DUBAI: A Bahrain court sentenced 17 Shiite activists to 15 years in prison on Sunday after convicting them of the attempted murder of...
DUBAI: A Bahrain court sentenced 17 Shiite activists to 15 years in prison on Sunday after convicting them of the attempted murder of...
Israel's armed forces chief Moshe Yaalon walks after a visit to the Kissufim crossing in the Gaza strip in this February 16, 2005...
Pope Francis holds his first Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace, at Vatican City, 17 March 2013. EPA/Maurizio Brambatti VATICAN...
This handout photo taken on March 17, 2013 and released by the Malacanang Photo Bureau (MPB) shows Philippine President Benigno Aquino (C) with...
DUBAI: Saudi Electricity Co (SEC), the Gulf's largest utility, has picked two banks to arrange meetings with fixed income investors in Europe and...
BAGHDAD: At least 112,000 civilians were killed in the 10 years since the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq that ousted Saddam Hussein, a...
DUBAI: Sadara Chemical Company, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical , said it launched a local currency Islamic bond to...
DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulation to the President of the Republic of...
DUBAI: Saudi Telecom Co's Chief Executive Khaled al-Ghoneim has resigned, the former monopoly said in a bourse statement on Sunday. Ghoneim, who was...
BEIJING: China's new premier Li Keqiang on Sunday rejected US accusations of hacking, saying that Beijing did not support cyber spying after President...
DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Sunday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying Selling ======= ====== ====== ...
Afghan Defence Minister Bismallah Mohammadi (centre) runs with his bodyguards and journalists during an exercise at a commando unit’s base on the outskirts...
KABUL: Afghanistan’s leading religious body yesterday warned the presence of US troops in the country would soon be treated as an “occupation” unless...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf yesterday hailed parliament’s historic completion of a full term in office as a victory for democracy...
ISLAMABAD: Despite growing load shedding countrywide and an injection of over Rs1.4 trillion into the power sector over the past five years, the...
RAWALPINDI: Dozens of wounded Pakistani troops, many of them maimed during the fighting in the country’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, gathered yesterday for...
PESHAWAR: At least 23 Pakistani soldiers were killed yesterday when their bus plunged into a ravine on the main Pakistan-China highway in the...
KUALA LUMPUR: The leader of a band of Filipino militants whose incursion in Malaysia has left scores dead has reportedly fled even as...