BEIJING: Eleven nursing home patients burned to death early Friday in China after one of them set the facility on fire in a...
BEIJING: Eleven nursing home patients burned to death early Friday in China after one of them set the facility on fire in a...
YANGON: Myanmar has signed a revised contract that increases its share of the profits from a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine, the country's largest,...
SHANGHAI, China: Sales agents of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline were trained to build relationships with doctors by offering money and "catering to their pleasures",...
TOKYO: Tokyo's stocks tumbled 3.06 percent in late afternoon trading on Friday as the dollar turned sharply lower against the yen, denting shares...
MUMBAI: Shares in Jet Airways India Ltd surged as much as 19.7 percent on Friday after traders said India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board...
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics, the world's largest technology firm by revenue, on Friday posted another record quarterly net profit, but weakening earnings momentum has...
SINGAPORE: A Singapore-based group fighting the spread of viral hepatitis called for greater political will to combat the disease Friday, as new data...
Children during Garangao celebrations organised by Qatar Airways and Doha International Airport. DOHA: Around 400 children enjoyed an exciting equestrian, educational and entertaining...
Visitors view photographs taken by Rota volunteers during an auction at Mathaf yesterday. BY RAYNALD C RIVERA DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (Rota)...
BY RAYNALD C RIVERA DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) is launching a regional campaign to promote Qatar as the Eid destination in the...
DOHA: The popular children’s entertainment programme, Barney and Friends, is being brought to Qatar this Ramadan and Eid by The Gate Mall in...
DOHA: The Qatar Animal Welfare Society (QAWS), the oldest and largest animal welfare shelter in Qatar, has ceased operations after 10 years of...
DOHA: The health monitoring unit of Al Rayyan Municipality has shut down two outlets and another one partially for a month for violating...
Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent cables of condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy...
Kuwaitis prepare a room for an electoral campaign gathering in Kuwait City. KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaitis head to the polls tomorrow for a second...
CAIRO: Egypt’s army threatened yesterday to shoot those who use violence in a stark warning before what both sides expect will be a...
KHARTOUM: African officials yesterday asked Sudan for more time to probe allegations of cross-border rebel support as a deadline nears for shutting the...
TRIPOLI: Unknown attackers fired a rocket at the UAE embassy in Tripoli yesterday causing little damage and no casualties, Libya’s Interior Ministry said,...