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Fostering a culture of innovation, creativity ARABIA

Fostering a culture of innovation, creativity

Some 20 artists have been selected to take part in the “Artist in Residence” programme of Qatar Museums (QM).

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Football: Saudi official banned over 'dirty tricks' claim CULTURE

Football: Saudi official banned over 'dirty tricks' claim

A Saudi football official who hinted at "dirty tricks" in the kingdom's top league has been banned for one year, state media reported late on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Aid for Syria waits on Turkish border as warring sides bicker ASIA

Aid for Syria waits on Turkish border as warring sides bicker

Two convoys of aid for the Syrian city of Aleppo were waiting in no-man's land on Wednesday after crossing the Turkish border, as disagreements between warring sides and security fears held up deliveries on the third day of a ceasefire.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Clinton campaign admits missteps on health scare INTERNATIONAL

Clinton campaign admits missteps on health scare

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign yesterday acknowledged it had mishandled a health scare for the Democratic candidate and promised to release additional medical details in the coming days, a pledge Republican rival Donald Trump made as well.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Greetings sent to president of Macedonia ARABIA

Greetings sent to president of Macedonia

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, HH the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday sent cables....

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Taliban driven back from southern Afghan capital INTERNATIONAL

Taliban driven back from southern Afghan capital

Taliban forces fought their way deep into the capital of Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan yesterday, threatening government offices and capturing a prison before being pushed back, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maxwell determined his biggest show won’t be a sideshow CULTURE

Maxwell determined his biggest show won’t be a sideshow

Glenn Maxwell is hoping his brilliant unbeaten 145 in the first Twenty20 against Sri Lanka on Tuesday will put him back on track to represent Australia in the longer formats of the game.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Japan’s half-Indian Miss World a challenge to its self-image INTERNATIONAL

Japan’s half-Indian Miss World a challenge to its self-image

Priyanka Yoshikawa says she hopes that being crowned Miss World Japan will spur greater acceptance in her homeland of people with parents from different ethnic backgrounds, such as herself.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi takes safety steps for Haj ASIA

Saudi takes safety steps for Haj

Saudi Arabia is issuing pilgrims with electronic bracelets and using more surveillance cameras to avoid a repeat of a crush that killed hundreds last year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Le Pen vows to hold referendum on EU INTERNATIONAL

Le Pen vows to hold referendum on EU

France’s far-right National Front (FN) party leader, Marine Le Pen, has vowed to hold a referendum on whether France stays in or leaves the European Union if she wins the 2017 presidential election.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi shares lead Gulf up as foreign investor restrictions eased ECONOMY

Saudi shares lead Gulf up as foreign investor restrictions eased

Saudi Arabia led Gulf stocks higher yesterday as Riyadh eased restrictions on foreign investment in its securities markets, while most other bourses in the region were buoyed by strength in oil prices and global equities at the end of last week.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Uzbekistan’s leader buried INTERNATIONAL

Uzbekistan’s leader buried

Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan for the past quarter of a century, was buried in his home city of Samarkand yesterday, leaving behind a power vacuum in a nation that serves as a bulwark against militant Islam in Central Asia.

4:45 AM November 25 2016