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Qatar's envoy to Belgium meets head of Qatari-European Friendship Association 14 Oct 2014 - 01:42 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...

Saudi Prince Alwaleed warns against oil prices slide 14 Oct 2014 - 01:40 pm

KHOBAR: Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said the world's top oil exporter should start worrying about the recent slide in global oil...

Saudi Arabia and Iran swap accusations as tensions persist 14 Oct 2014 - 01:10 pm

RIYADH: Senior Saudi and Iranian officials have renewed criticism of each other's interventions in the Middle East in a sign that tensions between...

Indonesian suicide bomber dies fighting with IS 14 Oct 2014 - 12:54 pm

JAKARTA: An Indonesian suicide bomber has died fighting with the Islamic State organisation in Iraq, a monitoring group said Tuesday, sparking fresh concern...

Etihad Airways Q3 revenue jumps 29pc 14 Oct 2014 - 12:54 pm

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi's state-owned Etihad Airways, which plans to buy a 49 percent stake in struggling Alitalia, said third-quarter revenue rose 29...

Ukraine's parliament approves president's choice for defence minister 14 Oct 2014 - 12:53 pm

KIEV: Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday approved National Guard chief Stepan Poltorak as defence minister following his nomination by President Petro Poroshenko. Poltorak, 49,...

Two Thais arrested for trafficking of Bangladeshis, Rohingya 14 Oct 2014 - 12:52 pm

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

India property giant DLF shares plunge on trading ban 14 Oct 2014 - 12:39 pm

NEW DELHI: India's biggest property developer DLF saw more than a quarter of its stock market value wiped out Tuesday after financial regulators...

Daimler says underlying profits up in Q3 14 Oct 2014 - 11:59 am

FRANKFURT: German auto giant Daimler said Tuesday that underlying profits were higher in all divisions in the third quarter and it was sticking...

Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in southeast 14 Oct 2014 - 11:34 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes attacked Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in southeast Turkey on Sunday in the first significant air operation against the militants...

Pakistan, India military talk on hotline amid Kashmir tensions 14 Oct 2014 - 11:33 am

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

Pistorius presses bid to avoid jail at sentencing hearing 14 Oct 2014 - 11:20 am

PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius tried to show he is the ideal candidate for house arrest Tuesday, as the judge heard the final defence witnesses...

ACTS awarded a geotechnical survey contract in KSA on the Riyadh Metro project 14 Oct 2014 - 11:15 am

Eng. Khaled Awad, Chairman of Advanced Construction and Technology Services (ACTS) RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Advanced Construction Technology Services (ACTS), a consulting organisation in...

Taliban attack kills six Afghan police 14 Oct 2014 - 10:48 am

KABUL: Taliban militants killed six Afghan police officers on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks on local security forces...

453 dengue cases reported in southern Chinese province 14 Oct 2014 - 10:48 am

BEIJING: South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported 453 cases of dengue, local health authorities said on Monday. No deaths have been reported...

Japan's JICA ties with Islamic Development Bank arm, eyes Jordan sukuk 14 Oct 2014 - 10:47 am

TOKYO: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed an agreement with the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank to develop...

UKAR sells 2.7bn stg of mortgages to JP Morgan 14 Oct 2014 - 10:46 am

LONDON: UK Asset Resolution (UKAR), the holding company for defunct Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock Asset Management, said on Tuesday it had...

Indian officer wins UN Female Police Peacekeeper Award 14 Oct 2014 - 10:46 am

UNITED NATION: The United Nations' Police Division has conferred the International Female Police Peacekeeper Award 2014 to Indian Inspector Shakti Devi of the...