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Kannur airport work to begin on Sunday 30 Jan 2014 - 10:50 am

Thiruvanantha-puram: Defence Minister A K Antony will inaugurate the work on Kerala’s fourth international airport in Kannur on Sunday. State Excise and Fisheries...

Shell to cut spending, sell assets after profit warning 30 Jan 2014 - 10:50 am

LONDON: Anglo-Dutch oil company Royal Dutch Shell plans to sell assets, cut spending and freeze a controversial Arctic drilling programme to improve returns...

Saudi Arabia to give Egypt up to $4bn more aid: Report 30 Jan 2014 - 10:50 am

CAIRO: Saudi Arabia is expected to give Egypt up to $4 billion in additional aid in the form of central bank deposits and...

Facebook shares leap with profit jump 30 Jan 2014 - 10:49 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Wednesday that profit soared in 2013 on the back of sizzling mobile ad revenue as the social network's membership...

Ban on parking heavy vehicles in Doha starts today 30 Jan 2014 - 10:18 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Interior's Traffic Department has prohibited the parking of mechanical and heavy vehicles in Doha City. The ban effective from...

Afghan Forces and ISAF kill 37 Taliban insurgents 30 Jan 2014 - 10:18 am

KABUL: Thirty seven Taliban insurgents were killed and five others injured in joint operations carried out by Afghan forces and the International Security...

25 Chinese tourists injured in a bus accident in N. Thailand 30 Jan 2014 - 10:17 am

BANGKOK: A total of 25 Chinese tourists were injured in a bus accident in northern Thailand's Chiang Mai province late on Wednesday, according...

Tokyo stocks end 2.45pc lower after Fed stimulus cut 30 Jan 2014 - 09:40 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks tumbled 2.45 percent Thursday as the market was dragged down by worries over emerging markets, after the Federal Reserve further...

Mitsubishi Corp in final talks to buy Tokyo Ralph Lauren building for $342m 30 Jan 2014 - 09:28 am

TOKYO: Japan's Mitsubishi Corp is in final talks to buy the building rented by luxury retailer Ralph Lauren Corp for its flagship store...

'Remarkable' growth for Philippine economy despite disasters 30 Jan 2014 - 09:28 am

MANILA: The Philippine economy was one of the fastest-growing in Asia last year after shrugging off devastating natural disasters and expanding at a...

Google sheds Motorola in $2.91bn deal with Lenovo 30 Jan 2014 - 09:27 am

WASHINGTON: Google agreed Wednesday to sell Motorola to Chinese tech giant Lenovo for $2.91 billion, after a lackluster two-year effort to turn around...

Bomb attacks kill four in Karachi 30 Jan 2014 - 05:32 am

Paramilitary soldiers inspect a bomb attack site close to a Rangers' checkpost in Karachi yesterday. KARACHI: Three bomb blasts including a suicide attack...

Playing Ghursai 30 Jan 2014 - 05:30 am

Children play Ghursai, a traditional boys’ game, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, yesterday. Children hold one foot in one hand and...

Karzai suspects US behind bombings 30 Jan 2014 - 05:29 am

WASHINGTON: Afghan President Hamid Karzai suspects the United States may have backed insurgent-style attacks to undermine his government but has no evidence to...

Sharif rejects speculation over Taliban offensive 30 Jan 2014 - 05:28 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday dismissed speculation he would launch an offensive against the Taliban following a wave of bloody attacks,...

Minister defends halt to Malala’s book launch 30 Jan 2014 - 05:28 am

PESHAWAR: Though the decision of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to stop the launch of Malala Yousafzai’s book shocked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran...

Military operation may drive militant group into Punjab 30 Jan 2014 - 05:28 am

waziristan: In the wake of an expected military operation in restive North Waziristan, it is feared that militants would move to Punjab in...

Pakistan may face shortages of vaccines 30 Jan 2014 - 05:28 am

LAHORE: Pakistan may face a country-wide shortage of life-saving vaccines due to government’s failure to fulfil its international co-financing liabilities for the procurement...