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Taiwan major held on China spying claims 26 Oct 2013 - 12:30 pm

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese air force major has been taken into custody for allegedly leaking confidential information to China, a report said Saturday, in...

UAE lender FGB acquires 100pc stake in Islamic finance firm 26 Oct 2013 - 11:38 am

ABU DHABI: First Gulf Bank, the second-largest lender by market value in the United Arab Emirates, said on Saturday it had acquired full...

Newest Indian airline expects to take flight by mid-2014 26 Oct 2013 - 10:40 am

NEW DELHI: India's newest planned airline, a joint venture of the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, expects to win swift regulatory clearance and...

Floods kill 18 in eastern India 26 Oct 2013 - 10:34 am

NEW DELHI: Fresh floods have killed at least 18 people in the same part of eastern India that this month saw the worst...

Malaysia bans Ke$ha concert over religious fears 26 Oct 2013 - 09:26 am

KUALA LUMPUR: US pop singer Ke$ha has been forced to cancel a concert due to take place in Muslim-majority Malaysia on Saturday after...

China, Mongolia sign document on long-term partnership 26 Oct 2013 - 09:25 am

Mongolia's Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People...

Emir, PM greets Austrian president 26 Oct 2013 - 09:08 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent today a cable of congratulations to the President of the Republic of...

Express rail service to boost China-Europe trade 26 Oct 2013 - 09:05 am

BEIJING: A regular express train from Poland to Southwest China's Sichuan Province is expected to be inaugurated by the end of this month,...

YouTube readying paid music service 26 Oct 2013 - 09:04 am

WASHINGTON: Google's video-sharing arm YouTube is preparing to launch a subscription music service to allow consumers to watch videos and listen to music...

JPMorgan to pay $5.1bn to settle Fannie, Freddie claims 26 Oct 2013 - 09:03 am

NEW YORK CITY: JPMorgan Chase will pay $5.1 billion to settle charges it overstated the quality of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities sold to...

Cardinal wraps up Qatar visit 26 Oct 2013 - 02:53 am

Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Al Rahi left Qatar yesterday following a visit. The Cardinal visited Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab mosque...

The latest World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) will be held on October 29-31 in Education City. 26 Oct 2013 - 02:53 am

The Minister of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kanat Sadykov, met yesterday Qatar’s Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Mohamed bin Arrar Al Nuaimi....

Innovations in games-based learning on show at PLAY 160 26 Oct 2013 - 02:52 am

The latest World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) will be held on October 29-31 in Education City. Doha: The latest World Innovation Summit...

Forum to discuss energy security, sustainable growth 26 Oct 2013 - 02:52 am

Doha: The Director of Strategy and Improvement at Mowasalat, Nasser Al Khanji, and Dr Raghavan Seetharaman, Group CEO of Doha Bank, are among...

WCMC-Q students complete research in Tanzania 26 Oct 2013 - 02:51 am

Ahmed Saleh and Lama Obeid at Weill Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza. Doha: Two students from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q)...

Qatar urges trade systems for sustainable growth 26 Oct 2013 - 02:51 am

New York: Qatar, has stressed the importance of building open, impartial and fair multi-party trade and fiscal systems to contribute to the realisation...

Emir receives envoy Brahimi 26 Oct 2013 - 02:51 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met the UN-Arab League Envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, and his delegation...

Harley-Davidson Open House 26 Oct 2013 - 02:50 am

People look at the new 2014 collection of bikes at the Harley-Davidson Open House at the Salwa Road showroom yesterday. Shaival Dalal