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Qatar Charity, ICSS sign partnership to strengthen sport values CULTURE

Qatar Charity, ICSS sign partnership to strengthen sport values

Qatar Charity has announced the signing of a co-operation agreement with the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), under the framework of its Save a Dream initiative, to help strengthen and enhance the role of sport in empowering young people and encouraging social development and cohesion

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Janet Jackson confirms she's pregnant at 50 INTERNATIONAL

Janet Jackson confirms she's pregnant at 50

Pop superstar Janet Jackson has confirmed that she is pregnant with her first child at age 50 -- and has the baby bump to prove it.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Violence escalates in South African student protest INTERNATIONAL

Violence escalates in South African student protest

Protesters at South Africa's Wits University attacked police vehicles with rocks and overturned another on Tuesday, as violence in nationwide demonstrations over high tuition fees escalated.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Trainee pilot dies in army jet crash INTERNATIONAL

Trainee pilot dies in army jet crash

A Vietnamese trainee pilot was killed when his fighter jet crashed into a rice field, an official said yesterday, the third deadly military plane accident since June.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Son of drug lord "El Chapo" could be among Mexico kidnapped INTERNATIONAL

Son of drug lord "El Chapo" could be among Mexico kidnapped

A son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman could be among a group of people kidnapped from a restaurant in the Pacific Mexican tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta, the state attorney general said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar Rail completes 100km of tunnelling across Metro project ARABIA

Qatar Rail completes 100km of tunnelling across Metro project

Qatar Rail celebrated completion of 100km of tunnelling across the Doha Metro project. The achievement of this significant milestone means that 90% of tunnelling has been achieved, with 11km more required to complete all underground sections of the landmark project.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Emerging trends in Gulf PPP projects ECONOMY

Emerging trends in Gulf PPP projects

The fall in crude oil prices has had a significant impact on the fiscal positions of states in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and a number of infrastructure projects in the region have been delayed for the indefinite future.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Japan Post declines to raise workers’ pay ECONOMY

Japan Post declines to raise workers’ pay

Japan Post Holdings Co, one of the nation’s biggest employers, rejected its workers’ request to raise salaries...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS abducts more than 400 civilians in east Syria ASIA

IS abducts more than 400 civilians in east Syria

The Islamic State group abducted at least 400 civilians including women and children after capturing new territory in an assault on Syria's eastern city of Deir al-Zor, a monitor said Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Snowstorm hits Lebanon ASIA

Snowstorm hits Lebanon

A Syrian child from Raqqa cleans snow from his tent in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon after the first heavy snowstorm hit Lebanon yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
3 Bangladeshis rescued INTERNATIONAL

3 Bangladeshis rescued

Three Bangladeshis along with 10 Ecuadorians were rescued from kidnappers in the Guatemalan town of Huehuetenango, authorities said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kuwait oil minister leaves post days before Opec meeting ECONOMY

Kuwait oil minister leaves post days before Opec meeting

Kuwait named Deputy Prime Minister Anas al-Saleh as acting oil minister to replace Ali al-Omair (pictured) who became minister...

4:45 AM November 25 2016