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Pivot To The Atlantic YES, the United States is pivoting to Asia, one of the reasons for the tete-a-tete last week between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. But behind the scenes, President Obama has act…

Room For Surprises In Iran Elections AS Iranians voted on June 14, they are faced with a choice of six potential presidents, two having dropped out of the running in the final few days. One of these…

Careless Dithering EUROPE'S economic problems are growing steadily worse, with unemployment in parts of the Continent now above the level reached in the United States during the Great Depression…

Plunder Of Africa WITH Africa's economies riding the crest of the global commodities wave, there is an unprecedented opportunity to convert the region's vast resource wealth into investments…

SATYENDRA PATH DOHA Qatar is in talks with Indonesia to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet the increasing domestic demand, Indonesian Ambassador in Qatar he Deddy Saiful Hadi said. "Alt…

THE Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani led talks with a Somali delegation headed by President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud. Talks during the meeting dealt with relations between the two co…

REUTERS JERUSALEM RENEWED international efforts to negotiate curbs on Iran’s disputed nuclear programme have backfired by giving it more time to work on building a bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Benja…

TEHRAN IRAN said on Saturday it will not go beyond its obligations or accept anything outside its rights under the non-proliferation treaty (NPT), ahead of talks with major powers on its disputed nu…

AFP TUNIS UNCERTAINTY gripped Tunisia on Sunday on the eve of the resumption of talks on the formation of a new government of technocrats, amid a standoff between the premier and his own ruling Isla…

REUTERS AMMAN SYRIA’S opposition coalition is ready to negotiate President Bashar al Assad’s exit with any member of his government who has not participated in his military crackdown on the uprising…

QNA BOGOTA QATAR and Colombia signed a number of memoranda of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in diverse fields during the visit of the Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani to the…

REUTERS MANAMA BAHRAIN’S government and opposition began reconciliation talks on Sunday for the first time since July 2011 to try to end two years of political deadlock in the strategically vital Gu…

AFP TEHRAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said the United States must change its attitude if it wants to hold direct nuclear talks with Iran, as he hit out at Washington for imposing sancti…

AGENCIES GAZA TWO cameramen working for Al-Aqsa TV and an educational programming director for the Al- Quds channel, both affiliated with Gaza’s Hamas government, were killed by Israeli airstrikes o…

AFP VIENNA THE UN atomic agency said on Friday it will next month hold its first talks with Iran since August over Tehran’s contested nuclear programme, in a first sign of renewed diplomatic activit…

AFP DAMASCUS SYRIAN rebels said on Saturday they had launched a major assault on a northern airbase used to deploy regime air power, on the eve of a crucial meeting to decide the future of the oppos…

AP TEHRAN IRANIAN officials say the country is considering a harder line in nuclear talks with world powers: Threatening to step up uranium enrichment unless the West makes immediate concessions on …

REUTERS CAIRO EGYPT, a gas producer and exporter, has agreed to import Algerian gas and is in talks with Qatar for a similar deal, the prime minister said on Wednesday, a move that may help Egypt me…

JOSEPH VARGHESE DOHA EMC CORPORATION, one of the global leaders in IT and business transformation, is in the final stage of talks with various universities in Qatar to provide training for the facul…