Default / Miscellaneous

NEW DELHI: A giant contract to supply 197 light helicopters to the Indian army which is being sought by European and Russian firms...

SEOUL: South Korea's defence ministry said Wednesday it had contingency plans, including possible military action, to ensure the safety of its citizens working...

Qatar Assistive Technology Center (Mada) led the observance of the sixth annual World Autism Awareness Day at Souq Waqif, yesterday.  Ssalim Matramkot BY...

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

Muslims carry the coffins of fire victims to the Yaeway cemetery in Yangon, yesterday. The fire caused by faulty electrical equipment killed 13...

MANILA: The Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo yesterday denied reports that it paid members of the Royal Security Force (RSF) to enter...

SEOUL: North Korea announced plans yesterday to restart a mothballed nuclear reactor closed since 2007, but emphasised it was seeking a deterrent capacity,...

SHANGHAI: Four more people in China have been infected with a new strain of bird flu, a local government said yesterday, bringing the...

MANILA:  More than 40,000 Filipinos in South Korea are ready for evacuation in case tensions in the region erupt into a full-scale war,...

  TOKYO: The mooted appointment of the daughter of assassinated US president John F Kennedy to the high-profile post of ambassador to Japan, was...

Palestinian protesters run past tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron yesterday. JERUSALEM: Israeli prison...

  MOGADISHU: A bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Somalia’s biggest bank and money transfer agency yesterday, wounding at least two people hours after...

KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities yesterday freed the first seven political prisoners under a presidential amnesty but the opposition said inmates from the country’s war...

CAIRO: Egypt’s prosecution is probing complaints of “threatening public security” against popular satirist Bassem Youssef, who is already on bail facing charges of...

  DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad offered an amnesty deal to kidnappers in the war-torn country yesterday, giving them 15 days to hand...

GENEVA: The plight of thousands of migrants stranded in Yemen after trying to reach Saudi Arabia and the Gulf has reached desperate proportions,...

ISLAMABAD: More than half of young Pakistanis believe democracy has not been good for their country and nearly 40 percent are in favour...

SINGAPORE: Indonesia has become the latest Asian customer for Iraqi oil as it signed a deal with Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO)...