THE HAGUE: A Malaysian passenger jet which blew up over rebel-held east Ukraine with the loss of all 298 people on board was hit by numerous 'high-energy objects' , according to a report yesterday which appears to back up claims it was downed by a ...

Maryam Al Khawaja was expected to stand trial yesterday for allegedly attacking a lieutenant and a policewoman at Bahrain International Airport last month. She was taken to the Public Prosecution for questioning yesterday, buta her lawyer Mohammed Al ...

GAZA CITY: Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at a 12-storey apartment tower in Gaza City yesterday, collapsing the building, sending a huge fireball into the sky and wounding at least 22 people, including 11 children. It marked the first time an entire high-rise ...

TRIPOLI: Using the cover of darkness to mask its identity, a mystery warplane launched a raid near Tripoli airport overnight, killing at least 10 Islamists, a Libyan militia spokesman said yesterday. The new strike came five days after an initial night raid alarmed ...

GAZA CITY: Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at a 12-storey apartment tower in Gaza City yesterday, collapsing the building, sending a huge fireball into the sky and wounding at least 22 people, including 11 children. It marked the first time an entire high-rise ...

JERUSALEM: Hamas' military chief escaped an apparent assassination attempt that killed his wife and two-year-old son, the militant group said yesterday as Israel's prime minister warned that the air strikes in Gaza will continue until rocket fire out of the ...

Russia leant on Kiev to renounce a completely unthreatening association agreement with the European Union. In so doing it created the conditions for a popular uprising that ended in the removal of the corrupt president. Russia's response was to organise an ...

UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reinforced the Security Council's call for "an immediate and unconditional humanitarian cease-fire" in the Gaza war yesterday and demanded that Israel and Hamas end the violence "in the name of ...

GAZA CITY: Hamas last night warned that Israel would pay for the kidnap and murder of a Palestinian teenager in annexed east Jerusalem, in suspected revenge for the murder of three Israeli teenagers. "We send our message to the Zionist entity and its ...

Colombia have only managed to beat Brazil twice in 25 previous meetings, but having won all four of their matches at the 2014 World Cup are buoyant heading into their quarter-final against the hosts tonight. 1 King James. In a World Cup in which the star ...

Colombia have only managed to beat Brazil twice in 25 previous meetings, but having won all four of their matches at the 2014 World Cup are buoyant heading into their quarter-final against the hosts tonight. 1 King James. In a World Cup in which the star ...

SALVADOR: High hopes of a strong performance by African teams at the World Cup have been swept away in a wave of controversy encapsulated yesterday by the expulsion from the tournament of two Ghanaian players. Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley ...

Only one week ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said that in the present circumstances he regarded the presidential election scheduled by the Ukrainian government in Kiev for May 25 as "absurd". Last Wednesday, however, Putin ...

"Bahrain is still free of the deadly virus," said public health consultant Dr Wafa Al Sharbati. She urged people not to heed such claims and follow the ministry's official website www.moh.gov.bh/AR or its social media accounts. She cautioned citizens and ...

Only one week ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said that in the present circumstances he regarded the presidential election scheduled by the Ukrainian government in Kiev for May 25 as "absurd". Last Wednesday, however, Putin ...

MADRID: Atletico Madrid and Chelsea were locked at 0-0 after their Champions League semi-final first leg last night after the Spanish side failed to break down their ultra-cautious visitors at the Calderon. Atletico, through to the last four of Europe's elite club ...

KIEV: More than 100 pro-Russian protesters yesterday stormed the regional government building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and hung up a Russian flag in defiance of Kiev's pro-European government. Dozens of protesters also stormed the ...

KIEV: More than 100 pro-Russian protesters yesterday stormed the regional government building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and hung up a Russian flag in defiance of Kiev's pro-European government. Dozens of protesters also stormed the ...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a former intelligence chief, has been appointed Second Crown Prince, state television reported yesterday. The appointment makes Prince Muqrin, the youngest son of the kingdom's founder King ...

LONDON: Edin Dzeko scored twice as Manchester City heaped more misery on Manchester United with a 3-0 victory last night to move to within three points of Premier League leaders Chelsea with two games in hand. Dzeko needed just 43 seconds to give ...