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Saudi Telecom Q2 profit nearly doubles, beating forecasts 21 Jul 2014 - 09:50 am

RIYADH: Saudi Telecom Co (STC), the Gulf's biggest telecommunications operator by market value, reported a 96 percent surge in second-quarter profit on Monday,...

China shuts meat factory supplying McDonald's, KFC 21 Jul 2014 - 09:22 am

SHANGHAI: Shanghai has shut a factory of US food provider OSI Group for selling out-of-date meat to restaurant giants including McDonald's and KFC,...

Typhoon Rammasun kills 11 in Vietnam 21 Jul 2014 - 08:52 am

HANOI: A total of 11 people have been killed by typhoon Rammasun in Vietnam as of Monday, said Vietnam' s National Steering Committee...

20 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan 21 Jul 2014 - 08:50 am

KABUL: At least 20 Taliban militants were killed following counter-terrorism operations in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in...

Philippine sect opens 'worlds largest indoor arena' 21 Jul 2014 - 08:49 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino presided over the opening on Monday of what is billed as the world's largest indoor stadium, erected by...

Board of Dubai's Arabtec to meet on Thursday 21 Jul 2014 - 08:46 am

DUBAI: The board of Dubai construction company Arabtec will meet on Thursday afternoon to review its second-quarter earnings statement and other reports and...

Kuwait calls for end to Gaza bloodshed, backs truce 21 Jul 2014 - 05:49 am

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in Doha yesterday. They discussed ceasefire for the war raging in Gaza. KUWAIT...

Pro-Al Qaeda cleric held 21 Jul 2014 - 05:48 am

Lebanese security members inspect the car of Monzer Khaldoun Al Hassan, accused of providing explosive devices to two Saudi suicide bombers for the...

Bloody Sunday as 100 Gazans killed 21 Jul 2014 - 05:47 am

Palestinians search for survivors in Gaza’s eastern Shejaiya district yesterday. At least 60 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling...

Hamas military wing claims capture of an Israeli soldier 21 Jul 2014 - 05:46 am

GAZA CITY: The armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas group claimed yesterday night that it had kidnapped an Israeli soldier, prompting celebrations in...

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Gaza 21 Jul 2014 - 05:45 am

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting this morning on the situation in Gaza, where the Palestinian death...

Kerry upset by civilian deaths in Gaza, but blames Hamas 21 Jul 2014 - 05:44 am

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry was overheard yesterday expressing what appeared to be pointed concern over the deaths of civilians during...

60 Syria soldiers among dead in battle: Report 21 Jul 2014 - 05:44 am

BEIRUT: At least 60 soldiers and pro-regime fighters were among the 270 killed in a bloody jihadist attack on a gas field in...

Libya militias locked in deadly battle for airport 21 Jul 2014 - 05:44 am

tRIPOLI: Islamist-led militiamen stepped up their assault yesterday on Libya’s main airport, two days after the collapse of a truce with rival ex-rebels...

Cairo summons Turkish diplomat over Erdogan’s criticism 21 Jul 2014 - 05:43 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned the Turkish charge d’affaires in protest over derogatory comments by Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, aimed at...

S Sudan rebels launch new offensive 21 Jul 2014 - 05:43 am

JUBA: South Sudanese rebels launched an offensive to retake a key town near the border with Ethiopia yesterday in what the United Nations...

One arrested in Bangalore rape case 21 Jul 2014 - 05:42 am

Activists participate in a rally organised by “The Red Brigade - Bring Bangalore Back” to protest against the recent incidents of sexual abuse,...

Drought worries ease 21 Jul 2014 - 05:41 am

A man lies on a heap of fodder, which was removed from a sugarcane field, on a cart pulled by a bull in...