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Bahrain court lifts travel ban on leading activist 01 Oct 2014 - 06:22 pm

DUBAI: A Bahrain court lifted Wednesday a travel ban on a prominent activist charged with assaulting airport police as she flew in to...

Qatar stocks gain slightly 01 Oct 2014 - 06:19 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained slightly by 30.24 points (0.22 percent) when the bourse closed trading at 13,758.55 points here Wednesday. The trading...

Britain awards £3.2 bn deals to support naval bases 01 Oct 2014 - 06:16 pm

LONDON: Britain on Wednesday awarded contracts worth £3.2 billion to support the management of the nation's naval bases and upkeep of the fleet....

JPMorgan faces suit over $10 bn in mortgage bonds 01 Oct 2014 - 06:13 pm

NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase will face a US class-action lawsuit over the sale of $10 billion worth of allegedly falsely valued mortgage bonds...

Air strike kills 9 jihadists north of Baghdad 01 Oct 2014 - 06:03 pm

KIRKUK, Iraq: An air strike on a base of the Islamic State jihadist group north of Baghdad killed nine militants Wednesday, a senior...

Blasts in Syria's Homs kill 18, most children 01 Oct 2014 - 02:58 pm

DAMASCUS: Twin car bomb explosions in the central Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday killed at least 18 people, mostly children, and wounded...

Ten killed in Ukraine's Donetsk on back-to-school day 01 Oct 2014 - 02:51 pm

KIEV: Ukraine's largest rebel-controlled city of Donetsk was shaken by violence Wednesday as 10 people were killed, some of them teachers and parents...

Myanmar grants first licences to foreign banks in decades 01 Oct 2014 - 02:43 pm

YANGON: Myanmar's central bank on Wednesday announced it had granted "preliminary approval" for nine foreign lenders to operate in the country for the...

Grenade attacks kill four, wound 11 in SW Pakistan 01 Oct 2014 - 02:42 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan: Militants lobbed grenades at two small businesses in a southwest Pakistani city on Wednesday, killing at least four and wounding 11...

US embassy issues warning after clashes in Myanmar 01 Oct 2014 - 10:57 am

YANGON: The U.S. embassy in Myanmar on Wednesday issued a warning to its citizens travelling in eastern Myanmar after clashes between the military...

Karadzic to close arguments in his UN genocide trial 01 Oct 2014 - 10:30 am

THE HAGUE: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will begin his closing statement on Wednesday to the Yugoslav war crimes court, where he...

Emir, PM congratulate of Cyprus President 01 Oct 2014 - 09:47 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent Wednesday a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos...

Philippines' Aquino criticises UN for mission 'impossible' 01 Oct 2014 - 09:40 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Wednesday criticised the United Nations for refusing to better arm Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, saying...

12 dead as trains collide in northern India 01 Oct 2014 - 09:36 am

NEW DELHI: Two passenger trains packed with festive travellers collided in northern India, killing at least 12 people and injuring 45, a railway...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 01 Oct 2014 - 08:44 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

Afghanistan, US sign security pact 01 Oct 2014 - 04:01 am

Security adviser Hanif Atmar (right) and Nato’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Maurits Jochems (left) hold their documents after signing the Status of...

Bilawal set for political journey 01 Oct 2014 - 03:59 am

KARACHI: A meeting of the core committee of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was held yesterday in which it was decided that party Chairman...

International Day of Old Persons 01 Oct 2014 - 03:59 am

A man sells chopped and sliced sugarcane on a road side in Peshawar, Pakistan, yesterday. The UN observes October 1 as International Day...