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Serena continues mastery of Sharapova for magical 19th Williams left few in doubt that the pursuit of Steffi Graf's 22 titles and Margaret Court's 24 will continue. (Reuters) Serena Williams gave a gallant Maria Sharapova another serving of grand slam heartbreak to win the Australian Open on Saturday and bolster her claims to be the all-time greatest player with her 19th...

Djokovic beats Wawrinka to book final with Murray Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 30, 2015. (Reuters) Novak Djokovic once again stood tall at the Australian Open as he reached his fourth final in the past five years with another five-set victory over Stan Wawrinka, the...

Pakistanis mourn victims of mosque bombing Thousands of Shiite Muslims have staged protest rallies across Pakistan after a suicide bombing at a mosque in the country's south killed at least 59 people. A day of mourning has been declared in the local region. Thousands of mourners have filled the streets of Shikarpur to hold a mass funeral for victims of the...

ISIS chemical weapons expert ‘killed’ in airstrike Central Command said the death of the ‘chemical weapons expert’ is expected to temporarily degrade and disrupt the terrorist network. A chemical weapons expert of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was killed in a coalition airstrike last week near Mosul, Iraq, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Friday. The...

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Architectural competition held to design new Qatar courthouse Over the past several months, Qatar’s government has been actively seeking to replace its lower criminal courthouse on C-Ring Road with a new, modern structure that would be located at the northern edge of Doha. This week, the country’s Private Engineering Office (PEO) – a government agency that oversees high-profile development projects in...

France’s anti-Muslim tensions will be ‘short lived’ - expert A Muslim woman speaks with a French gendarme during an identity control near the prefecture of Lille, northern France. (File photo: AFP) Hostilities experienced by France’s Muslims, following the attacks carried out by Islamist extremists on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo are likely to be short lived, according to one...

Thai officials prosecuted for human trafficking Ethnic Uighur Muslims line up beside a police van in Thailand in March 2014. Thailand said it suspected a group of 200 people recently rescued from a human trafficking camp were ethnic Uighur Muslims. More than a dozen Thai government officials -- including senior policemen and a navy officer -- are being prosecuted for...

Attacker opens fire at Istanbul police post, no casualties: Turkish TV The attack comes just over three weeks after a suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station in Istanbul. A woman armed with a machinegun opened fire on a police post in Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Friday but initial reports suggested there were no casualties, Turkey's NTV television...

Explosion at Pakistan Shiite mosque kills dozens Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in an explosion at a packed Shiite mosque in the Pakistani city of Shikarpur. The attack comes amid concerns about heightened sectarian and militant violence in Pakistan. At least 35 people were reported to have been killed on Friday after an explosion during prayers at a...

German couple killed in Paraguay by guerrilla kidnappers A German couple has been found dead on a cattle farm in northern Paraguay. Members of a guerrilla group are alleged to have kidnapped and murdered the German ranchers who had lived in Paraguay for 30 years. Roberto Natto, 60, and Erika Reiser, 53, were found on Thursday with multiple bullet wounds several...

HH the Emir Meets Heads of Military Colleges Doha, January 29 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Thursday met at Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College a number of military colleges' heads from Gulf, Arab and friendly countries, who called on HH the Emir to greet him on the occasion of visiting the country to participate...

Index: Despite ranking, perception of public safety in Qatar high Doha residents feel much safer than statistics would suggest they actually are, according to a new report that assesses and ranks dozens of cities around the world. Qatar’s capital came in 29th place out of 50 cities in the latest edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index: Assessing urban...

Clock to raise cancer awareness unveiled at Women's Hospital Though it looks like any other ordinary clock, this gigantic wall clock unveiled at the Section 3 waiting area of the Women's Hospital on Wednesday is for a cause. The clock is part of the National Cancer Program's (NCP) ongoing activities of the کBe Breast Aware'. The artistically designed clock bears...