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BANGKOK:  Thailand’s Information Technology Ministry blocked Facebook yesterday and planned to hold talks with other social networking sites to stem protests against the...

SEOUL:  A fire at a rural South Korean hospital for chronically ill elderly patients yesterday killed 21 people and injured eight in the...

BEIJING:  Local officials in China’s western Xinjiang region held a public rally for the mass sentencing of criminals on Tuesday, handing out judgements...

YANGON:  Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party has launched a petition seeking changes to Myanmar’s military-drafted constitution despite warnings from electoral officials, a...

STOCKHOLM: North Korea and Japan wrapped up three days of talks in Stockholm yesterday, agreeing to continue their dialogue on Japanese nationals abducted...

DOHA: HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani on Wednesday met with HE Bosnia and Herzegovina's...

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange ended in the red area when trading closed Wednesday at 13,418.27 points or 0.60 percent down 81.29 points from...

DUBAI: An unidentified bank has demanded Zanzibar Telecom repay $96 million owed to it after the Tanzanian mobile operator defaulted on the loan,...

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates regulator gave its approval for Samena Limestone Co. to acquire more than 30 percent of Ras Al Khaimah...

DOHA: A feasibility study on implementing Qatar Plumbing Code matching global standards is currently going on, a senior official from Qatar General Electricity...

WASHINGTON: Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked details of massive U.S. intelligence-gathering programs, said in a U.S. TV interview he...

MONTREAL: Carriers based in the Middle East have reported a 8.7 percent growth in demand for air cargo movement, according to latest data...

BEIJING: Local officials in China's western Xinjiang region held a public rally for the mass sentencing of criminals on Tuesday, handing out judgements...

SAN FRANCISCO/SYDNEY: Multiple users on Apple Inc's online support forum and Twitter have reported an unusual smartphone and tablet hack in which cyber...

BRUSSELS: Russia has withdrawn thousands of troops from near the Ukraine border, but tens of thousands remain, a NATO military officer said on...

HERAT, Afghanistan: Two Americans have been injured in an attack on a U.S. consulate vehicle in western Herat province in Afghanistan, the U.S....

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent Wednesday a cable of congratulations to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan...

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent Wednesday a cable of congratulations to the President of the Federal Democratic Republic...