In a bizarre incident, an expatriate family apparently returning from long vacation on Saturday left their child sleeping in the back seat of a taxi they hailed from the Doha International Airport to their

The French foreign minister said Monday there will be a "proportionate response" to the alleged chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb that he blamed on Syria's government. "It will be negotiated in coming days,"

Three leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and the movement’s former arch-foe Hosni Mubarak faced separate trials yesterday on similar charges of involvement in the killing of protesters. Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood’s “General Guide”, and

A light-show performance during the opening ceremony of 2013 IHF Super Globe — Qatar at Gharaffa Indoor Stadium yesterday.

A car parked outside Green Garden Restaurant in Mansoura caught fire reportedly after the engine became overheated yesterday afternoon. A Civil Defence team rushed to the spot and doused the blaze. No causalities were

The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Sunday it has opened a probe after residents accused U.N. peacekeepers of killing two people who tried to storm its base in the

The head of a U.N. inquiry into human rights in North Korea challenged Pyongyang on Monday to back its allegation that testimony gathered by his commission in Seoul amounted to "slander" The three-member Commission of

The crimes of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai were "extremely serious", prosecutors said Monday as his bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power trial began moving into its final stages. The description is a key factor

U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon said Monday there was no time to waste as U.N. experts prepared to investigate a suspected Syrian chemical attack, with Washington suggesting the probe was already too late. "Every hour counts.

Two powerful explosions ripped through neighborhoods near mosques in the northern Lebanon city of Tripoli Friday, state media reported. At least 27 people died and 358 were wounded, the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation reported, citing