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NEW DELHI: India is considering a ban on the use of all animals used in circuses after activists said Wednesday they discovered elephants...

DOHA: The State of Qatar and the Republic of Moldova have signed an air transport agreement after talks the two sides held at...

BERN: President of the Swiss Confederation Ueli Maurer, met here on Wednesday with HE Dr. Mubaral Bin Kleifeng Al-Hajeri who presented him with...

DUBAI: Dubai Duty Free (DDF) has picked three banks to arrange a $750 million loan to fund the company's expansion at the world's...

DOHA: Qatari and British cultures will combine to come alive at a show called Fashion Exchange, opening tomorrow, Thursday at the Victoria and...

DOHA: Qatar ranked 13th on the global list of the 2013-14 Global Competitiveness Report's index and the 1st in the Middle East region....

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Wednesday 179.80 points or 1.89 percent to 9,356.32 points from the previous closing of 9,536.12 points. The...

MUMBAI: India's new central bank chief Raghuram Rajan is an outspoken economist described by one newspaper as having "rock star appeal", who famously...

RIYADH: The 32nd International Agriculture, Water and Agro-Industry trade show opens September 15 at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre (RICEC). The...

PESHAWAR: Overland oil supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan resumed through Pakistan on Wednesday with stepped up security after a four-month hiatus due...

MANILA: The Philippines said Wednesday it had spotted more concrete blocks allegedly installed by China on a small group of reefs and rocky...

TOKYO: Tornados hit eastern Japan on Wednesday, tearing off roofs, shattering windows and injuring at least two people, two days after twisters ripped...

LONDON: Home Retail Group, Britain's biggest household goods retailer, said Terry Duddy, one of the longest serving leaders in the stores sector, plans...

KARACHI: A senior Pakistan navy officer was shot dead and his Swedish wife wounded in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Wednesday, police...

BAGHDAD: Three roadside bombs north of Baghdad killed five soldiers on Wednesday as the Iraqi capital reeled from a spate of car bombs...

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met here at his Emiri Diwan Office this morning with HE Turkish Ambassador...

STOCKHOLM: US President Barack Obama will hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of France and China on the sidelines of a G20 meeting...

KABUL: Afghan security forces have arrested eight policemen for accidentally killing six children when firing a rocket into a river to catch fish,...