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Harassed Pakistani female cricketer commits suicide 17 Jul 2014 - 09:47 pm

KARACHI: A female Pakistani cricketer who committed suicide by drinking acid was under extreme stress after an administrator sued her for pursuing a...

New Gaza violence kills 3 children, hikes toll to 234 17 Jul 2014 - 07:04 pm

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: An Israeli air strike in Gaza killed three children on Thursday, medics said, after a humanitarian lull in a...

Qatar Exchange index gains 365.02 points this week 17 Jul 2014 - 06:59 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 365.02 points (2.83 percent) this week when trading closed at 13,284.65 points Thursday. A majority of banks, real...

Microsoft to cut 18,000 jobs in major reorganization 17 Jul 2014 - 06:25 pm

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella holds a Nokia Lumia mobile phone featuring Windows 8.1 operating system at a company conference in San Francisco, California...

US blues legend Johnny Winter dies at 70 17 Jul 2014 - 05:53 pm

A photo taken on July 19, 2008 shows US guitarist Johnny Winter performing on stage during the XII Jazz Festival in Valencia's Palau...

Lebanon files UN complaint against Israel 17 Jul 2014 - 05:37 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon filed a complaint on Thursday against Israel at the UN Security Council, saying it had violated its sovereignty by opening fire...

Goldman Sachs places ITV stock linked to BSkyB sale 17 Jul 2014 - 03:01 pm

LONDON: Goldman Sachs placed 190 million shares in ITV at 190 pence ($320) each on Thursday in a transaction linked to Liberty Global's...

BBC News to cut 400 jobs in austerity drive 17 Jul 2014 - 02:59 pm

LONDON: The BBC said on Thursday it will cut 415 jobs from its news department in the latest cost-cutting measures by the world's...

Fiat shares jump over VW takeover rumour 17 Jul 2014 - 02:56 pm

ROME: Shares in Italian auto giant Fiat jumped by 1.91 percent to 7.745 euros in Milan Thursday on a German magazine report of...

Airbus says Transaero Airlines plans $5.3bn planes deal 17 Jul 2014 - 02:52 pm

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom: European planemaker Airbus said on Thursday that Transaero, Russia's second-biggest airline, intends to buy 20 of its long-haul A330 aircraft,...

Airbus eyes Middle East order for revamped A330 jet 17 Jul 2014 - 02:35 pm

FARNBOROUGH, England: Airbus expects to win at least one order from the Middle East for a revamped version of its twin-aisle A330 jet...

Thai junta allows deposed PM to leave country 17 Jul 2014 - 02:29 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand's junta has given permission to ousted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to leave the country for the first time since a...

Islamic finance body IILM re-issues $890m sukuk 17 Jul 2014 - 02:23 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia-based International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM) has reissued $860 million of its three-month Islamic bond, the organisation said on Thursday....

Iraq forces repel militant attack, kill 15 17 Jul 2014 - 01:54 pm

KIRKUK, Iraq: Iraqi security forces repelled an insurgent attack on a northern Shiite Turkmen town, killing 15 militants, an official said on Thursday....

Nissan's Ghosn wary of Japan PM Abe target of 30pc women in top jobs 17 Jul 2014 - 01:20 pm

TOKYO: Nissan Motor Co Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn raised doubts over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's call to appoint women to 30 percent...

Muntajat signs 2-year contract with Milaha for ammonia transport 17 Jul 2014 - 12:30 pm

DOHA: Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (Muntajat) Q.J.S.C. signed a two-year contract with Qatar Navigation Q.S.C. (Milaha) for the time...

Typhoon power woes in Philippines as death toll hits 38 17 Jul 2014 - 12:00 pm

MANILA: Millions of people in the Philippines endured a second sweltering day without power on Thursday after a ferocious typhoon paralysed the capital...

Attack on mountain posts kills 14 Tunisia soldiers 17 Jul 2014 - 11:02 am

TUNIS: Assailants killed 14 Tunisian soldiers in an attack on two posts near the border with Algeria, where the army has been waging...