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Thai soldiers detain ex-minister 27 May 2014 - 10:49 pm

BANGKOK: Thai soldiers burst into a journalists’ club in Bangkok yesterday and detained a former minister in the government deposed by the army...

Kuala Lumpur releases flight MH370 data 27 May 2014 - 10:49 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia yesterday released raw satellite data used to determine that missing Flight MH370 went down in the southern Indian Ocean, information...

ICT Minister meets Turkish Deputy PM 27 May 2014 - 06:30 pm

DOHA: HE Minister of Information and Communications Technology Dr. Hessa Al Jaber met Tuesday with Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc. During the...

Up to 200,000 Somali children could die from malnutrition: U.N. 27 May 2014 - 06:25 pm

GENEVA: Up to 200,000 children under the age of five could die from severe malnutrition in Somalia by the end of the year...

Soccer: UEFA fined over Croatian referee match-fixing accusation 27 May 2014 - 06:22 pm

ZAGREB: UEFA has been ordered to pay six-figure damages to a Croatian referee who claimed he had been wrongfully accused of rigging the...

India's Jet Airways reports record $366.5m quarterly loss 27 May 2014 - 06:20 pm

NEW DELHI: Jet Airways, India's No.2 carrier by domestic market share, reported its biggest-ever quarterly loss as higher fuel costs and taxes weigh...

BHP Billiton says it may cut jobs at Worsley Alumina 27 May 2014 - 06:13 pm

LONDON: BHP Billiton , the world's largest diversified mining company, may cut jobs at its Worsley Alumina operations in Australia after completing a...

Suicide bomber kills 19 in Baghdad Shi'ite mosque 27 May 2014 - 06:09 pm

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shi'ite mosque in central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 19 people, security and...

Kidnapped Italian aid worker freed from Syria 27 May 2014 - 06:07 pm

ROME: Italian aid worker Federico Motka, who was kidnapped in Syria in March 2013, arrived at Ciampino Airport in Rome on Tuesday. Motka,...

OSCE loses contact with team in Ukraine's Donetsk 27 May 2014 - 06:04 pm

KIEV: The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Tuesday it had lost contact with a four-member team in the restive...

Pace of new MERS infections in Saudi Arabia slows to four a day 27 May 2014 - 02:45 pm

RIYADH: The rate of infection of a deadly virus in Saudi Arabia has slowed since mid May and Monday was the first day...

Modi tells Pakistani PM to prevent terrorism against India 27 May 2014 - 02:31 pm

NEW DELHI: India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, told his Pakistani counterpart on Tuesday that Pakistan must prevent militants from using its soil...

Dutch minister plans Saudi trip to avert trade sanctions 27 May 2014 - 02:07 pm

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch foreign minister will visit Saudi Arabia to try to prevent trade sanctions against the Netherlands in response to anti-Islamic stickers...

Deputy PM meets Turkish counterpart 27 May 2014 - 01:54 pm

DOHA: HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud met Tuesday with Turkish Deputy Prime...

Etisalat picks banks ahead of potential bond issue 27 May 2014 - 01:51 pm

DUBAI: Etisalat, the largest listed company in the United Arab Emirates by market value, has mandated banks to organise meetings ahead of a...

Malaysia releases satellite data on MH370 27 May 2014 - 01:44 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Tuesday released raw satellite data used to determine that missing Flight MH370 went down in the southern Indian Ocean,...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.79pc 27 May 2014 - 01:35 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend on Tuesday adding 106.22 points (0.79 percent) to advance to 13,499.56 points from 13,393.34 on Monday....

New India PM Modi holds talks with Pakistani rival 27 May 2014 - 12:59 pm

NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi held landmark talks with his Pakistani counterpart and announced his new cabinet on Tuesday, in a...