The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah yesterday received the credentials of Nicholas Hopton, the British ambassador to Qatar. The minister wished the envoy success in his new assignment and

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators reconvened US-brokered peace talks in Jerusalem yesterday amid little fanfare and low expectations, dogged by plans for more Jewish settler homes on occupied land. The resumption of negotiations, after a first

Vice-president El Baradei quits; Qatar condemns use of force CAIRO: Egyptian security forces crushed the protest camps of thousands of supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohammed Mursi yesterday, shooting almost 200 of them

Gibraltar is pleased that Spain is "at last" thinking of taking its longstanding dispute over the sovereignty of the British outpost to international courts, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told Agence France Presse in

A former aide to Barack Obama has said the U.S. president resorted to playing cards on the day Osama bin Laden was killed, such was the tension over the raid. Reggie Love, a personal assistant

Shortage of parking space has become an increasing problem at many shopping malls as the number of parking slots are not enough to meet the number of visiting vehicles. The situation becomes

A group of university students from South Korea yesterday held a mini-concert in Doha, entertaining many with the traditional and contemporary Korean songs and dances. The students are here as part of a student

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent a cable of greetings to the President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day. The Prime

Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria clashed with members of the Free Syrian Army, driving them from the city of Raqqa Wednesday in a sign of a worsening feud among

Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters Wednesday swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammad Morsi, setting off running street battles in Cairo and other Egyptian cities. At least