Man gets death for brutal murder

"A QATARI man was sentenced to death yesterday for the brutal murder of his aunt following a fight about money.A Doha court heard that the man, in his 20s, had tried to suffocate his relative before bludgeoning her with a stone and driving a car over her battered body.The man...

Another Major Cable Break Leaves Thousands Without Net Access

A third (or fourth, depending how you count the lines and service disruption) cable connecting Europe and Asia was destroyed, leaving many people across both continents without internet.The continued destruction of the major cables has led to widespread conspiracy theories...

US$4.3 million offer for 400-year-old Al-Qur`an

""I might agree to part with it if I get a good offer. The last offer I got was for $4.3m," Saeed Ali Al Suwaidi told IINA. He said he went to Makkah in Ramadan last year and had a chance meeting with a Yemeni Islamic scholar. "We began talking after a preliminary...