PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s opposition leaders were questioned in court yesterday in connection with recent protests against strongman premier Hun Sen -- a case...
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s opposition leaders were questioned in court yesterday in connection with recent protests against strongman premier Hun Sen -- a case...
Seoul: South Korea and the United States will hold a senior-level defence meeting to discuss ways to counter threats posed by North Korea’s...
MANILA: A jewellery collection owned by former first lady Imelda Marcos was “ill-gotten”, a Philippine court has ruled, potentially paving the way for...
BEIJING: A Chinese court yesterday handed down a suspended death sentence on a doctor who sold seven newborn babies to human traffickers, a...
BEIJING: Sixteen people died yesterday in a fire at a shoe factory in eastern China, state media reported, a blaze which highlights poor...
From left: Yasser Al Borhamy, founder and head of the Safalist Call, and Interim President Adly Mansour cast votes on a new constitution...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Syrian refugees at Erbil, northern Iraq, yesterday. The visit comes a day ahead of an international pledging...
Jordan’s King Abdullah with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif before their meeting at the Royal Palace in Amman yesterday. vWASHINGTON: The United...
TUNIS: Tunisians marked the third anniversary yesterday of the ending of years of dictatorship in the first Arab Spring uprising but political bickering...
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s government will continue a review of its heavy spending on subsidies under a new cabinet appointed this month, the new finance...
KUWAIT: Kuwait's emir promised $500 million on Wednesday for U.N. humanitarian efforts in Syria, devastated by almost three years of civil war. Sheikh...
BANGKOK: Two people were wounded in a shooting at an opposition rally in the Thai capital Wednesday, authorities said. As protest leaders prepared...
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates wants to increase the number of its citizens employed in the private sector tenfold by 2021, and will...
NEW DELHI: India's ruling Congress party is expected to name the unproven 43-year-old Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate on Friday as...
RIYADH: Etihad Etisalat Mobily, Saudi Arabia's No.2 telecom operator, beat analysts' forecasts with an 8.6 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit on Wednesday...
DUBAI: Moelis & Co, an independent investment bank, is set to hire Rami Touma, previously the Qatari investment banking head for Credit Suisse,...
BAGHDAD: Sunni militants staged coordinated attacks near the western Iraqi city of Fallujah yesterday, destroying two army tanks and capturing a police station,...
JUBA: More than 200 women and children drowned when their overloaded boat capsized on the Nile as they scrambled to escape fighting in...
