KANO, Nigeria: Dozens of people have been killed in fierce fighting between Nigeria's military and suspected Islamists after troops raided an insurgent hideout...
KANO, Nigeria: Dozens of people have been killed in fierce fighting between Nigeria's military and suspected Islamists after troops raided an insurgent hideout...
DOHA: The Advisory Council held Monday its regular weekly session under its Speaker HE Mohammad bin Mubarak al-Khulaifi. At the outset of the...
DUBAI: Qatar National Bank, the Gulf state's largest lender plans to issue a seven-year bond of at least $500 million, possibly as early...
TRIPOLI: Libya will ask to increase its oil output quota in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Oil Minister Abdelbari al-Arusi...
RIYADH: A special anti-terror court has sentenced three Saudis to six years in jail each for a plot to kill US nationals at...
MANILA: Philippine communist rebels warned politicians Monday to seek their permission before campaigning in the insurgents' strongholds following an ambush that wounded a...
THE HAGUE: Dutch electronics giant Philips announced Thursday first quarter profits that were down 12 percent from the same period a year earlier,...
DUBAI: Bahrain Telecommunications Co (Batelco) has picked Citigroup Inc and BNP Paribas to arrange meetings with bond investors ahead of a possible issue,...
DHAKA: The speaker of Bangladesh's parliament Abdul Hamid was elected unopposed as president Monday, a potentially crucial role as the restive country heads...
ZURICH: Swiss-Swedish engineering giant ABB said Monday that it would acquire the California company Power One, which specialises in renewable energy such as...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will make sponsors and employers of foreigners working illegally in the country pay the cost of deporting them, under new...
TOKYO: Tokyo shares ended 1.89 percent higher Monday at their best close in nearly five years, with the yen weakening after G20 finance...
DOHA: Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company disclosed the interim financial statement for the three month period ended March 31, 2013. The financial statements revealed...
MUMBAI: The Indian government is to provide the country's richest man Mukesh Ambani, head of energy giant Reliance Industries, with full-time security from...
Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Monday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...
KABUL: Taliban insurgents have seized nine people from a civilian helicopter which made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday. The...
LONDON: A top Google executive on Monday insisted that the company's "key" role in developing Britain's electronic commerce sector should be taken into...
SHANGHAI: A World Health Organisation team was due Monday to wrap up a trip to Shanghai, centre of China's bird flu outbreak which...
