MUSCAT: Latest statistics released by the Omani Ministry of Health showed that eight cases of flu (H1N1) were reported in the first half...
MUSCAT: Latest statistics released by the Omani Ministry of Health showed that eight cases of flu (H1N1) were reported in the first half...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan military on Tuesday said 447 militants have been killed in a month-long offensive against foreign and local militants in the...
FARNBOROUGH: Qatar Airways (QA) has won three of top awards at the 2014 Skytrax World Airline Awards, the national carrier said Tuesday. QA...
NEW YORK: US banking giant JPMorgan Chase Tuesday reported a drop in second-quarter earnings on lower mortgage banking profits and weaker trading revenues....
DUBAI: DP World, one of the world's largest port operators, has signed a $3 billion loan deal, becoming the latest Dubai entity to...
DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Tuesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying Selling Saudi Riyal...
LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron appointed Philip Hammond as foreign minister on Tuesday as he reshuffles his cabinet ahead of the 2015 general...
MOSCOW: Ten people died and scores were taken to hospital after a train derailed in Moscow's packed metro during rush hour on Tuesday,...
MANILA: World Bank president Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday described the Philippines as the next "Asian miracle" and a global model in fighting...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 0.64 percent higher Tuesday, tracking a rise on Wall Street and with the weaker yen supporting exporters, while traders...
Soldiers inspect a helicopter after it crashed on the outskirts of Phnom Penh yesterday. PHNOM PENH: Four Cambodian soldiers died and one was...
Bangladeshi social activists and left-wing political party members protest against the on-going Israeli attacks on Gaza, in Dhaka, yesterday.
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called yesterday for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a regional meeting in Beijing in November,...
SEOUL: North Korea fired 100 artillery shells into the sea yesterday in a live-fire drill near the eastern maritime border with South Korea...
MANILA: Thousands of people living in coastal areas of the Philippines were preparing yesterday to evacuate as the first major storm of the...
TOKYO: A nuclear plant in southern Japan is to clear an initial safety hurdle tomorrow, a key step in what is likely to...
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s education minister Chiang Wei-ling resigned yesterday after he was implicated in an academic scandal that sparked public outrage and a police...
MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino’s performance ratings have plunged to their lowest ever, two independent pollsters said yesterday, as a perception grew that...