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Tokyo stocks flat at close 17 Jul 2014 - 10:40 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended flat Thursday, with early gains that were fuelled by a record close on Wall Street wiped out by a...

Israel, Hamas agree Gaza humanitarian aid truce 17 Jul 2014 - 10:37 am

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israel and Hamas were Thursday to observe a five-hour humanitarian ceasefire after nine days of fighting, as the army...

SAP reports profits slump in Q2 17 Jul 2014 - 10:30 am

FRANKFURT: German software giant SAP said on Thursday its bottom line was hit by one-off effects in the second quarter, but it is...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 17 Jul 2014 - 10:19 am

DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Thursday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying Selling Saudi Riyal...

Five killed in helicopter crash in S. Korea 17 Jul 2014 - 09:38 am

SEOUL: A firefighting helicopter crashed into a residential area of South Korea's southern city of Gwangju on Thursday, killing all five firefighters on...

Pakistani firing kills paramilitary soldier 17 Jul 2014 - 05:39 am

A villager is taken to the Government Medical College hospital in Jammu following unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops at a border outpost yesterday....

Clinton serves food to schoolchildren 17 Jul 2014 - 05:38 am

Jaipur: Former US president Bill Clinton yesterday visited a kitchen here run by an NGO to oversee a lunch programme that feeds over...

Typhoon Rammasun kills 10 in Philippines 17 Jul 2014 - 05:35 am

LEFT: Residents flee strong winds and rain in Las Pinas City. RIGHT: A worker uses an electric saw to remove a huge tree...

WB, IFC commit $4.2bn for growth 17 Jul 2014 - 05:34 am

MANILA: The World Bank said Tuesday that it and its private sector arm have committed concessional loans of up to $4.2bn to the...

European Union offers help to storm victims 17 Jul 2014 - 05:33 am

MANILA: The European Union (EU) yesterday expressed solidarity with the victims of typhoon Rammasun that rammed southern Luzon and the Bicol region. EU...

Filipino scribe detained by US border agents 17 Jul 2014 - 05:33 am

WASHINGTON: Immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas said yesterday his detention by US border agents in Texas was just an example of the risks...

More than half of Luzon without power 17 Jul 2014 - 05:32 am

MANILA: About 60 to 70 percent of Luzon is experiencing power outage due to the onslaught of Typhoon “Glenda,” the Department of Energy...

Kabul probes market suicide bombing 17 Jul 2014 - 05:31 am

KABUL: Afghan officials yesterday began investigating a devastating suicide bombing at a busy market that killed at least 42 people, one of the...

Traditional food 17 Jul 2014 - 05:31 am

Pakistanis sell traditional food ‘Paaye’ during the holy month of Ramadan in Islamabad yesterday.

Air strikes kill at least 55 in Pakistan 17 Jul 2014 - 05:30 am

PESHAWAR: The Pakistani military said its jets killed 35 suspected militants yesterday as part of an anti-Taliban offensive hours after US drones attacked...

Afghanistan to begin vote audit 17 Jul 2014 - 05:29 am

KABUL: The Afghan election commission is set to start today an unprecedented audit of all 8.1 million votes cast in the June 14...

Govt moves to stop fake polio certificates 17 Jul 2014 - 05:29 am

ISLAMABAD: After a number of complaints about fake polio certificates at the airport by Pakistanis travelling abroad, the Ministry of National Health Services...

Afghan court jails Pakistan reporter for four years 17 Jul 2014 - 05:29 am

JALALABAD: An Afghan court has sentenced a Pakistani journalist to four years in jail for “contacting terrorists”, officials said yesterday. Faizullah Khan, a...