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Qatars emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)

Qatar's new job laws could benefit Indian household workers

The law prohibits staff being recruited from abroad who are older than 60 and younger than 18.

23 Aug 2017 5:43 PM IST

The global tech-giant was banned at the time of mass anti-regime protests in 2009. (Photo: AFP)

Iran in talks to unblock Twitter, says Communications Minister

The 36-year-old Jahromi became Iran's youngest-ever minister this week, and the first to be born after the 1979 Islamic...

22 Aug 2017 5:45 PM IST

US President Donald Trump

Trump's Afghan strategy: new course or repeating history?

The strategy appears to amount to around 4,000 new troops, largely freed from Obama-era restrictions.

22 Aug 2017 4:30 PM IST

Multiple ground assaults and a deluge of air strikes shrank the Islamic State groups caliphate to a rump and decimated its fighters in 2016 but the organisation remains a potential threat.

42 civilians dead in US-led strikes on Raqa : monitor

The UN estimates there are up to 25,000 civilians trapped inside the city, with food and fuel supplies short and...

22 Aug 2017 3:44 PM IST

After arresting 10 persons in the last seven days in connection with the LSD-MDMA drugs case, staff from excise and enforcement department is clueless on further investigation. (Representational Image)

Dubai: Man nabbed for hiding 5.7 million amphetamine pills in sheep...

Customs authorities discovered the pills when they inspected the cargo before it was to be released and taken to a...

22 Aug 2017 3:09 PM IST

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis. (Photo: AP)

ISIS militants caught in Iraq-Syria military vise: Mattis

Mattis arrived in the Iraqi capital on an unannounced visit just after Trump made a fresh approach to the stalemated war...

22 Aug 2017 1:47 PM IST

Incumbent President Hassan Rouhani re-elects (Photo: AP)

Close to making nuclear weapon? Iran to ramp up Uranium enrichment in...

Iran's atomic chief warning show Iran is willing to push back against Trump while still acknowledging they want to keep...

22 Aug 2017 1:42 PM IST

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces, meets with Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al Sadr in Abu Dhabi. (Photo: AFP)

Saudi renews Iraq ties in bid to distance Iran

Sadr's rare visit to Saudi Arabia came at the invitation of Riyadh, which played up his meeting with Crown Prince...

22 Aug 2017 1:09 PM IST

The Qatar Airways official website said that it was also operating flights between Doha and the four Gulf countries which imposed the ban.(Representational image)

Saudi haj pilgrimage flights wait for landing rights; Qatar denies...

Along with reopening border with Qatar, Saudi had ordered the dispatch of a Saudi Arabia Airlines plane to fly Qatari...

21 Aug 2017 3:09 PM IST

The four accuse Qatar of supporting terror groups and also of maintaining close relations with Shiite power Iran Saudi Arabias nemesis. (Photo: AP)

Mystery Qatari Sheikh from royal family pushed into Gulf crisis...

It was reported that King Salman had received Sheikh Abdullah at his residence in Tangier, Morocco.

21 Aug 2017 10:50 AM IST

The clip surfaced after a recent move by Hurriyat leaders to downplay fears of the growing influence of the ISIS in the Valley. (Photo: File)

ISIS claims Cambrils attack: propaganda agency

Six civilians and a police officer were wounded in the attack and one woman later died of her wounds, authorities said.

19 Aug 2017 5:24 PM IST

Qatar said it had received the demands on June 22 with just 10 days to meet them, which would mean they would have until Sunday to comply. (Photo: AP)

Amid Gulf crisis, Qatar concerned about safety of citizens in Saudi...

The level of tension between the two nations, the language and the tone of the Saudi media spreading hatred against...

19 Aug 2017 11:33 AM IST