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MANILA: The Philippines has rejected an appeal to pardon a Spanish-Filipino serving life in jail for murdering two women despite an award-winning documentary...

DUBAI: Emaar Properties'  revenue from sale of apartments more than doubled last year, offseting a sharp drop in sales of commercial units that...

KARACHI: Pakistani security officials said Monday they have arrested a former senior leader of a banned militant outfit who was allegedly involved in...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks tumbled 2.71 percent at the close Monday after the safe-haven yen soared on weekend news that Cyprus plans to tax...

MELBOURNE: Australia's second-largest city Melbourne could possibly have the tallest building in the southern hemisphere after approval Monday for a new 388-metre (1,280...

TOKYO: Cash-strapped Japanese electronics giant Sharp said Monday that a badly needed capital injection from US chipmaker Qualcomm had been delayed as the...

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

Mexican businessman Carlos Slim attends the seventh meeting of the U.N. Broadband Commission for Digital Development in Mexico City March 17, 2013.    MEXICO...

BEIJING: China has become the world's fifth-largest arms exporter, a respected Sweden-based think tank said on Monday, its highest ranking since the Cold...

JERUSALEM: Israel's new housing minister said on Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's incoming cabinet would keep expanding Jewish settlements to the same...

PARIS: European aerospace giant Airbus will sign an order from Indonesian low-cost carrier Lion Air for more than 200 A320 medium-haul jets at...

Philippine President Benigno Aquino with Philippine Military Academy Superintendent Lieutenant General Irineo Espino (right), receives a guard of honour in Baguio City as...

BEIJING: China’s new President Xi Jinping said yesterday he will fight for a “great renaissance of the Chinese nation”, as the world’s most...

TOKYO: Tokyo’s first amphibious tourist buses were put into service yesterday, carrying 40 passengers through the city’s low eastern side by road before...

MATTALA, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka is turning its newest international airport opening today into a tax-free zone to attract aviation-related industries, a top...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe chants slogans with his colleagues at a Liberal Democratic Party convention in Tokyo, yesterday. TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister...

Pakistani Army soldiers attend the funeral ceremony of their comrades who were killed in a bus accident, in Gilgit, yesterday. Twenty-three soldiers died...

ISLAMABAD: While the full term of the National Assembly (the lower house) of Pakistan came to an end yesterday, the deadlock over choosing...