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ANKARA: U.S. oil firm ExxonMobil is in talks with state-run Turkish Petroleum Corporation over a venture to explore for shale gas in the...

SRINAGAR: The Indian Security forces killed two Muslim militants in a clash in India-administered Kashmir on Monday, police said. The clash began after...

DOHA: HH the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived in the French capital, Paris, this afternoon, on a two -day...

DOHA: HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani held here Monday morning separate meetings with Ambassador...

DOHA: Al Jazeera slammed as "unjust" an Egyptian court decision Monday to jail three of its journalists for between seven and 10 years...

PARIS: French energy group GDF Suez has signed a draft agreement to develop a gas processing plant in northern Java, Indonesia, as part...

DOHA:The Qatari-French Business Forum began in Paris on Monday with the participation of Qatari Minister of Economy and Trade HE Sheikh Ahmed bin...

MANILA: The number of Filipino workers evacuated by the Philippine government from Libya's conflict zone will go up to 231 with the arrival...

BEIRUT: At least 10 Syrian soldiers were killed in Israeli overnight air raids on positions near the Israeli-held Golan Heights, the Syrian Observatory...

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange ended in the red area when trading closed Monday at 12,436.05 points (0.19 percent) down 24.10 points from the...

DUBAI: Dubai contractor Arabtec Holding has laid off a significant number of employees in the wake of chief executive Hasan Ismaik's departure last...

SYDNEY: Australia Monday said it was "appalled" at the jail term given to Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste by an Egyptian court, saying...

Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed (L to R), listen to the ruling at a court in Cairo June 23, 2014. CAIRO:...

ISLAMABAD: Four bodies bearing torture marks and hands tied behind their back were recovered from Baldia Town area of Karachi on Monday morning,...

JOHANNESBURG: Eight suspected illegal gold miners were found shot dead at a disused mine near Johannesburg at the weekend, police said Monday. "There...

HILLA: Twenty-three detainees were killed during a militant attack on an Iraqi convoy transporting them south of Baghdad on Monday morning, officials said....

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi's Al Hilal Bank plans to raise $500 million from a capital-boosting Islamic bond issue, a document from lead arrangers said...

DOHA: Qatari property developer Barwa Real Estate said on Monday it was selling its 95 percent stake in Barwa Commercial Avenue Co to...