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Facebook warns of increased spending, shares fall (Reuters) - Facebook Inc warned on Tuesday of a dramatic increase in spending in 2015 and projected a...

The Commission, chaired by IAAF Vice-President Sebastian Coe, will tour key Doha 2019 sites such as the Khalifa International Stadium. The eight-member IAAF Evaluation Commission...

Woqod 9-month net profit edges higher to QR856mn Sheikh Saoud (left) and al-Kuwari. Some 22 Woqod projects are now under construction and 16 in the...

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani with British Home Secretary Theresa May in London yesterday. They held talks on co-operation between  Qatar...

‘Terror threat:’ U.S. boosts security at govt buildings The United States said Tuesday it was stepping up security at government buildings in Washington and other...

Iraqi Kurds head to fight ISIS in Kobane A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a base in northern Iraq, on...

Algeria police protests sign of deep divisions Hundreds of protesters thronged the grounds of the presidential palace recently, demanding a better life. Algeria has seen...

The al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliated militant group in Syria, attacked the government-held city of Idlib Monday and briefly seized a number of state...

Syria's neighbors appeal for help in refugee crisis Syria's neighbors no longer have the capacity to take in refugees from the Middle East war, according...

Ukraine crisis: Russia to recognise rebel vote in Donetsk and Luhansk Russia says it will recognise the results of controversial separatist elections in eastern Ukraine,...

New housing project opens in Al Khor A section of the new housing project which was opened yesterday. HE the Minister of Youth and Sports...

Kuwait emir says falling oil price hurting economy Kuwait's ruler warned on Tuesday that a decline in oil prices was damaging the economy of the...

U.S. isolates troops, Australia slaps visa ban on Ebola-hit West Africa states (Reuters) - The U.S. military has started isolating soldiers returning from an Ebola...

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde and Sergey Shubenkov have become the latest stars to back Doha’s bid to host the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Athletics. The...