Doha Film Institute’s ‘Focus on Qatar 2016’ beginning tomorrow at the Museum of Islamic Art will shine the spotlight on the country’s filmmakers, who actively pursue the art of documentaries.
Nissan’s Adel Hussein Abdulla made the perfect start to his challenge for honours in the gruelling six-day OiLibya Rally of Morocco,
University of Cape Town students sing during protests demanding free tertiary education in Cape Town yesterday.
The health of controversial spiritual guru Asaram, who is accused of allegedly raping a girl, was “stable,” a medical board set up by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences told the Supreme Court yesterday.
Sri Lanka will soon bring in a new anti-terrorism law, Prime Minster Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.
Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan won the Nobel Medicine Prize yesterday for his pioneering work on autophagy – a process whereby cells “eat themselves” – which when disrupted can cause Parkinson’s and diabetes.
China will make countering the Dalai Lama’s influence the “highest priority” in its work on ethnic affairs in Tibet, the region’s Communist Party boss has said, vowing to uproot the monk’s “separatist and subversive” activities.
The head of one of Turkey's largest media groups, Dogan Media, quit on Friday after hackers released what they said were emails showing him yielding to editorial pressure from members of President Tayyip Erdogan's inner circle.
A Cypriot court ruled on Friday that an Egyptian man accused of hijacking a plane and diverting it to Cyprus can be extradited to Cairo for his alleged crimes.
A packed commuter train ploughed into a station in New Jersey during the morning rush hour yesterday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100, many of them critically.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan suggested on Thursday that emergency rule could be extended beyond a year and rounded on rating agencies after Moody's cut Turkey to "junk" status.
Saudi Arabia's top religious authority urged citizens to support government austerity measures, saying recent decrees were temporary moves necessitated by public interest, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
