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Pakistan, India talk on routine hotline 14 Oct 2014 - 11:32 pm

ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistani and Indian military officials spoke yesterday by hotline after days of intense cross-border firing in the disputed region of Kashmir...

Pakistan’s total debt surges to over Rs16tr 14 Oct 2014 - 11:32 pm

KARACHI: Pakistan government’s total debt surged by 1.6 percent to Rs16.057tr as of August 31, 2014 since borrowing from domestic resources to reduce...

US Marine named suspect in Subic killing 14 Oct 2014 - 11:06 pm

By BEVERLY ESCOLANGO OLONGAPO CITY: The Philippine National Police and local authorities have released the identity of the suspect in the killing of...

Uprising remembrance 14 Oct 2014 - 10:59 pm

Buddhist monks yesterday walk past pictures depicting the uprising during a commemoration of a mass uprising against military rule 41 years ago where...

HK police use sledgehammers, chainsaw to clear protest barriers 14 Oct 2014 - 10:16 pm

HONG KONG: Hundreds of Hong Kong police used sledgehammers and chainsaws yesterday to tear down barricades erected by pro-democracy protesters near government offices...

Sri Lanka faces EU fish export ban 14 Oct 2014 - 10:16 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union moved yesterday to ban Sri Lanka from selling its seafood to the massive EU market in a bid to...

Korean leader reappears with cane 14 Oct 2014 - 10:15 pm

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has finally resurfaced with the help of a walking stick after a prolonged, unexplained absence that fuelled...

Thai police nab two for human trafficking 14 Oct 2014 - 10:15 pm

BANGKOK: Thai authorities have arrested two men charged with human trafficking, police said yesterday, following the discovery of 134 suspected victims in southern...

OPEC unlikely to hold emergency meeting on oil drop 14 Oct 2014 - 03:02 pm

LONDON: OPEC is unlikely to call an emergency meeting as proposed by Venezuela, two OPEC sources said on Tuesday, a sign the exporter...

PM meets US Treasury Department's Undersecretary 14 Oct 2014 - 02:57 pm

DOHA: HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani on Tuesday met David Cohen, US Treasury...

Hungarian FM meets Qatar's envoy 14 Oct 2014 - 02:57 pm

BUDAPEST: Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto met here today with Qatar's Ambassador to Budapest Abdullah Hussein Al-Jaber. During the...

Qatar to participate in GCC transport ministers meeting 14 Oct 2014 - 02:56 pm

DOHA: HE the Minister of Transport Jassim Saif Al Sulaiti left Doha Tuesday heading to Kuwait to take part in the 18th meeting...

Air Berlin, Alitalia sign codeshare deal 14 Oct 2014 - 02:56 pm

BERLIN: Air Berlin and Alitalia, both soon to be part-owned by Etihad Airways, have agreed to cooperate on over 400 routes from later...

Burberry says markets getting tougher 14 Oct 2014 - 02:55 pm

LONDON: British luxury brand Burberry warned that conditions in some of its markets, including China, had worsened in its second quarter, overshadowing a...

Qatargas announces successful start-up of Plateau Maintenance Project 14 Oct 2014 - 02:17 pm

DOHA: Qatargas has announced the successful start-up of the Plateau Maintenance Project (PMP), which aims to ensure the production capacity of Qatargas 1...

JPMorgan Chase posts Q3 profits of $5.57bn 14 Oct 2014 - 02:15 pm

NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase said Tuesday it returned to profits in the third quarter after being saddled with huge legal costs that resulted...

Syria security officials 'sacked' after school bombing 14 Oct 2014 - 02:15 pm

BEIRUT: Two senior security officials in the Syrian city of Homs have been fired after a bombing that killed dozens of schoolchildren, stirring...

Qatar's envoy to Belgium meets head of Qatari-European Friendship Association 14 Oct 2014 - 01:43 pm

BRUSSELS: HE Qatar's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al-Thani met here at the headquarters...