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UAE's Gulf Marine Services plans London IPO 17 Feb 2014 - 02:42 pm

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Marine Services (GMS) said on Monday it intended to sell shares on the London Stock Exchange to fund...

Emaar Q4 net profit up 48pc, beats estimates 17 Feb 2014 - 02:22 pm

DUBAI: Emaar Properties, Dubai's largest real estate developer, reported a 48 percent jump in fourth-quarter net profit on Monday, beating analysts' estimates, as...

Qatar's CPI for January 2014 up 0.3pc 17 Feb 2014 - 01:42 pm

DOHA: Qatar's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January 2014, estimated at 115.7 is 0.3 percent up compared to December 2013, according to the...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 1.54pc 17 Feb 2014 - 01:31 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend on Monday adding 177.97 points or 1.54 percent to advance to 11,724.20 points from 11,546.23 on...

S. Korean MP sentenced to 12 years for treason 17 Feb 2014 - 12:26 pm

SEOUL: A South Korean court on Monday sentenced an opposition legislator to 12 years in prison after a rare treason trial saw him...

Bahrain's Minister of State for Information Affairs meets Qatari ambassador 17 Feb 2014 - 12:23 pm

MANAMA: Bahrain's Minister of State for Information Affairs and the Official Spokesperson of the Government Samira Ibrahim Rajab has met with HE Qatar's...

Advisory Council holds weekly session 17 Feb 2014 - 12:22 pm

DOHA: The Advisory Council held Monday its weekly regular session under its Speaker HE Mohammad bin Mubarak Al-Khulaifi. At the outset of the...

Deputy Premier meets Turkish, Mauritanian ambassadors 17 Feb 2014 - 12:22 pm

DOHA: HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud met separately on Monday with...

Seventeen Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan 17 Feb 2014 - 12:21 pm

KABUL: Seventeen Taliban militants were killed and 16 others were arrested in joint operations launched by Afghan security forces and the International Security...

Qatar cuts April al-Shaheen crude exports on maintenance 17 Feb 2014 - 12:06 pm

DOHA: Qatar has reduced exports of al-Shaheen crude in April by 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to partial maintenance at the offshore...

Pakistan peace talks hit by alleged killing of 23 soldiers 17 Feb 2014 - 12:00 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani government negotiators on Monday called off a scheduled round of peace talks with the Taliban after the insurgents claimed they had...

15 injured in blast outside school in Pakistan 17 Feb 2014 - 12:00 pm

ISLAMABAD: At least 15 persons including 13 children were injured in an explosion that occurred outside a private school in Pakistan's Karak District...

Ethiopian plane forced to Geneva, hijacker arrested 17 Feb 2014 - 11:01 am

GENEVA: An Ethiopian Airlines flight en route to Rome was hijacked on Monday and forced to land in Geneva, where the hijacker has...

Quake shakes northern Philippines 17 Feb 2014 - 10:54 am

MANILA: A 5.3 magnitude quake shook the northern Philippines Monday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Chief government seismologist...

Asia-Pacific stability depends on success of ASEAN code of conduct: Kerry 17 Feb 2014 - 10:35 am

JAKARTA: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry increased diplomatic pressure on China on Monday to resolve maritime disputes with Southeast Asia based on...

Philippine capital braces for traffic nightmare 17 Feb 2014 - 10:34 am

MANILA: Residents of the Philippine capital got the first taste Monday of a traffic nightmare that will likely worsen and drag on for...

Samsung Engineering wins US$800m deal to develop gas field in Algeria 17 Feb 2014 - 10:34 am

SEOUL: Samsung Engineering Co., one of South Korea's leading builders, said Monday that it won a US$800 million contract to develop a gas...

Tokyo stocks up 0.40pc by break 17 Feb 2014 - 09:31 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 0.40 percent Monday morning, after gains on Wall Street and as investors digested weaker-than-expected Japanese growth data. The Nikkei-225...