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Australian PM meets Qatar's Charge d'Affaires in Canberra 28 Jan 2014 - 12:05 pm

CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott met with Charge d'affaires at the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Canberra Saad Al-Kuwari, on...

Pakistan provincial government halts Malala book launch 28 Jan 2014 - 12:02 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A launch ceremony for education activist Malala Yousafzai's book at a university in her native Pakistan was cancelled after pressure from...

Shots fired at Thai army facility where PM in meeting 28 Jan 2014 - 11:53 am

BANGKOK: Shots were fired at a Thai army facility on Tuesday where Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was holding meetings and two people were...

Former Deutsche Bank exec Broeksmit dies at 58 28 Jan 2014 - 11:23 am

FRANKFURT: William Broeksmit, a former senior manager at Deutsche Bank with close ties to co-Chief Executive Anshu Jain, has died at the age...

Shelling from Pakistan kills 4 children in Afghan 28 Jan 2014 - 10:57 am

KABUL: At least four children were killed following cross-border shelling from Pakistani soil in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, according to local authorities. ...

Bhutto's son urges action against Pakistani Taliban 28 Jan 2014 - 10:57 am

ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of Pakistan's assassinated premier Benazir Bhutto, has urged military action against the Taliban as the country debates...

Six Pakistani troops injured in road accident 28 Jan 2014 - 10:39 am

ISLAMABAD: Six Pakistani security personnel were injured when their vehicle met with an accident while on way to Kohat from North Waziristan, Geo...

Real estate transactions in Qatar exceed QR1bn last week 28 Jan 2014 - 10:22 am

DOHA: Real estate transactions in Qatar between January 19 and 23 for the real estate sales contracts registered at the Ministry of justice...

Big oil firms increase pump prices in Philippines 28 Jan 2014 - 10:21 am

MANILA: Major oil companies increased pump prices Tuesday morning in the Philippines following significant price movements in the international petroleum market. Total Corporation...

Tokyo stocks close 0.17pc lower 28 Jan 2014 - 09:14 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks gave up early gains to close down 0.17 percent at a two-and-a-half-month low Tuesday as nervous investors await the outcome...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 28 Jan 2014 - 09:03 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Tuesday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Egypt militants blow up gas pipeline in Sinai 28 Jan 2014 - 08:23 am

CAIRO: Suspected militants blew up a pipeline in Egypt's Sinai that transports gas to Jordan late Monday in the third such attack in...

Apple shares tumble despite new revenue high 28 Jan 2014 - 08:18 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Record iPhone and iPad sales pushed Apple quarterly revenue to a new high but shares tumbled Monday over concerns of weaker...

Five dead, 14 missing in Indonesian landslide 28 Jan 2014 - 08:17 am

JAKARTA: A landslide triggered by days of rain buried a village on Indonesia's main island of Java on Tuesday, leaving at last five...

Charity trip 28 Jan 2014 - 05:52 am

Valerie Trierweiler (second right), former companion of French President Francois Hollande, leaves a Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre in a slum in Mumbai yesterday. Trierweiler...

Beating the Retreat rehearsal 28 Jan 2014 - 05:49 am

Border Security Force soldiers ride their camels in front of the Rashtrapati Bhavan during a rehearsal for the “Beating the Retreat” ceremony in...

We’re battle ready, going to win: Rahul 28 Jan 2014 - 05:48 am

New Delhi: Asserting that “we are battle ready and we are going to win”, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi yesterday said in his first...

AAP legislator calls off ‘fast’, to protest again 28 Jan 2014 - 05:48 am

New Delhi: Expelled AAP legislator Vinod Kumar Binny called off his hunger strike within hours of starting it yesterday but threatened to launch...