ABU DHABI: Major Abu Dhabi lender First Gulf Bank has hired a former banker at National Bank of Abu Dhabi as head of...
ABU DHABI: Major Abu Dhabi lender First Gulf Bank has hired a former banker at National Bank of Abu Dhabi as head of...
DOHA: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (pictured) will travel to Doha on Wednesday and hold talks the next day with the Emir of Qatar...
TAIPEI: One of Taiwan's top negotiators on China policy has been put under investigation after stepping down, over suspicions related to "national security",...
KIRKUK: Iraqi government troops and allied militiamen launched a major operation on Tuesday to retake the city of Tikrit from Sunni militants, senior...
BEIJING: One worker has been injured and 29 others are missing after a coal mine blast Tuesday in East China's Anhui province, reported...
BEIJING: The son of Hong Kong kungfu movie star Jackie Chan has been arrested in Beijing for drug use, police said on Tuesday,...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces on Tuesday killed 18militants in its security operation northwest the country. Military sources said that security forces attacked militants...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will not grant visas to UN investigators probing war crimes allegedly committed during the island's decades-long separatist conflict, President Mahinda...
DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Islamic Republic of...
SYDNEY: Global mining giant BHP Billiton posted a 23.2 percent jump in annual net profit to US$13.83 billion Tuesday, as spending cuts and...
MULTAN: As twin protests in Islamabad entered a fifth day on Tuesday, Pakistan police said they had arrested some 150 supporters of protest...
RIYADH: Overseas investors in the Saudi Arabian stock market will face restrictions including a 20 percent ceiling on combined foreign ownership of any...
RIYADH: A Saudi Arabian court on Monday sentenced one man to death and 13 others to prison terms of up to 30 years...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 0.83 percent Tuesday, notching up a seventh day of gains, with the market getting a lift from a weaker...
KHAR: At least six people including two infants were killed when a vehicle hit a roadside bomb in restive northwest Pakistan on Tuesday,...
SINGAPORE: Oil prices rebounded in Asia Tuesday on bargain-hunting after tumbling on easing concerns about conflicts in Ukraine and Iraq, analysts said. US...
TOKYO: Shares in Skymark Airlines surged Tuesday after a report that Malaysia's AirAsia may buy the struggling Japanese carrier, which was left reeling...
WASHINGTON: US warplanes and drones carried out 15 air strikes on Monday against Islamic State militants battling for control of a major dam...
