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Tokyo stocks close down 0.14pc 14 May 2014 - 10:29 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed down 0.14 percent Wednesday on profit-taking after surging the previous day. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which climbed 1.95...

Sony posts $1.26 billion fiscal year net loss 14 May 2014 - 10:29 am

TOKYO: Struggling electronics giant Sony said Wednesday it lost $1.26 billion in the fiscal year to March, blaming costs tied to its exit...

UN condemns killing of French journalist in CAR 14 May 2014 - 09:13 am

BANGUI, Central African Republic: The UN Security Council has condemned the killing of a French journalist in the Central African Republic, and stated...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 14 May 2014 - 08:53 am

DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying Selling Saudi Riyal...

Obama pledges to work with new PM 14 May 2014 - 04:46 am

A man reading a Hindi-language newspaper reporting on exit polls showing opposition Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi possibly clinching victory...

Unseasonal rains 14 May 2014 - 04:45 am

Labourers sit on top of sacks of wheat after unseasonal overnight rains soaked the area at a grain distribution point in Amritsar yesterday.

Congress was out-funded in this election: Jairam Ramesh 14 May 2014 - 04:44 am

New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh yesterday said his Congress party has been “out-funded” as far as this election was concerned, but...

PMO staff give Manmohan Singh farewell party 14 May 2014 - 04:44 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was given a standing ovation by his staff at South Block during a farewell they hosted for...

Cabinet clears Lt Gen Suhag as army chief 14 May 2014 - 04:43 am

New Delhi: Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag is set to be the next army chief with the cabinet clearing his name yesterday, sources...

Syria accused of more chemical arms use 14 May 2014 - 04:43 am

Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad wave his photos and national flags during a rally held in Mezzah neighbourhood in Damascus yesterday....

Hagel in Saudi Arabia 14 May 2014 - 04:42 am

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel is welcomed by Saudi Deputy Defence Minister Salman bin Sultan on his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport...

Kidnapped Jordanian ambassador freed 14 May 2014 - 04:40 am

Jordan’s Ambassador to Libya, Fawwaz Aitan, addresses journalists in Amman following his release yesterday. AMMAN: Jordan’s ambassador to Libya was freed and flown...

Peace talks with Palestinians unlikely to resume: Lieberman 14 May 2014 - 04:40 am

Palestinians hold their flags during a rally marking the “Nakba”, in Gaza city yesterday. Nakba in Arabic means “catastrophe”, in reference to the...

Iran warns of hard work in nuclear talks 14 May 2014 - 04:38 am

VIENNA: Iran’s foreign minister warned yesterday that a “lot of effort” was still needed as he joined negotiators from six world powers in...

Rush hour bombings in Baghdad claim 25 lives 14 May 2014 - 04:37 am

BAGHDAD: Rush hour bombs mostly targeting Shia areas of Baghdad killed 25 people yesterday in the first major wave of attacks in the...

Turkey PM rebuffs criticism over press freedom 14 May 2014 - 04:37 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday rejected growing criticism that his government was muzzling the press, saying many Western countries had...

Turkey won’t pay Cyprus damages 14 May 2014 - 04:36 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday said it will defy a European court order to pay €90m in compensation to Greek Cypriots over its 1974 invasion...

Coal mine fire kills 17 in Turkey, hundreds trapped 14 May 2014 - 04:36 am

ISTANBUL: A fire in a coal mine in Turkey’s western province of Manisa killed 17 miners yesterday, a local lawmaker said, and rescue...