MULTAN, Pakistan: Gunmen on Thursday kidnapped the son of a former Pakistani prime minister on the last day of campaigning for elections and...
MULTAN, Pakistan: Gunmen on Thursday kidnapped the son of a former Pakistani prime minister on the last day of campaigning for elections and...
DUBAI: Oman's central bank has stipulated that commercial banks' loans to small and medium-sized firms must account for at least 5 percent of...
NEW YORK: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has rejoined the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) after 26 years of having left the...
BAGHDAD: Iraq raised the price of Basra light crude to U.S. buyers for June by 20 cents to a discount of $1.90 per...
TOKYO: Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA), the biggest customer of Boeing's glitch-hit Dreamliner, confirmed on Thursday that it would restart flights with the...
Chinese director Zhang Yimou waves as he poses for the media during a news conference for his opening film "Under the Hawthorn Tree"...
JERUSALEM: Israel has given the go-ahead to build nearly 300 homes in the settlement of Beit El near Ramallah, a spokesman said, in...
TOKYO: Struggling Japanese electronics giant Sony on Thursday said it booked its first annual net profit in five years, offering a glimmer of...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military said on Thursday it will send tens of thousands of troops to polling stations and counting centres to prevent the...
This November 15, 2009 file photo shows actress Jeanne Cooper arriving for the PS Arts Express Yourself at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica,...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed down 0.66 percent on Thursday, giving up earlier gains as the yen turned up against the dollar ahead of...
Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Thursday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...
DUBAI: Dubai Group will be spun off as an independent company with creditors owning an equity stake after its planned $10 billion debt...
SRINAGAR, India: A convicted Pakistani militant jailed in India died on Thursday after being beaten by another inmate in an apparent revenge attack...
TAIPEI: Taiwanese police said Thursday they had seized 450 kilograms (nearly 1,000 pounds) of ketamine smuggled from China in one of the island's...
The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari attending the first forum of Ministers of Culture...
Captain James Anthony Tan (right), with Malaysian Ambassador Ahmad Jazri Mohammad Johar, in Doha, yesterday. Doha: Malaysia’s Captain James Anthony Tan, set to...
Doha: The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani received a phone call from US...
