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Beijing - China is building an airstrip on reclaimed land in a disputed part of the South China Sea, recent satellite pictures show,...

Johannesburg - Twelve people were arrested overnight as anti-foreigner attacks in South Africa spread to parts of downtown Johannesburg, police said Friday. "Twelve...

Aden - Saudi-led warplanes pounded a rebel convoy headed to bolster an assault on loyalist forces in Yemen's battleground second city Aden, while...

Srinagar, India - Police arrested a prominent separatist leader in Indian-administered Kashmir on Friday after he headlined at a rally where supporters waved...

Cologne, Germany - Germany will hold a memorial service Friday to mourn the victims of last month's Germanwings crash, blamed on a depressed...

Nairobi - Smuggling of ivory, gold and timber worth over a billion dollars a year is fuelling war by funding dozens of rebel...

Jakarta - A passenger plane in Indonesia was forced to make an emergency landing Friday after air traffic control received a bomb threat,...

Vatican City - Pope Francis is planning to visit Cuba in September as part of a trip that will also take him to...

Sydney - Australia is returning almost 50 Vietnamese asylum-seekers using a warship currently off the Asian nation's coast after intercepting them at sea,...

Hong Kong - A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester apparently assaulted by police -- in a beating captured on video -- slammed the authorities...

Kiev - About 300 US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the...

New Delhi - Rajendra Pachauri, who stood down as head of the UN climate panel in February facing investigation for alleged sexual harassment,...

Kiev - Confident and cheery in priestly black robes, 21-year-old seminarian Oleg is on duty in the small wooden chapel built a year...

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani chairing part of a plenary session of the...

Attorney General Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Marri met a parliamentary delegation from Germany yesterday. The two sides exchanged views on several issues,...

Doha: As part of development work on the sewage network in New Slata area, the Public Works Authority, Ashghal, has announced closure of...

The stamp issued to commemorate the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. DOHA: A special postage stamp has been issued...

The Director General of the Police College, Brigadier Mohamed Abdullah Al Muhana Al Marri, with Dr Mona Rishmawi, head of the Rule of...