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Experimental Ebola vaccine doses ready by 2015 26 Sep 2014 - 01:23 pm

GENEVA: Thousands of experimental Ebola vaccine doses from British GSK and US NewLink should be ready for use by early 2015 in countries...

India's Modi faces US court summons over riots 26 Sep 2014 - 01:07 pm

NEW DELHI: A New York court has ordered Narendra Modi to answer allegations of "attempted genocide" over deadly anti-Muslim riots, reports said Friday,...

Tokyo market seen to enjoy continued investor optimism 26 Sep 2014 - 12:22 pm

TOKYO: Tokyo investors are eyeing a rosy future, with a reconfigured pension fund investment, more central bank easing and a possible extra government...

Lloyds Bank sells further 11.5pc stake in TSB 26 Sep 2014 - 10:57 am

LONDON: Lloyds Banking Group said on Friday it had sold a further 11.5 percent stake in TSB in a share placing to investors...

Apple sorry for software glitch, defends new iPhones 26 Sep 2014 - 10:50 am

WASHINGTON: Apple made a rare apology Thursday for a software bug that has seen iPhone users lose service, while seeking to quell a...

India-China border stand-off resolved 26 Sep 2014 - 10:24 am

NEW DELHI: A military stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops that lasted nearly two weeks and overshadowed a key summit in New Delhi...

Intel to invest up to $1.5bn in two Chinese mobile chipmakers 26 Sep 2014 - 10:23 am

BEIJING: Intel Corp said it will pay as much as $1.5 billion for a 20 percent stake in two mobile chipmakers with ties...

Kuwait seals deal for Dec-to-Nov naphtha; premium down 38pc from last year 26 Sep 2014 - 10:22 am

SINGAPORE: Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) has sealed a December 2014 to November 2015 full-range naphtha deal with at least one Asian buyer at...

Taliban storm district in near Afghan capital, 100 killed 26 Sep 2014 - 10:22 am

GHAZNI: Hundreds of Taliban fighters have stormed a district in an important Afghan province not far from the capital, killing dozens of people...

50 confirmed dead in China explosions 26 Sep 2014 - 10:21 am

BEIJING: Fifty people were killed in China's restive, far-western region of Xinjiang province at the weekend, a media report said Friday. The unrest...

Boards of Hyundai Motor, units OK signing of $10bn land deal 26 Sep 2014 - 10:21 am

SEOUL: The boards of Hyundai Motor Co and two affiliates on Friday approved a 10.55 trillion won ($10.12 billion) purchase of a plot...

FM participates in Joint GGC-US Ministerial Meeting 26 Sep 2014 - 10:20 am

NEW YORK: Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah participated in the Joint Ministerial Meeting of the GCC countries...

Tokyo shares close down 0.88pc 26 Sep 2014 - 09:38 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks slipped 0.88 percent on Friday following a sell-off on Wall Street, easing from a seven-year high reached in the previous...

Microsoft chief makes first China visit amid probe 26 Sep 2014 - 09:13 am

SHANGHAI: Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is visiting China for the first time since taking the post in February, state media said...

Four children stabbed to death in southern China 26 Sep 2014 - 09:01 am

BEIJING: A man killed four primary school students on Friday in the southern region of Guangxi, state media said, in the latest of...

World Bank to increase Ebola fund $400m 26 Sep 2014 - 09:01 am

WASHINGTON: The World Bank Group on Thursday announced that it will nearly double its financing to US $400 million to help the worst-affected...

Afghan poll runner-up quells fear of unrest 26 Sep 2014 - 08:05 am

KABUL: The runner-up in Afghanistan’s disputed election, Abdullah Abdullah, yesterday congratulated his rival, Ashraf Ghani, on becoming president, seeking to quell fears of...

Anti-Taliban operation 26 Sep 2014 - 08:01 am

Afghan security personnel retaliate against insurgents during an anti-Taliban operation in Dur Baba district near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the eastern Nangarhar province...