YANGON: Myanmar may release scores of political prisoners this month to fulfil a promise by its reformist president to free prisoners of conscience...
YANGON: Myanmar may release scores of political prisoners this month to fulfil a promise by its reformist president to free prisoners of conscience...
DUBAI: State-owned companies in Qatar must now seek approval from the Ministry of Finance before undertaking any borrowing activity, banking sources said on...
BAQUBA: A suicide bomber detonated an oil tanker rigged with explosives at a police station north of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing five policemen,...
DUBAI: Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), one of the world's largest petrochemical firms, has picked five banks to arrange a possible Euro-denominated bond...
SINGAPORE: Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) has loaded its second diesel cargo from its new Jubail refinery, industry sources said...
TOKYO: Japan is set to boost imports of U.S. liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to more than 1.8 million tonnes in 2016 to cut...
TOKYO: Japan's Mitsubishi Motors said Wednesday it would raise about $2.1 billion through a new share offering, as it tries to increase annual...
TEHRAN: A public prosecutor in Iran's restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan was killed Wednesday in a "terrorist attack," the head of the provincial...
MANILA: The Philippines evacuated coastal areas and put emergency workers on alert on Wednesday as a storm expected to grow into a super...
NEW DELHI: India's federal police have arrested a leader of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party over his alleged role in the murder...
A man walks past Toyota Motor's logo at the company's showroom in Tokyo. Reuters/Toru Hanai TOKYO: Toyota said Wednesday that its half-year net...
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA), the state-owned oil explorer and power supplier, swung to a profit in the third quarter, saying...
YANGON: The United Nations has hailed peace talks between Myanmar's government and armed ethnic minority groups as a "significant move" towards ending decades...
Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...
TOKYO: Japanese shares reversed early losses and ended 0.79 percent higher Wednesday as enthusiasm gathered ahead of Toyota's earnings report. The benchmark Nikkei...
DUBAI: Dubai's Drake and Scull International on Wednesday posted third-quarter results that missed analysts' forecasts despite a near six-fold jump in profit. Drake,...
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics promised better shareholder returns, dismissed fears over smartphone market saturation and signalled a more aggressive acquisitions policy Wednesday at a...
WASHINGTON: Apple Inc on Tuesday disclosed the number of information requests it received from governments around the world. Making it one of the...
