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24 wounded in Philippine school blast 13 Jan 2014 - 02:40 pm

COTABATO: A suspected improvised bomb attack at a university campus in the Philippines, has left 24 people wounded. Many critically, including students and...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.89pc 13 Jan 2014 - 01:49 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend on Monday adding 97.50 points 0.89 percent to advance to 11,019.86 points from 10,922.36 on Sunday....

Japan to announce aid for Ethiopia to help refugees 13 Jan 2014 - 12:58 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to announce on Monday that Japan will provide financial aid to Ethiopia to help refugees...

Advisory Council reviews supplementary report on buildings organization 13 Jan 2014 - 12:50 pm

DOHA: The Advisory Council held on Monday its ordinary weekly meeting of its 42nd regular session under the chairmanship of HE the Council's...

India breaks free of polio in boost to global immunization drive 13 Jan 2014 - 12:44 pm

NEW DELHI: India on Monday marked three years since its last reported case of polio, paving the way for it to be declared...

Picasso, Magritte feature in Christie's February auctions 13 Jan 2014 - 12:41 pm

LONDON: A Picasso portrait of his lover and eventual wife Jacqueline Roque and a canvas by Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte are among...

Qatar c.bank to sell 24bn riyals in bonds, sukuk 13 Jan 2014 - 11:59 am

DOHA: Qatar's central bank plans to issue on Thursday conventional and Islamic government bonds worth a combined 24 billion riyals or $6.6 billion,...

Kuwait Petroleum Corp expects crude prices to soften by mid-2014 13 Jan 2014 - 11:58 am

KUWAIT: Crude oil prices could soften by mid-2014 due to some weakness in demand, Nizar Al-Adsani, chief executive of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp...

Six killed in twin blasts in Pakistan 13 Jan 2014 - 10:29 am

ISLAMABAD: At least six people including security personnel were killed in twin blasts near the convoy of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and...

Saudi's Yansab Q4 profit drops 31pc on plant shutdown 13 Jan 2014 - 10:28 am

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (Yansab) posted a 31 percent slump in fourth-quarter net profit on Monday, citing a shutdown at...

GCC team for energy affairs to meet tomorrow in Riyadh 13 Jan 2014 - 10:13 am

RIYADH: The 11th meeting of the GCC team for energy affairs in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)...

Dubai's Shuaa Capital swings to Q4 profit 13 Jan 2014 - 09:42 am

DUBAI: Shuaa Capital, the Dubai-based investment bank, swung to a profit in the fourth-quarter of 2013, aided by cost cuts and growth in...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 13 Jan 2014 - 08:51 am

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

Two killed in attack on police bus in Kabul 13 Jan 2014 - 06:53 am

Afghan security officials inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack that targeted a police bus in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: A Taliban suicide...

Musharraf’s trial: Is it real or just a distraction? 13 Jan 2014 - 06:52 am

Supporters of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf shout slogans outside the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology, where Musharraf is being treated, in Rawalpindi,...

Terror attacks kill eight in Pakistan 13 Jan 2014 - 06:51 am

PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen shot dead a senior opposition leader along with two others in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday, police said, hours...

Islamabad still awaiting new mortuary 13 Jan 2014 - 06:50 am

ISLAMABAD: The construction of a new mortuary in Islamabad at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital has been awaiting approval for...

Over 230 new Aids patients register 13 Jan 2014 - 06:50 am

ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Treatment and Prevention of Aids at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital in Islamabad registered as many as...