CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World

Measles cases soar in Brazil, Venezuela: UN agency 01 Dec 2018 - 09:46 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 19, 2018 a medical worker injects a baby with a measles-rubella (MR) vaccine at a health station in Banda Aceh in Aceh province. AFP / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN
Powerful quake rattles Anchorage, hitting roads, bridges hardest 01 Dec 2018 - 09:31 am
A stranded vehicle lies on a collapsed roadway near the airport after an earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Nathaniel Wilder
India checking report IL&FS employees held hostage by staff in Ethiopia 01 Dec 2018 - 09:11 am
File picture of the IL&FS office in India. Reuters
Former US president George H.W. Bush dead at 94 01 Dec 2018 - 08:08 am
File photo of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush salutes as he departs the East Front of the U.S. Capitol Building after Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States in Washington January 20, 2009. REUTERS/Tannen Maury/Pool/Fil
Brazil's Bolsonaro names seventh military man to cabinet 01 Dec 2018 - 02:58 am
Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro waves as he attends the graduation of officers of the School of Aeronautical Specialists in Guaratingueta, Brazil November 30, 2018. Reuters/Paulo Whitaker
PUK to play role in Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government 01 Dec 2018 - 02:36 am
A participant gestures as she competes during the Arbil international bike marathon, in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region, on November 30, 2018. AFP / Safin Hamed
China looking to boost agricultural exports to India, President Xi tells PM Modi 01 Dec 2018 - 02:10 am
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) is welcomed by Argentina's President Mauricio Macri at Costa Salguero in Buenos Aires during the G20 Leaders' Summit, on November 30, 2018.  AFP / Alexander Nemenov
Modi's popularity at risk as farmers' protest hits New Delhi 01 Dec 2018 - 02:10 am
Farmers march towards the parliament house during a rally to protest soaring farm operating costs and plunging prices of their produce, in New Delhi, India, November 30, 2018. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
South Africa's High Court rejects white farmers' challenge to land expropriation plans 01 Dec 2018 - 02:10 am
Former South African President Jacob Zuma sings to supporters after his court appearance in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, November 30, 2018. Reuters/Rogan Ward
Fire-scarred California escapes large-scale rain damage 30 Nov 2018 - 11:11 pm
Mud and debris flow from the Holy Fire burn area after flash flooding, on Trabuco Canyon Road, California, U.S. November 29, 2018 in this still image taken from social media video November 30, 2018. AJ Jaime, OC Public Works//via Reuters
Slovak PM urges minister who quit over UN migration pact to reconsider 30 Nov 2018 - 11:11 pm
In this file photo taken on December 13, 2016, Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak gives a press conference at the end of a general affairs council at the European Council in Brussels. AFP / Emmanuel Dunand
Merkel set for late G20 arrival after 'serious' plane troubles 30 Nov 2018 - 11:11 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel steps down from Airbus
Lawsuit opens in Germany over deadly Pakistan factory fire 30 Nov 2018 - 09:54 pm
Saeeda Khatoon, mother of Aijaz Ahmed, who died in a fire in a Pakistani textile factory, and supporters of the civil trial against the textile discounter KiK, then the factory's main customer, hold a banner in front of the regional court in Dortmund on N
Mexico starts moving some migrants to new shelter 30 Nov 2018 - 09:15 pm
A migrant girl, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, tries to avoid flooded ground by holding on to the door of a toilet after heavy rainfall in a temporary shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, November 29, 2018. R
Belgian police, protesters clash in Brussels over high taxes 30 Nov 2018 - 09:15 pm
Police arrest protesters wearing yellow vests, a symbol of a drivers' protest against higher fuel prices, during a demonstration in central Brussels, Belgium, November 30, 2018. Reuters/Yves Herman
Family says Egypt arrested Brit for military chopper video 30 Nov 2018 - 09:15 pm
Libyan-British Muhammed Fathi AbulKasem's arrest took place shortly after he arrived in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria on Nov. 21 from neighboring Libya, his cousin said.
Trump defends Russia business dealings as US probe widens 30 Nov 2018 - 08:40 pm
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort arrives for arraignment on a third superseding indictment against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on charges of witness tampering, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S. June 15, 2018. Reuters/Jonathan
Defendant, prosecutors appeal verdict in Dortmund bus attack 30 Nov 2018 - 07:36 pm
The Borussia Dortmund team bus is seen after an explosion near their hotel before their game against AS Monaco at Signal Iduna Park Dortmund Germany April 11  2017 Reuters  Kai Pfaffenbach