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MOSCOW: A sensationalist Russian news website yesterday published a photograph that it claims is the first to show US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden...

BERLIN: Germany’s opposition Social Democrats have signalled their readiness to join Angela Merkel’s conservatives in a right-left ‘grand coalition’ by jettisoning a key...

BORDEAUX: French investigators have abandoned a party funding inquiry against former president Nicolas Sarkozy, a judicial source said yesterday, in a legal case...

NUSA DUA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino expressed regret over a Manila hostage crisis that left eight Hong Kong residents dead in 2010, but...

BAMAKO: Armed Islamist extremists yesterday shelled Gao, the largest town in northern Mali, wounding at least one Malian soldier, two days after regional...

DUBAI: The emirate of Ras al Khaimah, one of the seven members of the United Arab Emirates, will price a $500 million five-year...

DOHA: Real estate transactions between September 29 and October 3 for the real estate sales contracts registered at the Ministry of justice are...

YANGON: Myanmar on Tuesday began freeing dozens of its remaining detained activists, officials said, after the country vowed to release all prisoners of...

TAIPEI: China's arms buildup over the last two decades would give it the power to invade Taiwan by 2020 even if allies came...

NEW DELHI: India is looking at issuing visas on arrival for visitors from 40 more countries, a minister has said, raising hopes it...

LONDON: Arrow Global priced its London stock market listing at 205 pence per share on Tuesday, valuing the debt collection firm at 357.6...

DUBAI: Samba Financial Group, Saudi Arabia's second-largest listed bank, posted a flat third-quarter net profit on Tuesday, coming in slightly below the average...

DUBAI: Qatar's Al Khaliji Commercial Bank , the Gulf state's sixth-largest lender by market value, set initial price guidance for its debut bond...

KUWAIT: A unit of state-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) will launch a tender later this year for the construction of facilities to produce...

JEDDAH: A greater role for private sector investment in the Middle East’s oil & gas sector is required to support governments and national...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended 0.30 percent higher Tuesday on late bargain-hunting, despite nervousness at a lack of movement in solving a US budget...

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

DUBAI: EFG Hermes, Egypt's largest investment bank, said its co-chief executive had resigned after 18 years with the firm.   Hassan Heikal, who is...