DAVAO: President Benigno Aquino linked for the first time Islamic militants and breakaway Muslim rebels Thursday to a recent spate of deadly bombings...
DAVAO: President Benigno Aquino linked for the first time Islamic militants and breakaway Muslim rebels Thursday to a recent spate of deadly bombings...
YANGON: Myanmar activists Thursday held their first march through Yangon to mark the anniversary of a bloody crackdown on democracy rallies 25 years...
BEIJING: Natural disasters across China claimed 461 lives and left 228 people missing in July, according to official statistics has unveiled. The Ministry...
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania: Attackers in the east African island of Zanzibar threw acid into the faces of two young British women late Wednesday night,...
MANILA: Emperador Distillers, the biggest liquor company in the Philippines, is to spend 5.8 billion pesos or $132 million on more vineyards and...
NAIROBI: International flights landed at Nairobi airport Thursday morning, the first since a fire a day earlier gutted the arrivals terminal causing widespread...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed down 1.59 percent Thursday at a six-week low as selling pressure mounted in late trading after the market was...
DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani and HH the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, performed early...
MANILA: A Dutch activist blamed for making a Philippine policeman cry was deported and permanently banned from the country, the immigration bureau said...
SAN FRANCISCO, California: Heavyweight publishers on Wednesday came out swinging against a bid by the US Department of Justice to rein in deals...
LG's new smart phone, the LG G2, is on display, during a global launch event in New York City. SAN FRANCISCO, California: LG...
This picture taken on August 6, 2013 shows an Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) running a commercialized test drive at a bus stop in...
Rubble and debris litter the street following an explosion in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa early yesterday. BEIRUT: Whole neighbourhoods of Syria’s...
DAMASCUS: Syrian rebels suffered a huge blow yesterday with 62 of them reported killed in an ambush. In Washington, the CIA number two...
ADEN: Yemen said yesterday it had foiled an Al Qaeda plot to storm a Western-run oil terminal and seize a provincial capital, as...
DAMASCUS: Syria’s government has approved a draft anti-corruption law, state news agency SANA said yesterday. A bill on “illicit gains” was approved as...
An ‘Eid Mubarak’ sign greets visitors at the entrance of Katara Cultural Village yesterday. Katara is one of several venues across Qatar for...
DOHA: The Supreme Education Council (SEC) has approved the calendar for the 2013-2014 academic year, unifying the holidays of the Independent and private...