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Doha Bank posts QR748m net profit in 2013 H1 22 Jul 2013 - 02:27 pm

DOHA: Doha Bank posted a net profit QR748 million in the first half of 2013 an increase by 1.1 percent over the QR740...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 1.17pc 22 Jul 2013 - 02:17 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area Monday adding 111.96 points or 1.17 percent to advance to 9,652.67 points from 9,540.71 Sunday....

Kuwait court acquits 3 ex-MPs of insulting Emir 22 Jul 2013 - 02:15 pm

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's appeals court on Monday overturned a three-year jail term on three former opposition MPs and acquitted them from the charge...

Dubai's Aramex Q2 net profit rises 12pc 22 Jul 2013 - 02:02 pm

DUBAI: Dubai logistics firm Aramex reported a 12 percent rise in second-quarter net profit on Monday, boosted by growth in core Gulf and...

Foundation work starts for world's tallest building in China 22 Jul 2013 - 01:49 pm

This picture taken on July 20, 2013 shows a poster with the drawings of the "sky city" building, claimed to be the world...

28 militants killed in Afghanistan 22 Jul 2013 - 01:37 pm

KABUL: 28 Taliban militants were killed in joint operations carried out by Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in...

Dubai Islamic Bank reshuffles management, names Chilwan CEO 22 Jul 2013 - 01:33 pm

DUBAI: Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the largest sharia-compliant lender in the emirate, said on Monday it had appointed Adnan Chilwan as chief executive....

Afghan parliament sacks interior minister 22 Jul 2013 - 12:47 pm

KABUL: Afghanistan's parliament on Monday sacked Interior Minister Mujtaba Patang, one of the country's most powerful security chiefs, less than a year after...

Emir sends greetings to Belgium King 22 Jul 2013 - 12:16 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to King Philippe of Belgium on the...

British national kidnapped in Lagos released 22 Jul 2013 - 11:41 am

LAGOS: A British citizen who was kidnapped by gunmen shortly after landing at the international airport in Nigeria's largest city has been released,...

Filipinos rescued by Taiwan after drifting for five days 22 Jul 2013 - 11:30 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan's coastguard has rescued three Filipino fishermen who spent five days adrift when a storm blew their small boat hundreds of kilometres...

Search called off for Iranian climbers in Pakistan 22 Jul 2013 - 10:53 am

ISLAMABAD: Rescuers have called of the search for three Iranian climbers who went missing in the mountains of northern Pakistan, an official said...

Army shelling destroys historic Syrian shrine: NGO 22 Jul 2013 - 10:39 am

BEIRUT: Syrian army shelling destroyed the historic mausoleum of a companion of the Prophet Mohammed in the central city of Homs on Monday,...

India attorney general wants election poll ban 22 Jul 2013 - 10:28 am

NEW DELHI: India's top law officer has called for a ban on opinion polls during campaigning in next year's general election in the...

Britain's Kate in labour 22 Jul 2013 - 10:25 am

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends the National Review of Queen's Scouts at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, near London in this April 21,...

Qatar Navigation H1 net profit rises 30pc 22 Jul 2013 - 10:05 am

DUBAI: Qatar Navigation (Milaha) on Monday reported a 30 percent increase in net profit for the first half of the year, with the...

Six members of same family die in road accident in Pakistan 22 Jul 2013 - 10:05 am

ISLAMABAD: Six members of the same family, including two minor children, were killed in a road accident at Okara bypass in Pakistan, Geo...

Israel to free around 80 Palestinian prisoners 22 Jul 2013 - 10:04 am

JERUSALEM: Israel is set to decide on the release of around 80 long-serving Palestinian prisoners ahead of renewed peace talks, an Israeli official...