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Electronics giant Philips says to split company 23 Sep 2014 - 10:49 am

THE HAGUE: Dutch electrical appliance group Philips said Tuesday it wants to split the company in two, separating its healthcare-lifestyle and lighting businesses...

Philippine mall pulls 'rape' shirt after online outrage 23 Sep 2014 - 10:06 am

MANILA: The Philippines' biggest mall operator said Tuesday it had withdrawn from its shelves a T-shirt that made fun of rape, following social...

Indian minister wants to hike food handouts 23 Sep 2014 - 10:05 am

NEW DELHI: India should increase handouts of subsidised grain, its food minister was quoted as saying, in a move that would backtrack on...

Three militants blown up while placing IED in Afghanistan 23 Sep 2014 - 10:02 am

KABUL: At least three militants were killed while they were planting an improvised explosive device (IED) in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. According...

S. Korea's national debt nears 490 trillion won in 2013 23 Sep 2014 - 10:00 am

SEOUL: South Korea's national debt neared 490 trillion won about (US$470.8 billion) in 2013 as the government increased borrowing to make up for...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 23 Sep 2014 - 09:50 am

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

Masraf Al Rayan halts Libyan bank stake buy on political conditions 23 Sep 2014 - 09:38 am

DUBAI: Qatar's Masraf Al Rayan has put its planned acquisition of a stake in a commercial bank in Libya on hold until political...

Air strikes in Syria hit Islamic State and al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front 23 Sep 2014 - 09:37 am

BEIRUT: The United States and its partners carried out at least 50 air strikes on Islamic State targets in the Syrian provinces of...

Three killed in Pakistan's Peshawar blast 23 Sep 2014 - 09:36 am

PESHAWAR: Three people including a woman were killed and 13 injured as a result of a blast in front of the railway station...

38 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan 23 Sep 2014 - 09:10 am

KABUL: At last 38 Taliban militants were killed and three others were injured following military operations by Afghan national security forces in various...

Emir, PM send greetings to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques 23 Sep 2014 - 09:09 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent Tuesday a cable of congratulations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques...

UAE oil minister says premature to decide on OPEC output target 23 Sep 2014 - 09:08 am

ABU DHABI: It is premature to decide whether OPEC should lower its oil output target when it meets in late November, United Arab...

Ebola cases to triple to 20,000 by November unless efforts raised 23 Sep 2014 - 09:08 am

GENEVA: The number of Ebola infections will triple to 20,000 by November, soaring by the thousands every week if efforts are not significantly...

Miner BHP Billiton to cut 700 jobs in Australia 23 Sep 2014 - 08:43 am

SYDNEY: Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton said Tuesday it would lay off 700 workers at coal operations in central Queensland as it seeks...

China manufacturing gauge picks up in September: HSBC 23 Sep 2014 - 08:37 am

BEIJING: China's manufacturing sector saw a surprise pick-up in September, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday, but economists warned a slowdown in the...

Thousands of HK students on strike 23 Sep 2014 - 06:26 am

Students and teachers attend a rally at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong yesterday to demand greater democracy from China...

209 Rohingyas get Myanmar citizenship 23 Sep 2014 - 06:25 am

YANGON: Myanmar gave citizenship to 209 Muslims displaced by sectarian violence, after the first phase of a project aimed at determining the status...

Khaleda may get life sentence if found guilty in graft case 23 Sep 2014 - 06:03 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s main opposition leader Khaleda Zia went on trial yesterday charged with embezzling $650,000 in two corruption cases that could see her...