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Explosion in Nyköping flat kills two Two people were killed following an explosion in an apartment in Nyköping Monday afternoon. Police have sealed off the area, and a bomb group is on the way to the site from Stockholm, news agency TT reports. There were no signs that the blast was preceded by a fire.     Read the full text news in resource...

Doha to Host BADEA Board of Directors Meeting on Wednesday Doha, March 02 (QNA) - Doha will host on Wednesday the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) for the year 2015. The meeting, to be held under the patronage of HE the Minister of Finance Ali Sharif Al Emadi,...

Ericsson, Intel partner up to offer Cloud-based products Intel’s CEO Brian Matthew Krzanich said the partnership would provide a “platform for innovation." (Courtesy of Twitter) Ericsson announced Monday it had partnered with chip maker Intel to offer software and hardware to help operators deploy cloud-based services and compete with existing big names in the industry. The new Hyperscale Datacenter System (HDS) 8000,...

Erdogan arrives in Riyadh for talks with Saudi king King Salman bin Abdulaziz holds talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Riyadh. (SPA) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday for talks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz. The King and Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and top Saudi officials...

Ukraine in appeal for international peacekeeping force The office of the Ukrainian president has written an appeal to the UN and EU for international peacekeepers. At the same time, President Poroshenko unveiled his plans to increase the size of the military. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed an appeal on Monday addressed to the United Nations and the European Union, opening the...

Bomb explodes near top court in Cairo Several casualties have been reported after a bomb exploded near a top Egyptian court in central Cairo. The attack comes one day after a deadly bombing outside a police station in southern Egypt. At least nine people, including five policemen, were wounded when the blast went off in a crowded downtown street near the...

Iraq forces battle to recapture Tikrit from 'Islamic State' Iraq has begun a large-scale military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit from the "Islamic State" (IS) militant group, according to state television. Iraq's state television Al-Iraqiya television said on Monday that government forces - backed by allied Shiite and Sunni fighters - were attacking the city of Tikrit, with...

Tajik vote overshadowed by ruble slump Voters have cast ballots in Tajikistan for a new parliament likely to be held by President Emomali Rakhmon's secularists. Many migrant Tajiks have returned to the Central Asian nation because of Russia's economic slump. Ex-Soviet Tajikistan voted on Sunday with few signs of genuine parliamentary opposition to the 22-year-old rule of President Rakhmon. Election results...

14-year-old girl killed after Facebook spat, planned videotaped fight (CNN) - The fatal feud started with a squabble on Facebook, devolved into a planned brawl at a park, and ended with a 14-year-old girl dead. Police in Alabama say a group of girls who quarreled on Facebook decided to take their grievances to a Birmingham park, where their fight was going...

Safarova clinches first Qatar Total Open title after defeating Azarenka Czech tennis player Lucie Safarova has earned her maiden Qatar Open title after unseating Victoria Azarenka during the finals last night, 6-4, 6-3. This is Safarova’s sixth and largest WTA title, in which she will take home some $124,000. According to AP: “The Czech snapped Azarenka’s 14-match winning streak in Doha and...

MOI sets up new electronic system to report car accidents in Qatar Qatar motorists involved in accidents may no longer need to go to the Traffic Department to collect paperwork for their insurers, following an announcement from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) about a new, paperless electronic reporting system. In a statement, MOI said it had signed an agreement with the...

Tokyo Olympics 2020 to save $1 bln with three venue changes Tokyo's bid team erupted with joy when it was revealed their city will host the 2020 Olympics. Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 are to move or alter three venues, saving around a billion dollars, with more changes and savings to come, the International Olympic Committee's Sports Director...

Qatar grows by 217,000 people over the past year For the seventh time in the past year, Qatar’s population has hit an all-time high, according to new figures from the country’s statistics agency. There were 2,334,029 people residing within Qatar’s borders at the end of last month, the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics said. That’s up nearly 5 percent, or 109,446...

Exclusive: Sisi talks on relations with Saudi Arabia On Syria, Sisi said the conflict in the war-ridden country should come to end via a political process and not military means. (Al Arabiya) President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi praised Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries for supporting Egypt, linking the stability of the most populated Arab country to the rest of the region,...