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WORLD CUP GERMANY WINNER CHRIST HAND BRAZIL ARGENTINA 14 Jul 2014 - 11:04 pm

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IMF cuts eurozone 2014 growth forecast 14 Jul 2014 - 06:59 pm

BRUSSELS: The IMF cut its 2014 growth forecast for the eurozone on Monday, warning that the recovery in the single currency bloc was...

Airbus unveils A330 revamp at Farnborough 14 Jul 2014 - 06:48 pm

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom: European planemaker Airbus on Monday launched the eagerly-awaited upgrade of its long-haul A330 passenger jet -- the A330neo -- to...

Volkswagen to invest $900m in new US model 14 Jul 2014 - 06:45 pm

FRANKFURT: German auto giant Volkswagen said Monday it will invest $900 million (643 million euros) to build a new sports utility vehicle (SUV)...

Qatar Exchange index gains 108.7 points 14 Jul 2014 - 06:42 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 108.7 points (0.84) when trading closed at 19,990.4 points here Monday. The traded value increased to QR536,142,947.38 with...

India court suspends death sentences for Delhi gang-rape 14 Jul 2014 - 06:11 pm

NEW DELHI: India's top court Monday suspended the death sentences of two of the four men convicted of the deadly gang-rape of a...

16 dead in Hezbollah-Syria rebels battle on Lebanon border 14 Jul 2014 - 06:09 pm

BEIRUT: At least 16 fighters were killed in clashes between Syrian rebels and Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah on the Lebanese border over...

Israel to charge 3 Jews over Palestinian teen murder 14 Jul 2014 - 06:06 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel is to indict three Jewish extremists with murder over the brutal killing of a Palestinian teenager, officials said Monday, as it...

Malala tells Nigeria president to meet parents of hostages 14 Jul 2014 - 06:03 pm

ABUJA: Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai on Monday urged Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to meet with parents of the schoolgirls kidnapped three months...

Egypt court overturns poll ban on Mubarak officials 14 Jul 2014 - 03:00 pm

CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Monday overturned a ruling that had banned senior members of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak's party from contesting upcoming...

Pistorius breaks silence with tweets on love and pain 14 Jul 2014 - 02:39 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, on trial for killing his model girlfriend last year, has broken a long social networking silence with...

QIB Q2 net profit gains 15pc 14 Jul 2014 - 02:35 pm

DUBAI: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), the Gulf state's largest sharia-compliant lender by assets, posted a 15 percent jump in second-quarter net profit on...

Two car bombs in Baghdad kill six 14 Jul 2014 - 02:31 pm

BAGHDAD: Two car bombs struck Baghdad on Monday, killing six people and wounding a dozen others, police and medical sources said. The explosions...

Five killed in Brazil shooting 14 Jul 2014 - 02:25 pm

SAO PAULO: Five people were killed and four wounded in a shooting in Carapicuíba, in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, police told...

Citigroup to pay $7bn subprime mortgage settlement 14 Jul 2014 - 01:25 pm

NEW YORK: Federal regulators and Citigroup are set to announce Monday a $7 billion settlement to resolve charges that the bank sold faulty...

Ford halts production at South African plant due to strike 14 Jul 2014 - 01:23 pm

CAPE TOWN: American motor company Ford said on Monday it has temporarily suspended production at one of its South African plants due to...

Strong 6.4 quake hits off Philippines, no damage 14 Jul 2014 - 11:54 am

MANILA: A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at sea in the southern Philippines on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were...

Japan PM Abe calls for talks with China's Xi at APEC 14 Jul 2014 - 11:41 am

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Monday for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a regional meeting in Beijing in November,...