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18 dead in Jalalabad suicide attacks 20 Mar 2014 - 10:14 pm

Security forces investigate at the site of the suicide car bomb attack in Jalalabad city yesterday. JALALABAD: Seven Taliban suicide attackers stormed a...

Afghan detainees freed 20 Mar 2014 - 10:13 pm

Afghan prisoners walk outside the Parwan Detention Facility after their release in Bagram Airbase, northern Kabul, yesterday.

Abdullah’s supporters alerted over poll fraud 20 Mar 2014 - 10:12 pm

CHARIKAR: Grizzled Afghan mujahideen commanders erupted into yells as their presidential candidate, a dapper man in a scarf and neatly trimmed beard, stepped...

Iqbal seeks to remove ban on govt hiring 20 Mar 2014 - 10:06 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal is seeking the removal of the ban slapped over the recruitment of contractual...

Taliban urged to extend truce 20 Mar 2014 - 10:06 pm

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N has decided to seek an extension in the one-month-long ceasefire...

Teachers, students at a loss over new curricula 20 Mar 2014 - 10:06 pm

LAHORE: The outright rejection of all the 106 manuscripts sent to provincial school education department by Punjab Curriculum Authority for selecting seven of...

Lahore gears up for national puppet festival 20 Mar 2014 - 10:06 pm

LAHORE: The Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop is organising the 11th National Traditional and Contemporary Folk Puppetry Theatre Festival at the Rafi Peer Cultural...

Qatar, Thailand ratify labour recruitment agreement 20 Mar 2014 - 02:50 pm

BANGKOK: The ratification documents' exchange minutes of an agreement on the regulation of Thai workforce recruitment to Qatar, which was signed between governments...

Qatar to reschedule 15pc of planned projects 20 Mar 2014 - 02:29 pm

DOHA: Qatar is likely to reschedule about 15 percent of its planned building projects for coming years and go over budget, amid a...

Qatari-Omani joint committee meeting concludes its 16th session 20 Mar 2014 - 02:21 pm

MUSCAT: The Qatari-Omani joint committee concluded its 16th session here Thursday. The session lasted for two days. The Qatari side was headed by...

Qatar Stock Exchange down 0.18pc 20 Mar 2014 - 02:07 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange ended in the red area when trading closed Thursday at 11,367.31 points (0.18 percent) down 20.83 points from the...

EU to extend visa ban, asset freeze list over Ukraine: Merkel 20 Mar 2014 - 02:06 pm

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that the EU would target more figures with travel bans and assets freezes over the Ukraine...

11 rebels killed fleeing famed Crusader fort 20 Mar 2014 - 02:00 pm

DAMASCUS: Syrian troops killed 11 rebels as they fled the village of Al-Hosn, home to famed Crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers, for the...

Unidentified illness kills 23 in Guinea 20 Mar 2014 - 02:00 pm

CONAKRY: A mysterious illness has killed at least 23 people in southern Guinea in six weeks, but the disease has yet to be...

Abu Dhabi green energy firm Masdar names new chairman 20 Mar 2014 - 01:32 pm

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi's state investment fund, Mubadala Development Company, has appointed a new chief executive at green energy firm Masdar and moved...

Maersk backs Schools Olympic Program finals 20 Mar 2014 - 01:32 pm

DOHA: Qatar's largest oil producer offshore Maersk Oil Qatar is backing healthy lifestyle at the seventh edition of Schools Olympic Program (SOP) Finals...

Japan passes record $937bn budget 20 Mar 2014 - 01:30 pm

TOKYO: Japan on Thursday passed its biggest-ever budget, a $937 billion spending package aimed at propping up growth as consumers brace for the...

Qatar spending jumps 33pc in first half of 2013/14 fiscal year 20 Mar 2014 - 01:19 pm

DUBAI: Qatar's government spending rose nearly 33 percent to 93.2 billion riyals or $25.6 billion in the first half of this fiscal year,...