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Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.82pc 27 Nov 2013 - 02:18 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange ended in the green area when trading closed Wednesday at 10,353.15 points or 0.82 percent up 84.46 points from...

Peugeot CEO faces union-led calls to renounce pension 27 Nov 2013 - 02:11 pm

PARIS: PSA Peugeot Citroen's outgoing chief executive faced calls on Wednesday to give up part of his 310,000 euro ($420,000) pension when he...

Philippines says China carrier's mission 'raises tension' 27 Nov 2013 - 02:07 pm

MANILA: The Philippines Wednesday criticised China's dispatch of its first aircraft carrier to the South China Sea, saying it "raises tension" in waters...

500 Turks join Qaeda fighters in Syria 27 Nov 2013 - 01:57 pm

ISTANBUL: Hundreds of Turks have crossed the border into Syria to fight with Al-Qaeda linked jihadists against the Damascus regime, according to a...

Saudi reassessing ban on women drivers 27 Nov 2013 - 01:56 pm

RIYADH: Saudi authorities are reassessing a controversial ban on the right for women to drive in the ultra-conservative kingdom, activists said on Wednesday,...

50,000 illegal Ethiopian workers in Saudi Arabia sent home 27 Nov 2013 - 01:43 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia has flown home over 50,000 citizens in Saudi Arabia after a crackdown against illegal immigrants in the oil-rich state, the...

Maoists kill four troopers in central India 27 Nov 2013 - 01:42 pm

RAIPUR: Maoist insurgents ambushed a security patrol and killed four troopers in central India on Wednesday, police said, the latest bloodshed in a...

Pakistan names new army chief 27 Nov 2013 - 01:42 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday named a new army chief, a job seen as the most powerful position in the troubled nuclear-armed nation which...

Afghan gunmen kill six local staff of French aid group 27 Nov 2013 - 01:39 pm

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Suspected Taliban gunmen on Wednesday shot dead six local staffers working for the French aid group ACTED in a volatile region in...

Syrian refugee women sexually harassed in Lebanon: HRW 27 Nov 2013 - 01:38 pm

BEIRUT: Women refugees who escaped Syria's conflict to find sanctuary in neighbouring Lebanon have been sexually harassed by employers, landlords and an employee...

33 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan 27 Nov 2013 - 01:37 pm

KABUL: At least 33 Taliban militants were killed in joint operations launched by Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force in...

Qatar participates in NATO-ICI meeting 27 Nov 2013 - 01:10 pm

BRUSSELS: The State of Qatar has participated in the meeting held between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and that Istanbul Cooperation Initiative...

Iran will continue construction at Arak nuclear site: Zarif 27 Nov 2013 - 12:01 pm

DUBAI: Iran will press on with construction at a nuclear reactor site at Arak, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Wednesday,...

Bomb blast near India nuclear plant kills six 27 Nov 2013 - 11:14 am

NEW DELHI: A bomb blast near India's biggest nuclear power plant killed six people, police said Wednesday, sparking a probe into whether the...

Iraq unrest, including suicide bombs, kill 11 27 Nov 2013 - 11:14 am

BAGHDAD: Attacks in Iraq, including suicide bombings against police and the killing of a family, left 11 people dead Wednesday, part of a...

Malaysia-backed firm eyes Dubai oil services firm NPS 27 Nov 2013 - 10:47 am

DUBAI: A consortium of investors led by Fajr Capital, an investment firm backed by Malaysian state fund Khazanah Nasional, are in talks to...

PM meets Iran's Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister 27 Nov 2013 - 10:47 am

DOHA: HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met on Wednesday with Minister of Culture...

Mass vaccinations for children in typhoon-hit Philippines 27 Nov 2013 - 10:32 am

TACLOBAN: A mass vaccination programme has been launched in Philippine communities that were devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan to protect children against measles...