KABUL: Almost 3,000 Afghan police and soldiers have been killed in the last 12 months, nearly the same as the number of Nato...
KABUL: Almost 3,000 Afghan police and soldiers have been killed in the last 12 months, nearly the same as the number of Nato...
ISLAMABAD: Two suicide blasts by the Ansarul Islam (AI) and bombardment from military jets claimed the lives of at least 33 militants, including...
ISLAMABAD: The US has called on Pakistan to sign a Council of Europe convention on the transfer of prisoners or convicts, officials said...
Bangladeshi President Zillur Rahman looks on during a ceremony at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on March 3, 2013. DHAKA: Bangladesh...
DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is not expecting to issue more Islamic bonds before 2015 if electricity demand growth in the...
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's appeals court on Wednesday toughened the jail term of an opposition tweeter to five years for calling for a coup...
LAGOS: A boat that capsized off southern Nigeria in recent days was carrying an estimated 128 passengers and only two survivors have been...
DOHA: Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority (ACTA) Chairman HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah , conferred here on Wednesday with...
RIYADH: Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, has denounced recurrent attempts to install espionage and terrorism...
BEIJING: Sporting legend David Beckham raised the prospect of one last stop on his global football journey Wednesday, refusing to rule out playing...
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court on Wednesday charged eight Filipinos with terrorism-related offences, punishable by death, over an incursion that has left scores...
DOHA: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has received a message form HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim...
DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area Wednesday adding 8.23 points (or 0.10 percent) to advance to 8,578.37 points from 8,570.14 Tuesday....
SOFIA: Two more people have set themselves on fire in Bulgaria, bringing to seven the number of self-immolations amid growing despair over poverty,...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari announced Wednesday that general elections would be held on May 11, in what will mark the first...
LONDON: British unemployment has risen for the first time in more than a year, official data showed on Wednesday, dealing a blow to...
DUBAI: Dubai's government-owned commodities centre is launching a sharia-compliant commodity trading platform which Islamic banks in the Gulf could use to manage their...
KUALA LUMPUR: International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp., backed by a group of central banks located in Asia and the Middle East, is in...
