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That's a bit more open plan than we were hoping! Terrified owner left dangling after 44-tonne truck crashes in and nearly rip £300,000 farmhouse from its foundations » Lorry veered off-road and left a gaping hole in property on Friday morning » Sleeping 70-year-old owner was left dangling over the precipice in his bed » John Rowley believes he is alive thanks...

Deadly shootout between soldiers, tribes shatters truce in Bangladesh At least five suspected insurgents have been killed in a gunfight with security forces. Tribes in the Chittagong Hill Tracts had fought insurrection for decades before 1997 peace pact. Acting on a tip-off, a pre-dawn raid on suspected militants' jungle hideout was launched early Saturday leaving at least five fighters dead and...

Italian navy: migrant ship sinks with scores dead and hundreds rescued The Italian navy says rescue operations are underway after a ship carrying migrants sank off Libya. It is the latest in a series of tragedies as refugees flee conflict zones in North Africa and the Middle East. The Italian navy said Saturday that its Comandanti-class warship the Cigala Fulgosi intercepted...

Shelling hits Syrian towns as ceasefire breaks down Men transport a casualty after what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on a busy marketplace in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria August 12, 2015. Shelling resumed on Saturday in two government-held villages in northwest Syria and a rebel town near Damascus, state media and...

Qatar to Take on Russia in IHF Men s Youth World Championship Moscow , August 14 (QNA) - Qatar’s handball youth team will take on hosts Russia in IHF Men’s Youth World Championship 2015 on Friday. After their defeat against Croatia on Wednesday, Qatar's progress now depends on the results of the final group C matches. In this three week long championship,...

Qatar expat produces ‘mega’ timelapse marking nation’s development A new timelapse video that shows off Qatar with nary a mention of the desert has been making the rounds this week, attracting thousands of views since it was uploaded on Aug. 8. The five-minute video, “Mega Qatar Time Lapse,” was produced by Samim Qazi, a 36-year-old expat who was born and raised...

Qatar Municipality Cleans Up Al Wakrah Port The Beaches and Islands Section at the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning recently cleaned up a heavily littered Al Wakrah Port, The Peninsula reports. The port was filling up with discarded items like tyres, fishing nets, Gargoors and other submerged objects in addition to plastic cans and timber from the wharf. Fishermen and the...

Report: Cambodia, Qatar in talks to send workers ahead of World Cup A deal that could send Cambodian carpenters, electricians, bricklayers, welders and numerous blue-collar workers to Qatar is likely “soon,” but only if authorities can guarantee safer working conditions for its nationals, officials from the southeast Asian country have said. According to the Khmer Times, Aspiring Cambodian migrant workers apparently...

Kerry officially reopens US embassy in Havana US Secretary of State John Kerry has attended a flag-raising ceremony at the US embassy in Havana. This marked the official reopening of diplomatic relations between the US and its long-time communist adversary, Cuba. The US national anthem played as the Stars and Stripes was raised on the compound of the US embassy in...

Questions, fears after deadly Chinese blasts Tianjin: Massive explosions at a chemical storage facility in one of China's biggest cities this week killed at least 50 people and injured 700. They also raised fears about toxic chemicals poisoning the air. Here are a series of questions and answers explaining what is known about the blasts, but also the fears over a...

Qatar’s Al Fazaa to get new QR196 million headquarters The Ministry of Interior has hired a local company to construct its new Al Fazaa headquarters in Mesaimeer, Gulf Times reports. The contract, worth QR196 million (US$53.8 million), will entail the construction of six main buildings, including an officers club, security rooms and a workshop to repair vehicles, among other facilities. Plans for...

Real Estate Trading Volume Hits QR 400 Million in a Week Doha, August 12 (QNA) - The total value of trading in real estate sales contracts registered with the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice from 2 to 6 August mounted to QR 410,543,388. According to the weekly bulletin issued by the department, the list of properties that...

DOHA - In what is now a case of so near yet so far, Qatar suffered a painful loss by a slender margin of one goal against Croatia (25-24) in the fourth match of the opening rounds of Group C on Day Six of the IHF Men's Youth World Championship in Yekaterinburg, Russia on Wednesday. Croatia went into the match...

Extreme Heat And Humidity To Continue Till October The weather in Qatar normally becomes pleasant by the middle or end of September, but that is not likely to happen this year. The hot and humid weather is likely to continue for another two months, the weather bureau said on Tuesday. It is going to be an extended summer this time and high...