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Cabinet approves draft law on changes to press and publications law 22 May 2014 - 05:39 am

Doha: The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting...

Heart Pillow Project for breast cancer patients 22 May 2014 - 05:39 am

DOHA: To support breast cancer survivors and those living with breast cancer, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has collaborated with American Women’s Association of...

Sheikha Mariam dies, aged 72 22 May 2014 - 05:38 am

Doha: Sheikha Mariam bint Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani died yesterday, aged 72, the Emiri Diwan said in a statement. Funeral...

‘Sweika’ gang busted 22 May 2014 - 05:37 am

DOHA: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested six Asians involved in the production and sale of ‘Sweika’ chewing tobacco. The department seized huge...

Rift with PLO to end soon, says Hamas 22 May 2014 - 05:26 am

DOHA: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Tuesday the Islamist group was close to mending rifts with rival President Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestine Liberation...

School fee hike approved 22 May 2014 - 05:26 am

DOHA: Two of the largest Indian schools in Qatar — MES and Birla Public School (BPS) — are among the private schools granted...

Qatar, Liberia sign agreements 22 May 2014 - 05:25 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf witness the signing of agreements between the...

Expat gets death for spying on Qatar 22 May 2014 - 05:24 am

DOHA: A report carried by a local Arabic newspaper yesterday suggesting that a Qatari criminal court has sentenced a Filipino to death and...

An Ashghal official jailed for graft 22 May 2014 - 05:18 am

DOHA: A sensational case of bribery involving an Ashghal (Public Works Authority) engineer and two managers and another official from a couple of...

Mubarak gets 3 years in jail 22 May 2014 - 03:10 am

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak (right) and his son Gamal look on from the defendants’ cage inside a court room in Cairo yesterday....

Warplane attack 22 May 2014 - 02:56 am

Smoke rises from Handarat camp after forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad claimed to have shelled the area using warplanes yesterday.

Dutch send top diplomat to avert Saudi sanctions 22 May 2014 - 02:55 am

AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands will send a top diplomat to Saudi Arabia to prevent the country from imposing trade sanctions in protest at anti-Islamic...

Sisi gets 94.5pc of expat vote in presidential race 22 May 2014 - 02:37 am

CAIRO: Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has picked up 94.5 percent of votes cast abroad in Egypt’s presidential election, officials said yesterday,...

11 soldiers killed in Iraq attacks 22 May 2014 - 02:37 am

BAGHDAD: Attacks north of Baghdad killed 11 Iraqi soldiers, the latest in a protracted surge in bloodshed just a day after officials announced...

Libya to vote in June amid unrest 22 May 2014 - 02:37 am

TRIPOLI: Libya will hold elections next month to replace its disputed interim parliament, as authorities strive to contain a power struggle with armed...

UAE, Saudi join to confront ‘challenges’ 22 May 2014 - 02:36 am

ABU DHABI: Gulf neighbours the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia announced a joint committee to confront “regional challenges”, in a statement published...

Fatah official’s Gaza visit delayed 22 May 2014 - 02:36 am

GAZA CITY: A visit by a senior Fatah official to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip to put the finishing touches on a Palestinian unity...

IAEA, Iran make progress in nuclear bomb probe 22 May 2014 - 02:35 am

VIENNA: Iran has agreed to address some of the many long-held allegations that it conducted research into making nuclear weapons before 2003 and...