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CAIRO: Egypt's regulator has no objections to the deal between EFG-Hermes and QInvest of Qatar to create an investment bank, the Egyptian investment...

KUWAIT:  Kuwait's Burgan Bank plans to issue a bond worth up to 200 million dinars ($711 million), a local newspaper reported on Monday,...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Afghan officials said Monday that a NATO air strike killed three children while it was targeting Taliban insurgents planting mines on...

PANAJI, India: A helicopter on Monday crashed and burst into flames, killing three Indian navy personnel, at the airport in the popular holiday...

MANILA: Muslim rebels waging a four-decade insurgency in the Philippines signed a historic pact with the government on Monday to end the conflict,...

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's revered and charismatic former king Norodom Sihanouk, whose life encompassed turbulent years of rule, exile and war including the Khmer...

DUBAI: Bank of America has appointed co-heads for its corporate and investment banking business in the Middle East and North Africa as part...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan:Militants armed with guns and rockets attacked a Pakistani police checkpost overnight, sparking gunbattles that left six police officers dead, officials said...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 0.51 percent higher Monday as late bargain-hunting offset a slump in mobile carrier Softbank, which is planning a multi-billion-dollar...

TOKYO: Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) on Monday restarted direct flights to Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon after a 12-year hiatus, underscoring renewed interest...

MANILA: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged Monday to support economic development in the conflict-wracked and impoverished southern Philippines after helping to broker...

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban because she campaigned for the right to education was being flown to...

Law Minister Salman Khurshid addressing a press conference in New Delhi yesterday. New Delhi:  India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal yesterday said his...

New Delhi: A day ahead of his talks here, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin yesterday said Russia respected India’s nuclear liability law,...

    Imphal: The central government has sounded a security alert in Manipur about possible terror strikes in view of the general strike seven powerful...

NEW DELHI: For centuries, Indian housewives have used homemade remedies based on cow’s milk to cure constipation - but in 2009 Swiss giant...

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban because she campaigned for the right to education is making “slow and...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s committee on law and justice will take up a constitutional amendment bill today that allows holders of dual nationality to...