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

World

Crunch time as Catalonia holds independence vote 01 Oct 2017 - 09:08 am
Girls stroll through the center of Figueras with the Spanish and a pro-independence 'Estelada' Catalan flag on September 30, 2017 in Figueras (AFP PHOTO / CESAR MANSO).
Chinese investors bemoan Beijing's bitcoin crackdown 01 Oct 2017 - 09:04 am
Peninsula
Libyan goes on trial over 2012 Benghazi attack that killed US envoy 01 Oct 2017 - 08:58 am
Peninsula
Colombia's last rebel group begins truce 01 Oct 2017 - 08:51 am
Chief Colombian negotiator Juan Camilo Restrepo (R) shakes hands with ELN negotiator Pablo Beltran as Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno looks on in Quito last month. (Photo: AFP/Juan Cevallos).
Anti-IS 'sheikh sniper' killed in battle for Iraq's Hawija 30 Sep 2017 - 05:54 pm
A picture taken on April 26, 2017 shows Iraqi Abu Tahsin al-Salhi (L), a veteran sniper from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units) who boasted about killing at least 320 Islamic State (IS) group fighters, during the fight for the Iraqi city of
Police seal off 1,300 polling stations in Catalonia, resistance continues 30 Sep 2017 - 05:36 pm
A batucada group play drums with children inside a school at the Gracia neighbourhood in Barcelona on September 30, 2017. Supporters of an independence referendum in Catalonia opposed by Madrid occupied would-be polling stations yesterday in a bid to ensu
Iran slaps fuel trade embargo on Iraqi Kurdistan: media 30 Sep 2017 - 02:41 pm
Iraqi Kurds release doves during in a demonstration at Arbil airport, in the capital of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region, after the central government ordered the indefinite halt to all foreign flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan on September 29,
India's flagging economy draws dire warnings of recession 30 Sep 2017 - 01:15 pm
File picture of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Reuters
11 killed in S.Africa township shootings: police 30 Sep 2017 - 01:05 pm
Cape Town
Losing Syria bastion, IS lashes out behind front lines 30 Sep 2017 - 12:49 pm
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advance in a street during a battle against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists to retake the central hospital of Raqa on the western frontline of the city on September 28, 2017.  AFP / BULENT KILIC
Britain's Johnson wants maximum 2-year Brexit transition 30 Sep 2017 - 10:34 am
File photo of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Reuters
Quake of magnitude 5.5 strikes in China's Sichuan province 30 Sep 2017 - 10:06 am
Peninsula
Being called a 'good man' by Trump is sometimes an omen 30 Sep 2017 - 09:43 am
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement on immigration reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. on August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Air strikes kill 28 civilians in Syria safe zone: monitor 30 Sep 2017 - 09:33 am
Peninsula
Trump to visit Asia in November, North Korea in spotlight 30 Sep 2017 - 09:30 am
US President Donald Trump tosses a hat to supporters as he departs for Bedminster, New Jersey, from the White House in Washington, U.S., September 29, 2017. Reuters/Joshua Roberts
Bali volcano evacuees outside danger zone told to go home 30 Sep 2017 - 09:25 am
Evacuees stay at a temporary shelter in Kubu, Karangasem Regency on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on September 30, 2017. AFP / BAY ISMOYO
N.Korea seen moving missiles from development centre: S.Korean broadcaster 30 Sep 2017 - 09:10 am
This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 30, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) visiting Farm No. 1116 under Korean People's Army (KPA) Unit 810 at an undisclosed location. AFP PH
Bali volcano evacuees outside danger zone told to go home 30 Sep 2017 - 08:11 am
Tourists walk on Amed beach in Karangasem on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on September 30, 2017. AFP / BAY ISMOYO