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Emaar approves bonds-to-shares conversion 18 Dec 2013 - 09:22 am

DUBAI: Holders of Dubai-based developer Emaar Properties' convertible bonds will receive 18.7 million new shares in the company after its board approved conversion...

Tokyo stocks close 2.02pc higher 18 Dec 2013 - 09:13 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended 2.02 percent higher on Wednesday as the yen weakened hours before the US Federal Reserve makes an announcement on...

Three years on, Tunisians mark uprising with new demo 18 Dec 2013 - 07:34 am

People carry flags showing the four fingers, a symbol known as “Rabaa” which means four in Arabic, during a rally in Sidi Bouzid...

Copter crash 18 Dec 2013 - 07:33 am

Officials examine the wreckage of a Turkish military S-70 Sikorsky helicopter which crashed in the outskirts of the capital Ankara, killing all four...

Deadly blast at Hezbollah post 18 Dec 2013 - 07:32 am

BAALBEK, Lebanon: A car exploded near a Hezbollah post in eastern Lebanon yesterday, leaving casualties, the Shia militant group and a security source...

French PM in Algeria 18 Dec 2013 - 07:31 am

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (left), greets bystanders in the western Algerian city of Oran, yesterday.

Thousands flee South Sudan; 66 soldiers killed 18 Dec 2013 - 07:29 am

JUBA: Rival troops were locked in fresh battles in South Sudan’s capital yesterday in unrest that has killed at least 66 soldiers and...

Israel sends 150 African migrants back to jail 18 Dec 2013 - 07:29 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli police yesterday sent back to custody about 150 African migrants who had abandoned a desert detention centre in protest against a...

Syria talks to open in Swiss town of Montreux 18 Dec 2013 - 07:28 am

GENEVA/London: The long-delayed “Geneva II” peace conference for Syria will open in the Swiss lakeside town of Montreux because of a lack of...

Cairo apologises for western models in constitution banner 18 Dec 2013 - 07:28 am

CAIRO: Egypt has apologised for a banner promoting the new constitution that misspelt the word “Egyptians” and carried images of foreigners instead of...

Army kills militant implicated in 2012 border ambush 18 Dec 2013 - 07:27 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s military has killed a jihadist suspected of involvement in an ambush that left 16 Egyptian soldiers killed near the border with...

Obama meets tech giant bosses 18 Dec 2013 - 07:23 am

US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden with executives from leading tech companies, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House,...

Singing at a barricade 18 Dec 2013 - 07:21 am

Folk singers sing at a barricade set up by opposition activists on Independence Square in Kiev yesterday. Ukraine’s embattled President Viktor Yanukovych sought...

Angry Merkel compares NSA to Stasi in encounter with Obama 18 Dec 2013 - 07:20 am

NEW YORK: In an angry exchange with Barack Obama, Chancellor Angela Merkel compared the snooping practices of the US with those of the...

Brazil not considering asylum for Snowden 18 Dec 2013 - 07:20 am

BRASILIA: Brazil says it is not considering granting asylum to Edward Snowden even after the former US National Security Agency contractor yesterday offered...

Greek, Ukrainian abducted from ship off Nigeria 18 Dec 2013 - 07:19 am

ATHENS/ABUJA: Pirates have attacked an oil products tanker off the coast of Nigeria and kidnapped its Ukrainian captain and a Greek engineer, Greek...

I am no monster, Knox emails murder trial 18 Dec 2013 - 07:19 am

ROME: US student Amanda Knox emailed the Italian court hearing her murder retrial saying she was afraid to attend and was not a...

UK police: No evidence Diana was murdered by elite troops 18 Dec 2013 - 07:18 am

LONDON: British police said yesterday they found “no credible evidence” that Diana, princess of Wales was murdered by special forces, following a probe...