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ABU DHABI: FIFA president Sepp Blatter confirmed on Friday that he would favour playing the controversial 2022 Qatar World Cup in November and...

RENNES, France: Troubled French poultry group Doux is close to signing a rescue deal whereby its main client, Saudi food distributor Almunajem, will...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan appointed a new ambassador to the United States on Friday, at a time of tense relations between the two countries over...

ATHENS: American hotel giant Marriott International will pull out of Athens after a 30-year run, a local representative for the hotel said on...

BANGKOK: Thai customs have found over a thousand turtles and tortoises in airport luggage in a week, including a haul of 470 creatures...

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian justice minister Ali Mhanna on Friday urged France to send findings from its investigation into president Yasser Arafat's death,...

TOKYO: State-run Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) has bought 1.26 million barrels or 200,000 kilolitres of Middle Eastern light crude...

DOHA: Saudi Arabia produced 9.75 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in October down from 10.1 million bpd in the previous...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is committed to building a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline from neighbouring Iran. But the threat of international sanctions makes the task difficult,...

SINGAPORE: The websites of Singapore's president and prime minister have been hacked after it vowed to crack down on activist group Anonymous, which...

A resident (R) walks past high waves pounding the sea wall amidst strong winds as Typhoon Haiyan hit the city of Legaspi, Albay...

NEW DELHI: India's government has accused global investment bank Goldman Sachs of interfering in the country's domestic politics after it raised market ratings...

DOHA: Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), part of QF R&D, is preparing to welcome seven young technology innovators from developing economies and...

BEIRUT: Syrian troops have recaptured parts of a military base seized by rebels early this year in fierce fighting near Aleppo international airport,...

SHANGHAI: A top executive at China's largest state-owned shipping company is under investigation, one of its units said in a stock exchange filing,...

KABUL: A roadside bomb ripped through a car in restive southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing eight civilians, most of them women and children,...

TOKYO: Toshiba plans to buy a controlling interest in British nuclear firm NuGeneration in a bid to rekindle its atomic business which has...

Tokyo Electric Power Corp's (TEPCO) official (C) and journalists wearing protective suits and masks stand in front of storage tanks for radioactive water...