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Leeds United chairman buys 5.7pc of Bahrain's Gulf Finance House 12 Nov 2013 - 10:27 am

DUBAI: Bahrain-based investment firm Gulf Finance House (GFH) said on Tuesday that a family consortium led by chairman of English soccer team Leeds...

UAE to offer new Das crude blend by July 2014: ADNOC 12 Nov 2013 - 10:27 am

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will blend its Lower Zakum and Umm Shaif oils into a new export crude called...

Typhoon Haiyan claims 5 more lives in China, 13 in Vietnam 12 Nov 2013 - 09:54 am

MANILA: Haiyan, one of history's deadliest and powerful typhoons, rampaged into Vietnam and China after crippling the Philippines, killing more people in its...

Dubai airline Emirates' H1 net profit near-flat 12 Nov 2013 - 09:54 am

DUBAI: Dubai's flagship airline Emirates posted near-flat net profit for the first half of the year, hit by high fuel costs and a...

Qatar stresses full solidarity with Palestinian people 12 Nov 2013 - 09:54 am

NEW YORK: The State of Qatar has stressed full solidarity with the government and people of Palestine in their just struggle to end...

Two suicide bombers killed in Azad Kashmir 12 Nov 2013 - 09:19 am

ISLAMABAD: At least two suicide bombers were killed in an explosion in Bagh district of Azad Kashmir. Police said that five suspects wearing...

29 killed in S.Africa bus accident 12 Nov 2013 - 09:18 am

JOHANNESBURG: A bus collision in South Africa late Monday killed 29 people and severely injured 11 others, on a road notorious for deadly...

TAQA to book $40m gain on Dutch pipeline stake sale 12 Nov 2013 - 09:18 am

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) will book a gain of $40 million from the sale of a stake in a Dutch...

Tokyo stocks close up 2.23pc 12 Nov 2013 - 09:17 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks jumped 2.23 percent by the close Tuesday with the dollar's rise against the yen boosting exporters' shares as Japanese earnings...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 12 Nov 2013 - 09:16 am

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

China should help Philippines despite row 12 Nov 2013 - 09:10 am

BEIJING: China should put aside its territorial dispute with the Philippines to help victims of typhoon Haiyan, state-run media said Tuesday, adding that...

Japan to send $10m grant to Philippines 12 Nov 2013 - 09:10 am

TOKYO: Japan has decided to extend emergency grant aid worth 10 million dollars to the Philippines. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said...

US, British warships sent to typhoon-hit Philippines 12 Nov 2013 - 09:09 am

TACLOBAN: US and British warships were deployed Tuesday to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines where well over 10,000 people are feared dead and countless survivors...

Tunisia court rejects candidates for key electoral body 12 Nov 2013 - 06:48 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s judiciary has rejected a list of candidates chosen to form a body tasked with organising elections, a court said yesterday, in...

Sunni-Shia tension biggest threat to world security: Iran 12 Nov 2013 - 06:48 am

DUBAI: Tension between Sunnis and Shias is the biggest threat to world security, Iran’s foreign minister said in comments published yesterday, accusing Sunni...

Arafat case fuels Palestinian tension, threatens peace 12 Nov 2013 - 06:47 am

GAZA CITY: New scientific findings suggesting Yasser Arafat might have been poisoned with polonium have brought to the fore decades-old tensions between rival...

Iran, UK name envoys on path to restoring ties 12 Nov 2013 - 06:45 am

TEHRAN: Iran and Britain yesterday named non-resident charges d’affaires to each other’s capital, in moves aimed at restoring diplomatic ties severed after the...

Two Egyptian journalists face trial for defaming judges 12 Nov 2013 - 06:45 am

CAIRO: Two journalists working for an independent newspaper are to stand trial for “defaming” judges in an article published in 2012, Egypt’s official...