Faure Gnassingbe seeking a third term of office to extend...

Canadian mining executive found dead in Mongolia. 24 Apr 2015 - 08:56 pm

Ulan Bator - A Canadian mining executive in Mongolia trying to enforce a judgment of more than $100 million against the government for...

Kiev accuses Russia of not wanting Ukraine peace. 24 Apr 2015 - 08:53 pm

Kiev - Ukraine accused Russia on Friday of resisting a peaceful end to fighting in eastern Ukraine and called for weapons from its...

Separate talks with Syria rival sides to start May 4: UN. 24 Apr 2015 - 08:49 pm

Geneva - The United Nations said Friday it would host separate talks with rival sides in Syria from May 4 in a bid...

UN rights chief urges Britain to combat tabloid hate speech. 24 Apr 2015 - 08:43 pm

Geneva - The UN's rights chief on Friday urged Britain to crack down on tabloid newspapers inciting racial hatred after a columnist for...

Niger meningitis death toll rises to 129: minister. 24 Apr 2015 - 08:34 pm

Niamey - The death toll in a meningitis epidemic that broke out in January in Niger has reached 129, the health minister said...

EU clears 19 genetically modified products. 24 Apr 2015 - 08:29 pm

Brussels - The EU has cleared 19 controversial genetically modified products including human food, animal feed and cut flowers, the European Commission said...

Bulgarian parliament recognizes Armenian killings as 'massacre'. 24 Apr 2015 - 08:29 pm

Sofia - Bulgaria's parliament recognized for the first time on Friday the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire a century ago,...

At least 115 children killed in Yemen since March 26: UNICEF. 24 Apr 2015 - 08:22 pm

Geneva - At least 115 children have been killed and 172 maimed in the violence raging in Yemen since Saudi-led air raids began...

France increases Reunion shark fishing after surfer death. 24 Apr 2015 - 08:19 pm

Paris - France said Friday it has approved increased fishing of tiger and bull sharks in the marine reserve of its African island...

Saudi executes Jordanian drug trafficker. 24 Apr 2015 - 08:08 pm

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia executed a Jordanian man on Friday for drug trafficking in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said. Mohammed Abu...