TOKYO: Nearly 150 Japanese lawmakers yesterday paid homage at the Yasukuni shrine which honours the nation’s war dead, raising the stakes in an...
TOKYO: Nearly 150 Japanese lawmakers yesterday paid homage at the Yasukuni shrine which honours the nation’s war dead, raising the stakes in an...
PERTH: A US submarine drone will keep scouring the Indian Ocean floor for traces of a missing Malaysian jetliner after it finishes its...
Security officials and rescue workers collect evidence at the site of a bomb blast in Peshawar yesterday. PESHAWAR: At least one person was...
Members of the Afghan National Police (ANP) march during their graduation ceremony at a police training centre on the outskirts of Jalalabad yesterday.
ISLAMABAD: Wrapped in a purple shawl, Mirjan wanders downcast among the ruins of the Islamabad slum where she lived, newly demolished. The authorities...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court yesterday halted the election to the national parliament of the leader of a banned hardline sectarian group, officials said....
ISLAMABAD: The public sector spending on federal development projects meant for improvement of the standard of living of the people lagged significantly behind...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Navy’s ship “Shamsheer” arrived at the Qingdao port, China yesterday. The ship has been invited by the Chinese to take...
KARACHI: To reduce inflation, give relief to the middle and lower income people and stop tax evasion, the government has accepted the proposal...
DUBAI: Dubai's Emaar Properties said Tuesday its net profit soared 55 percent in the first quarter on a yearly basis, thanks to surging...
KIEV: The United States has offered Ukraine a new $50 million aid package to help with economic and political reform, the White House...
THE HAGUE: Electrical appliance group Philips reported a 15.0-percent slump in net first quarter profit on Tuesday, blaming a weak performance by its...
MANAMA: The Bahrain-based International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) will develop its first standard contract template for sukuk (Islamic bonds), and aims to double...
BANGALORE: Japanese carmaker Toyota said employees at its strike-hit complex in southern India returned to work Tuesday, ending a five-week standoff. Unionised employees...
NEW DELHI: Some Indian teachers force children from lower castes and minority religions to clean toilets and sit separately from their classmates as...
MILAN: Italy's two biggest banks, Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit, have signed a deal with US private equity firm KKR and restructuring adviser Alvarez...
DUBAI: A consortium of Gulf-based investors including Fajr Capital and Arab Petroleum Investment Corp (APICORP) have agreed on a deal to acquire Dubai-based...
DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend on Tuesday adding 171.63 points or 1.34 percent to advance to 12,939.80 points from 12,768.17 on...
