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Philippines slammed for 'breach' of Ebola quarantine 18 Nov 2014 - 11:36 am

MANILA: The Philippines' top health and military officials were under fire Tuesday for visiting Filipino UN troops undergoing quarantine after serving in Ebola-ravaged...

Toyota aims to replicate Prius success with fuel cell Mirai 18 Nov 2014 - 10:56 am

Toyota Motor Corp's new fuel cell vehicle (FCV) sedan car "Mirai", meaning "future" in Japanese, is displayed during an unveiling event at the...

Real estate transactions worth over QR923m last week 18 Nov 2014 - 10:49 am

DOHA: Real estate transactions between November 09 and 13 for the real estate sales contracts registered at the Ministry of justice are worth...

Samsung to slash number of smartphone models 18 Nov 2014 - 10:43 am

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics has announced plans to slash the number of smartphone models it issues next year by up to one-third as it...

Easyjet FY profit jumps 21.5pc, lifts dividend 18 Nov 2014 - 10:20 am

LONDON: British low-cost airline EasyJet reported a 21.5 percent jump in annual profit, in line with its expectations, prompting it to raise its...

Saudi investment firm Jadwa eyes real estate push 18 Nov 2014 - 10:15 am

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's Jadwa Investment,one of the country's largest privately owned investment firms, says it is planning to invest in domestic real estate...

Bangladesh rescues over 600 trafficking victims 18 Nov 2014 - 09:52 am

DHAKA: More than 600 trafficking victims from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been rescued off the South Asian coast, a navy spokesman in Dhaka...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 18 Nov 2014 - 09:24 am

DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Tuesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying Selling Saudi Riyal...

Modi promotes Clean India drive 18 Nov 2014 - 08:06 am

Protesters gather ahead of a public address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Sydney yesterday. Sydney: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said there...

No India minus secularism: Sonia 18 Nov 2014 - 08:02 am

Former President of Ghana John Kufuor (left) with Indian National Congress party President Sonia Gandhi at the international conference to commemorate the 125th...

RJD and JD-U likely to merge ahead of polls 18 Nov 2014 - 07:58 am

Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) are likely to merge ahead of...

Apex court refuses to put on hold Kashmir poll 18 Nov 2014 - 07:58 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday declined a plea by the Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference to put on hold the assembly...

Truce announced in Kerala LDF 18 Nov 2014 - 07:54 am

Trivandrum: Amid a vocal battle between the CPI-M and the CPI, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) announced a truce yesterday. CPI state secretary...

Gulf Air to operate daily flights to Trivandrum 18 Nov 2014 - 07:52 am

Manama: Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, yesterday announced the increase of its direct services to Trivandrum International Airport following a successful...

Student Day 18 Nov 2014 - 07:50 am

Pakistani boys attend school on the International Student Day in Peshawar yesterday.

Afghan woes 18 Nov 2014 - 07:48 am

An Afghan woman makes her way along a road in Herat province. Despite significant improvement in the last decade, Afghanistan is still extremely...

Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to IS 18 Nov 2014 - 07:46 am

Islamabad: A splinter group of Pakistan’s Taliban has pledged support to Islamic State (IS), a spokesman said yesterday, in another indication of the...

Nato appoints Turkish diplomat in Afghanistan 18 Nov 2014 - 07:46 am

ANKARA: Turkey’s top diplomat in Afghanistan has been appointed as Nato’s senior representative in the war-torn country, the Turkish foreign ministry and the...