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At least 16 people killed in blast targeting policemen at crowded intersection in urban capital of Kunduz province. 11 Sept 2012 A man wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in a crowded intersection in northern Afghanistan, killing 10 policemen and six civilians, local officials said. The policemen were targeted in the urban capital of Kunduz province on Monday, police chief Sameullah...

Afghan police officer named as suspect in ISAF shootings as another attack is launched on a US base in the north. 27 Feb 2012 An Afghan police intelligence officer has been named as the chief suspect in Saturday's shooting of two ISAF military advisers in Kabul's interior ministry. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Afghan ministry of interior named 25-year-old Abdul...

Based on reactions of Shia leadership, Crocker says Ashoura attacks will not lead to strife. 10 Dec 2011 US ambassador Crocker says response of Shia leadership shows no sign of sectarian conflict in Afghanistan This week's Ashoura bombings, which killed 59 Shia worshippers in Afghanistan, will not lead to a cycle of Shia-Sunni sectarian violence in Afghanistan, the US ambassador to...

Today is the 337th day of the blockade. 8 May 2018 MORE ON QATAR Qatar Petroleum to push ahead with expansion despite Gulf crisisyesterday Analysis: Will Pompeo end the GCC crisis?last week Qatar Airways suffers 'substantial loss'last week Kuwait: Not resolving GCC crisis is destructive to region2 weeks ago Ten months ago, an air, sea and land blockade was imposed on Qatar by four Arab countries. Here...

  10 May 2018 - 0:00 A file picture of last year’s Ramadan Sports Festival held at Aspire Zone. The Peninsula Doha:  Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) has announced that it has reached the number of registered teams set to participate in this year’s football, basketball, volleyball, cricket and futsal competitions, which is organised as part of this year’s Ramadan Sports Festival (RSF) 2018. Registration...

  10 May 2018 - 8:04 Early morning shot from Corniche, Doha. Abdul Basit/The Peninsula QNA Doha: Weather inshore until 6 pm on Thursday will be dusty to blowing dust scattered clouds with a chance of light rain may be thundery at places, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report, warning of expected thundery rain at places with strong wind...

  09 May 2018 - 18:36 QNA Doha: The Ministry of Interior said arrested a gang of five Asian nationals who specialize in house thefts. In a press statement, the ministry said the criminal investigation department received reports from a number of people that their homes were stolen. By intensifying investigations and gathering information about their identity and the manner in which they committed...

  17 Jan 2018 - 9:57 Pedestrians walk past stocks display board after the Hang Seng Index leapt 1.81 percent, or 565.88 points, to close at 31,904.75 in Hong Kong on January 16, 2018. AFP / Anthony WALLACE AFP Hong Kong: Asian stocks started the day in the red on Wednesday with Hong Kong seeing profit-taking after the previous day's record close with energy...

  31 Jan 2018 - 10:39 A pedestrian walks past a stock market indicator board in Tokyo, Japan, 30 January 2018. EPA / FRANCK ROBICHON AFP Tokyo: Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index extended its losing streak for the sixth straight day on Wednesday after a sell-off on Wall Street, with investors apparently unfazed over US President Donald Trump's State of Union address. The Nikkei 225 index...

  31 Jan 2018 - 13:08 Cenk Ocal, General Manager of the Turkish Airlines, New York (front 3rd R) poses for a family photo with his team mates after Turkish Airlines rang the opening bell of New York Stock Exchange , in New York, United States on January 30, 2018. At?lgan Özdil - Anadolu By Ovunc Kutlu | Anadolu NEW YORK: Turkey flagship airline rang...

  03 May 2018 - 17:25 Arab-Israeli poet Dareen Tatour, 35, poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters at her house in Reineh, northern Israel September 26, 2017. Reuters/Ammar Awad By Maayan Lubell I Reuters JERUSALEM:  An Israeli court on Thursday convicted an Arab poet of online incitement to terrorism for using a poem as the soundtrack to images of Palestinians...

  03 May 2018 - 17:25 Sinking of the Lusitania. Engraving by Norman Wilkinson, The Illustrated London News, May 15, 1915. P. 631. (Wikimedia Commons) By Rod McGuirk I Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia:  A four-year search of the depths of the Indian Ocean has failed to locate Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. But the unprecedented sonar seabed hunt for the missing airliner might be...

  03 May 2018 - 20:20 Pastoralists herding sheep and goats in Isinya, Kenya, September 28, 2017. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Isaiah Esipisu By Isaiah Esipisu I Thomson Reuters Foundation ISINYA, Kenya:  Last year David Ole Maapia nearly lost his herd of 48 cows to crippling drought in southern Kenya's Kajiado County. To avoid repeating the experience, the Maasai pastoralist, whose culture has long rested on...

  05 May 2018 - 0:45 Models present creations during the Chanel Croisiere (Cruise) fashion show on May 3, 2018 at the Grand Palais in Paris. AFP / Francois Guillot By Thomas Adamson I Associated Press PARIS:  Kristen Stewart, Ralph Fiennes and Margot Robbie all craned their necks up in awe. A creaking, 330-foot (100-meter) cruise liner - with steaming funnels and gangplanks -...