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Tokyo stocks close up 0.88pc 14 Jul 2014 - 11:05 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 0.88 percent higher on Monday, snapping a five-day losing streak, as the weaker yen helped lift the market following...

Philippine leader's approval down on doubt over corruption effort 14 Jul 2014 - 10:35 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino's performance ratings have plunged to their lowest ever, two independent pollsters said on Monday, as a perception grew...

North Korea fires 100 artillery shells into sea 14 Jul 2014 - 10:27 am

SEOUL: North Korea fired 100 artillery shells into the sea Monday in a live-fire drill near the eastern maritime border with South Korea...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 14 Jul 2014 - 09:52 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Monday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

Pro-Palestinian rallies in Asia 14 Jul 2014 - 09:46 am

People march in Hong Kong in protest against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, yesterday. SYDNEY: Thousands of protesters from Australia to India rallied...

War memorial 14 Jul 2014 - 09:44 am

People walk among rows of lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo yesterday. Some 30,000 lanterns...

Gunmen attack diving resort on Malaysia’s Borneo island 14 Jul 2014 - 09:43 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A policeman was killed and a second kidnapped after heavily armed gunmen opened fire at a Malaysian diving resort off Borneo...

North Korea fires two more missiles 14 Jul 2014 - 09:43 am

SEOUL: North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea yesterday, Seoul’s military said, in an apparent show of anger at an upcoming...

Slain Philippine mayor’s wife wants thorough investigation 14 Jul 2014 - 09:43 am

Manila: The widow of slain Impasug-ong, Bukidnon Mayor Mario Okinlay called on authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the killing of her...

Uncertainty in Indonesia after disputed vote 14 Jul 2014 - 09:42 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia faces a long period of uncertainty after last week’s disputed presidential election, analysts warn — raising fears for Southeast Asia’s top...

Bastille Day 14 Jul 2014 - 09:34 am

Men dressed in Austro-Hungarian World War I military uniforms stand outside a tent at a WWI military camp reconstitution in the Tuilleries Garden...

Germany, US remain great friends: Kerry 14 Jul 2014 - 09:28 am

VIENNA: Germany and the United States sought yesterday to restore vital ties badly frayed by a spying row which led to the expulsion...

Shevardnadze laid to rest 14 Jul 2014 - 09:28 am

TBILISI: Georgia yesterday held ceremonies to bury Eduard Shevardnadze, a former Soviet diplomat hailed internationally for helping end the Cold War but a...

Presidents’ meet cancelled as Ukraine violence flares up 14 Jul 2014 - 09:28 am

KIEV: Escalating clashes between pro-Kremlin separatists and Ukrainian forces yesterday killed 18 civilians and forced the new Western-backed leader to cancel a pivotal...

France ends Mali operation, sends troops to Sahel 14 Jul 2014 - 09:27 am

PARIS: France said yesterday its military offensive that freed northern Mali from the grip of Islamists would be replaced by an operation spanning...

Boko Haram claims June 25 explosions in Nigeria capital 14 Jul 2014 - 09:27 am

ABUJA: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for two explosions on June 25 at a fuel depot in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial...

US Republicans sceptical of Obama’s border funds request 14 Jul 2014 - 09:27 am

WASHINGTON: Senior US Republicans expressed skepticism yesterday about President Barack Obama’s emergency funding request to stem the surge of children from Central America,...

US, Iran say disputes remain in N-talks 14 Jul 2014 - 09:26 am

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) with US Secretary of State John Kerry during talks between the foreign ministers of the six...