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BANGKOK: Thai police Tuesday said they had seized almost 200 live protected pangolins, which are prized in China and Vietnam as an exotic...

DUBAI: Dubai Maritime City (DMC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leading international energy services provider, Shell, to explore the diverse...

DOHA: HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, met separately here Tuesday with Ambassador...

KUWAIT: Kuwait has decided not to build an oil export pipeline to bypass the Strait of Hormuz because it would be too difficult...

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area on Tuesday adding 43.88 points or 0.45 percent advance to 9,806.58 points from 9,762.70 on...

DOHA: Qatar's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August 2013 was steady showing no change at July level of 114.5, according to data released...

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received at his Emiri Diwan office this morning the credentials of five new...

WASHINGTON: The man suspected of shooting and killing 12 people at a US naval base in Washington on Monday had been working as...

SOFIA: Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin met today with HE Qatar's Ambassador to Bulgaria Mohammed bin Ali Al Nuaimi.   During the meeting, they...

DOHA: Real estate transactions between September 8 and 12 for the real estate sales contracts registered at the Ministry of justice are worth...

JOHANNESBURG: US banking giant Citigroup has appointed Ade Ayeyemi to head its Johannesburg-based sub-Saharan Africa division, the company said on Tuesday. Ayeyemi, a...

THE HAGUE: Dutch electronics giant Philips is to buy back 1.5 billion euros of shares, the company said Tuesday, also raising its targets...

TOKYO: The operator of the leaking Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday that it dumped more than 1,000 tons of polluted water into the...

This 1992 file picture shows Toyota Motor former president and chairman Eiji Toyoda at the company's headquarters in Toyota in Aichi prefecture. TOKYO:...

MANILA: The Philippines and the United States will begin war games near disputed South China Sea waters this week, showcasing fast-expanding military ties...

LONDON: Britain has raised 3.2 billion pounds or $5.1 billion from the sale of a 6 percent stake in Lloyds Banking Group, marking...

TEHRAN: Sixteen Iraqis were killed and 20 more wounded Tuesday when their bus crashed as they were travelling in western Iran, ISNA news...

ISLAMABAD: At least 72 dengue cases have been reported across Sindh in southern Pakistan during last 24 hours.   As per media reports, total...