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2 dead, 3 injured in Afghanistan explosion 16 Jul 2013 - 11:03 am

KABUL: A heavy explosion rocked eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan early Tuesday morning. The incident took place in Jalalabad city, according to Afghan's...

Pakistan, US agree to discuss civil nuclear technology 16 Jul 2013 - 10:43 am

ISLAMBAD: Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said that Pakistan and United States have agreed to hold dialogue on the cooperation in...

Suicide bomber shot dead near Kabul airport 16 Jul 2013 - 10:39 am

KABUL: A suicide bomber was shot dead by Afghan security forces near the Kabul international airport in capital Kabul on Monday night. The...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 16 Jul 2013 - 10:19 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Tuesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

Qatar Islamic Bank Q2 net profit slips 2.9pc 16 Jul 2013 - 10:01 am

DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), the Gulf Arab state's largest sharia-compliant bank by assets, reported a 2.9 percent drop in second-quarter net profit...

Nine Syrians 'executed' at checkpoint: NGO 16 Jul 2013 - 09:50 am

BEIRUT: At least nine Syrians, including a child, were executed by regime forces at a checkpoint in Damascus province, a watchdog said on...

Tokyo stocks end up 0.64pc 16 Jul 2013 - 09:22 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended 0.64 percent higher Tuesday, buoyed by a weaker yen and following another record finish on Wall Street. The benchmark...

Oman's Bank Dhofar to start merger talks with Bank Sohar 16 Jul 2013 - 09:22 am

DUBAI: Bank Dhofar, the sultanate's second-largest bank by market value, said on Tuesday it would begin talks with fellow Omani lender Bank Sohar...

Mexico eyes $309bn to improve infrastructure 16 Jul 2013 - 08:52 am

MEXICO CITY, Distrito Federal: Mexico's president Monday eyed $309 billion in private and public investments to improve the country's infrastructure during his six-year...

China's Baidu buys mobile app firm for $1.9bn 16 Jul 2013 - 08:51 am

BEIJING: China's leading Internet search engine is to buy a smartphone app distribution firm for $1.9 billion, it said Tuesday, in what is...

Obama orders stepped up effort against U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic 16 Jul 2013 - 08:34 am

WASHINGTON: After fresh criticism of his record on combating HIV/AIDS, President Barack Obama on Monday ordered a stepped up effort to deal with...

Myanmar to free all political prisoners by year end 16 Jul 2013 - 08:13 am

LONDON: Myanmar President Thein Sein said Monday that all political prisoners would be freed by the end of the year and that a...

Anti-reservation ire 16 Jul 2013 - 04:42 am

Protesters damaging a bus in Allahabad yesterday. They were protesting against reservation for Other Backward Class candidates by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service...

SC refuses plea against CAG appointment 16 Jul 2013 - 04:42 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday asked former chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami to move the Delhi High Court and declined to entertain...

Gang-rape accused charged with robbery 16 Jul 2013 - 04:41 am

New Delhi: A Delhi court yesterday framed charges of kidnapping and dacoity against four accused being tried in another court for the December...

ISI agent gets seven years in prison 16 Jul 2013 - 04:41 am

Mumbai: A court here yesterday sentenced a spy to seven years in jail for supplying military and strategic secrets to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence...

Three killed in Bengal poll violence 16 Jul 2013 - 04:41 am

Kolkata: Three people, including the husband of a CPI-M candidate, were killed as violence marred the second round of West Bengal panchayat polls...

6,000 presumed dead in floods 16 Jul 2013 - 04:39 am

DEHRADUN: Nearly 6,000 pilgrims, tourists and others are believed to have died when flash floods and landslides struck northern India last month, officials...