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

World

In Iraq, UN chief Guterres calls for protection of civilians 31 Mar 2017 - 07:23 pm
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres visits displaced Iraqis who fled Mosul, at Hasansham camp, in Khazer, Iraq March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
India crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses hurts poor most, analysts say 31 Mar 2017 - 07:20 pm
In this photograph taken on March 25, 2017, Indian butcher Riyaz Babu Qureshi (R) sits in his empty shop in the old quarters of Meerut. A zealous campaign to protect cows -- considered sacred by Hindus -- by a new right-wing government in Uttar Pradesh st
Indian abattoirs end strike on assurances of no Hindu party crackdown 31 Mar 2017 - 07:09 pm
In this photograph taken on March 25, 2017, Indian workers stand inside an empty abattoir in Meerut. A zealous campaign to protect cows -- considered sacred by Hindus -- by a new right-wing government in Uttar Pradesh state has sent India's $4.8 billion b
India seeks divine intervention to deter serial spitters 31 Mar 2017 - 07:08 pm
The move comes shortly after the state's new leader Yogi Adityanath, a firebrand Hindu priest, announced a ban on chewing tobacco in government premises after encountering a spit-stained office in Lucknow last week.
FBI chief's secret Twitter account outed? 31 Mar 2017 - 07:00 pm
James Comey
Scotland makes formal request to UK for independence vote 31 Mar 2017 - 06:48 pm
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon returns from the chamber in Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Brazil Temer’s popularity slides further: poll 31 Mar 2017 - 05:21 pm
Michel Temer (EPA)
US environmental groups file suit to block new coal mining on public lands 31 Mar 2017 - 05:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Train cars loaded with coal pass California Zephyr as it rolls along the tracks during its daily 2438-mile trip to Emeryville, San Francisco from Chicago (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP)
US priority on Syria no longer focused on ‘getting Assad out’: Haley 31 Mar 2017 - 05:02 pm
Peninsula
Palestinian, UN alarm after Israel approves new settlement 31 Mar 2017 - 04:58 pm
A Palestinian protestor takes cover behind a pile of tires during clashes with Israeli security forces following a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus, in the occupied Wes
Five biggest career scandals of South Africa's Jacob Zuma 31 Mar 2017 - 04:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at a Human Rights Day rally in Durban, South Africa, March 21, 2016 (REUTERS / Rogan Ward)
Afghans deported from Europe arrive home, to war and unemployment 31 Mar 2017 - 04:47 pm
FILE PHOTO: An Afghan family who were living as refugees in Pakistan carries bundles of supplies at a humanitarian aid station in Torkham, Afghanistan, October 22, 2016 (REUTERS / Josh Smith)
Putin says climate change not caused by emissions 30 Mar 2017 - 07:58 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with President of Iceland Gudni Johannesson during the International Arctic Forum in Arkhangelsk on March 30, 2017.  AFP / Sergei Karpukhin
Trump lifts rights conditions on Bahrain arms sales 30 Mar 2017 - 07:49 pm
Donald Trump (AFP file photo /  Brendan Smialowski)
Abbas: Trump 'serious' about Israel-Palestine peace 30 Mar 2017 - 07:36 pm
A handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) on on March 29, 2017 shows Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas attending talks of the Arab League summit in the Jordanian Dead Sea resort of Sweimeh. Via AFP
Andhra siblings born same day - year apart 30 Mar 2017 - 07:33 pm
Representational photo (REUTERS / Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
No hand baggage stamping at seven Indian airports from April 1 30 Mar 2017 - 07:31 pm
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has chosen airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin and Ahmedabad for the new system to
African students grapple with anger, shock over attack on Nigerians 30 Mar 2017 - 07:10 pm
This photo taken on March 27, 2017 shows Indian police and onlookers surrounding African nationals at a shopping mall in Greater Noida. Hundreds of residents of an Indian city where a teenage boy died of a suspected drug overdose went on a violent rampage