KIEV: Ukraine’s prime minister, seeking to ward off Russian pressure, urged Moscow yesterday to accept his country’s drive towards a new trade relationship...
KIEV: Ukraine’s prime minister, seeking to ward off Russian pressure, urged Moscow yesterday to accept his country’s drive towards a new trade relationship...
YANGON: Myanmar’s parliament has passed a telecoms bill paving the way for licensed international firms to operate, state media said yesterday, in the...
LONDON: Irish no-frills airline Ryanair must slash its almost 30-percent stake in rival Aer Lingus on grounds of unfair competition, a British watchdog...
Employees spray water to cool down oil tanks at a storage facility, which belongs to one of China’s biggest state-owned firms PetroChina oil,...
Doha: Even with the Middle East’s fertilizer capacity expected to grow to 50.4 million tonnes by 2016, global developments in the petrochemical sector...
DOHA: On the back of an extended selling pressure Qatar Exchange (QE) declined 223.68 points or 2.29 percent to 9,547.73 points yesterday. All...
LONDON: Iraq expects exports of crude from its southern terminals to fall in September due to maintenance, according to a preliminary loading schedule,...
CAIRO: The Egyptian pound strengthened on both the official and black markets yesterday as concerns the country faced sustained instability eased further, traders...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India’s rupee hit a record low and posted its biggest percentage fall in 18 years yesterday as parliament’s approval of a...
NEW YORK: Brent crude jumped to a six-month high near $114 a barrel yesterday amid reports that Western powers were readying a military...
A container ship makes its way to the loading terminals in the harbour of Hamburg, yesterday. A pick-up in manufacturing drove German business...
TRIPOLI: Striking workers who have cut Libyan oil output by over half want more power for the country’s eastern region, Oil Minister Abdelbari...
BAGHDAD/LONDON: Iraq has offered investors more lucrative terms to tap a large oilfield and build a refinery, while blaming Royal Dutch Shell for...
DOHA: Witnessing a remarkable recovery, the real estate transactions during the week extended from July 14 to 18 reached to QR1.75bn ($480m) up...
MADRID: Spain’s job-wrecking recession was deeper than first announced in 2012, revised figures showed yesterday. The Spanish economy shrank 1.6 percent in 2012...
Employees work at a truck assembly line at the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) in Minsk, Belarus, yesterday
DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) benchmark index retreated 127.13 points or 1.28 percent to close at 9,771.41 points yesterday due to an extended selling...
DUBAI: Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday to export gas to Oman from 2015, in a 25-year deal valued at...
