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DP World increases Dubai port capacity 26 Jun 2013 - 02:03 pm

DUBAI: Port operator DP World opened a new extension to its Jebel Ali port in Dubai on Wednesday, adding one million TEUs or...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.94pc 26 Jun 2013 - 01:35 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area Wednesday adding 86.57 points (or 0.94pc) to advance to 9,264.55 points from 9,177.98 last day. ...

Glencore founder Marc Rich dies at 78 in Switzerland 26 Jun 2013 - 01:33 pm

A file photograph dated 05 November 2002 shows Belgian-born commodities trader Marc Rich in Zug, Switzerland. EPA/URS FLUEELER GENEVA: The controversial founder of...

Glencore founder Marc Rich dies at 78 in Switzerland 26 Jun 2013 - 01:28 pm

GENEVA: The controversial founder of Swiss commodities giant Glencore, Marc Rich, who was pardoned by President Bill Clinton on his last day in...

17 Taliban militants killed in security operations in Afghanistan 26 Jun 2013 - 01:07 pm

KABUL: Seventeen Taliban militants were killed in a joint operation carried out by the Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force...

20 Syrians hurt in Beirut stabbing attack 26 Jun 2013 - 01:05 pm

BEIRUT: At least 20 Syrians were injured in a stabbing attack on Wednesday when their vehicle was targeted by a group of unknown...

Strike shuts Eiffel Tower for second day 26 Jun 2013 - 12:46 pm

PARIS: The Eiffel Tower was closed for a second day Wednesday at the height of the Paris tourist season due to a strike...

Oman's first sukuk gets regulatory approval 26 Jun 2013 - 12:45 pm

DUBAI: Oman's first corporate sukuk has received regulatory approval and the five-year, 50 million rial or $130 million private placement aims to close...

Eritrean president meets Qatari ambassador 26 Jun 2013 - 12:35 pm

ASMARA: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki met here Wednesday with HE Qatari Ambassador to Eritrea Mohamed bin Issa Al Mannai. During the meeting, they...

Lebanon police torturing vulnerable detainees 26 Jun 2013 - 12:23 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanese police are torturing vulnerable people being held in custody, including drug users, sex workers and homosexuals, Human Rights Watch charged in...

King Abdullah II of Jordan arrives in Doha 26 Jun 2013 - 11:57 am

DOHA: King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Prince Ali ibn Al-Hussein arrived in Doha this morning to...

Gulf Keystone to pump 40,000 bpd Kurdish oil within coming weeks 26 Jun 2013 - 11:22 am

ARBIL, Iraq: Gulf Keystone Petroleum will produce 40,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) within the coming weeks after the Iraqi Kurdistan-focused explorer's...

Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill 27: Xinhua 26 Jun 2013 - 11:19 am

BEIJING: Riots in China's ethnically divided Xinjiang have left 27 dead in the latest outbreak of violence in the troubled western region, according...

More than 100,000 killed in Syria uprising: NGO 26 Jun 2013 - 11:14 am

BEIRUT: More than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria since the beginning of the country's uprising in March 2011, the Syrian Observatory...

Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz arrives in Doha 26 Jun 2013 - 11:14 am

DOHA: Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's Second Deputy Prime Minister, Adviser and Special Envoy to the Custodian of the Two...

British insurer Direct Line plans to cut 2,000 jobs 26 Jun 2013 - 10:28 am

LONDON: Direct Line Group, the British insurer being sold by state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland, said Wednesday that it planned to axe 2,000...

Investors give thumbs up to $21.6bn Sprint takeover 26 Jun 2013 - 10:12 am

TOKYO: Investors in Tokyo on Wednesday welcomed news that shareholders in US mobile carrier Sprint had approved a $21.6 billion takeover by SoftBank,...

Darfur Regional Authority chairman hails historic power transfer in Qatar 26 Jun 2013 - 09:59 am

KHARTOUM: The transfer of power in the State of Qatar to HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is a historic...