YANGON: Myanmar on Thursday reached a tentative peace deal with ethnic minority Kachin rebels aimed at ending the country's last major active civil...
YANGON: Myanmar on Thursday reached a tentative peace deal with ethnic minority Kachin rebels aimed at ending the country's last major active civil...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Projects Co (KIPCO), the Gulf state's largest investment firm by assets, acquired a controlling stake in small Maltese trade finance specialist...
Barcelona's French defender Eric Abidal cries during a press conference in Barcelona . BARCELONA: A tearful Eric Abidal called an end to his...
PARIS: Retailing giant Carrefour is teaming up with CFAO to expand into eight central and west African states and to open stores in...
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai speaks during a district assembly gathering in Kabul. KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban are killing Afghans and making a mockery of...
TEHERAN, Iran: Iran has amended its internationally condemned law on stoning convicted adulterers to death to allow judges to impose a different form...
JOHANNESBURG: Glencore Xstrata Plc said on Thursday three of its chrome mines in South Africa were at a standstill after up to 1,500...
Indian villagers gather near the carcasss of an elephant after it was hit by a train near the forests of Marghat in West...
DOHA: HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani on Thursday issued decision No. 22 for...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines said Thursday it will buy 30 Airbus and 30 Boeing aircraft in an order worth more than $17 billion dollars....
DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 189.38 points (2.09 percent) this week when the bourse closed trading at 9,238 points here Thursday afternoon. The...
A grab made on May 29, 2013 from a video obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram...
KOLKATA/MUMBAI: Indian filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh, known for his sensitive portrayal of interpersonal relationships, died in Kolkata on Thursday of a heart attack. He...
DUBAI: Bahrain has urged its citizens not to travel to Syria to fight alongside rebels ranged against government forces after a Bahraini youth...
DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Thursday, adding 79.27 points or 0.87 percent to advance to 9,238.00 points from 9,158.73 on Wednesday....
SEOUL: South Korea's Samsung Electronics on Thursday unveiled a slimmed down version of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone as the company looks to...
NEW YORK, United States: Former CIA director David Petraeus, who resigned in November after revealing he had had an extramarital affair, will join...
KUWAIT: Burgan Bank said on Thursday it received regulatory approval to buy a 25 percent stake in Malta's Fimbank. Burgan, the commercial banking...
