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Vodafone Qatar agrees to buy state-owned broadband firm 02 Oct 2014 - 06:12 pm

DUBAI: Vodafone Qatar said it has reached a non-binding agreement to buy state-owned Qatar National Broadband Network (QNBN) and expects to complete the...

Hundreds protest in Syria's Homs after school bombing 02 Oct 2014 - 02:54 pm

BEIRUT: Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, demanding its governor resign after a suicide...

Philippine Islamist militants threaten to behead German on Oct. 17 02 Oct 2014 - 02:01 pm

MANILA: Al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants in the Philippines said on Thursday they will kill one of two German captives on Oct. 17 unless...

Fiat needs more than the 500 to turn core brand around 02 Oct 2014 - 01:48 pm

PARIS: While rivals roll out new models and concept cars, Fiat has little to show at the Paris auto show besides another variant...

Seven Libyan soldiers killed in suicide bombings, clashes in Benghazi 02 Oct 2014 - 01:47 pm

BENGHAZI: Seven Libyan soldiers were killed and 50 wounded in a double suicide bombing and clashes in the eastern city of Benghazi on...

Dubai detectives to get Google face-recognition technology 02 Oct 2014 - 01:46 pm

DUBAI: Dubai police plan to issue detectives with Google Glass hands-free eyewear to help them fight crime using facial recognition technology, a police...

Five people contract Ebola every hour in S.Leone 02 Oct 2014 - 01:45 pm

LONDON: Five people are being infected with Ebola every hour in Sierra Leone and demand for treatment beds is far outstripping supply, the...

Pakistan set to record highest number of polio cases 02 Oct 2014 - 01:28 pm

ISLAMABAD: Health officials in Pakistan on Thursday said the country was set to break its record for the highest number of polio cases...

Bomb on passenger coach kills seven in Pakistan 02 Oct 2014 - 12:58 pm

PESHAWAR: A bomb blast on a passenger coach in northwest Pakistan on Thursday killed at least seven people and wounded another six, police...

New Afghan president re-opens inquiry into Kabul Bank scandal 02 Oct 2014 - 12:37 pm

KABUL: Afghanistan's new president on Wednesday re-opened an inquiry into a 2010 scandal over a bank that collapsed triggering a financial crisis and...

Shares in Dubai's Emaar Malls surge after investors rally 02 Oct 2014 - 12:36 pm

DUBAI: Shares of the retail division of Dubai's Emaar Properties surged in first trading Thursday after an initial public offering that highlighted a...

Interpol opens Singapore centre to fight cyber crime 02 Oct 2014 - 11:51 am

SINGAPORE: Interpol, the world's largest police organisation, is opening a centre in Singapore focused on fighting cyber crime, which many countries, it says,...

Hyundai union narrowly approves wage deal 02 Oct 2014 - 11:45 am

SEOUL: Hyundai Motor union members on Thursday narrowly approved a wage deal aimed at ending a series of damaging partial strikes at the...

National Bank of Kuwait sells Qatar bank stake for $538m 02 Oct 2014 - 11:44 am

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait has sold its 30 percent stake in unlisted International Bank of Qatar for 155 million dinars ($537.5 million),...

Calculating end of service benefits 02 Oct 2014 - 11:19 am

My company didn’t give me full gratuity, so where can I complain? If I complain to the labour court, they don’t help me,...

15 feared dead in Bulgaria explosives blast 02 Oct 2014 - 10:51 am

SOFIA: Fifteen people were feared dead Thursday after a blast flattened a Bulgarian explosives plant that decommissioned landmines, with the government saying there...

Israel approves 2610 housing units in Jerusalem 02 Oct 2014 - 10:50 am

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel has announced a plan for the construction of 2610 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat Hamatos. The...

Tokyo stocks drop 2.61pc by close 02 Oct 2014 - 10:05 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks suffered a 2.61 percent drop on Thursday as a stronger yen and worries about the world economy dragged the Japanese...