Qatar:World Number two Serena Williams and the defending champion Maria Sharapova have cruised into the third round of the Qatar Open tennis championship in Doha yesterday. Serena Williams, who will regain the No. 1 ranking if she reached the semifinals, defeated her Russian rival Daria Gavrilova 6-2, 6-1 in straight sets . Defending Champion and [...]
Dubai:22 Asian workers including an Indian national from West Bengal were killed while 24 others were injured in the worst ever highway mishap near Al Ain in United Arab Emirates yesterday. Indian Embassy officials in Abu Dhabi told AIR that the Indian worker from the West Bengal who died in the mishap boarded the ill [...]
Doha: A UN conference passed a package of agreements on Saturday combating climate change and extended the life of the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding pact on curbing Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions, its chairman said. Agreement on the modalities of a Kyoto “second commitment period,” which seeks to rein in climate change pending a new global [...]
Dubai: The Indian fishermen aboard a ship targeted by the US Navy off Dubai coast claimed that they received no warning before being fired upon and the American action was unprovoked.”According to the survivors, there were no warnings given to them,” Indian Ambassador to the UAE MK Lokesh told medias. “There are many versions of [...]
London: Every country competing at the London 2012 Olympics will have at least one female athlete after Saudi Arabia included two women in its team for the first time.Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani, a judo competitor, and 800 meters runner Sarah Attar will compete in London after the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee named the duo [...]
Doha: Reports have emerged that Nobel Prize winner and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have died of poisoning in 2004. The findings were found following a research carried out in Switzerland and reported by Al Jazeera. The report stated that Arafat could have been poisoned by polonium. The matter was revealed after biological samples were [...]
Kuwait city: The Ministry of Health intends to increase the supply of medicines in hospitals and health centers by 100 percent media reports said.Sources explained the ministry took this step to ensure ample supply of medicines in the health institutions, particularly those required in certain treatment procedures, after some hospitals and health centers reported shortage [...]
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ordered the lifting of ban on Twitter, after the micro-blogging site failed to remove blasphemous content against Islam. “The Prime Minister has ordered the IT Minister to restore Twitter service in Pakistan,” said Fiza Batool, daughter of Yousuf Raza Gilani in a message. “Dear all, I assure (you) that [...]
Manama: Tens of thousands of protesters chanting “Bahrain is not for sale” jammed a major highway on Friday to denounce proposals for closer unity between the unrest-torn Gulf kingdom and neighbouring Saudi Arabia. The rally’s large turnout – demonstrators stretched for more than five kilometres (three miles) along a main highway – underscored the strong [...]
Manama: Susan L. Ziadeh has been nominated as the new US ambassador to Qatar, the White House has announced. A career diplomat, Susan currently serves as deputy ambassador in Saudi Arabia. She will replace Joseph Evan LeBaron who was sworn in as ambassador to Qatar on July 18, 2008. Prior to her current assignment, Susan [...]
