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DUBAI: A UAE court on Wednesday sentenced to death an Emirati father for torturing his two daughters, one of them to death, and...

DOHA: Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry is taking part in the 2nd Gulf Economic Media Forum, currently underway at Asharqia Chamber in...

DOHA: The Qatar Cyber Emergency Response Team (Q-CERT) organizes the second annual Information Security Conference, Gov.INFOSEC on Thursday at the  St. Regis Hotel,...

KIEV: A section of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has collapsed under the weight of snow but there were no injuries...

DOHA: The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, HE Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, met here this morning with a Chinese cultural...

DOHA: The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) has the most Islamic Finance friendly tax systems out of eight countries in the MENA region, reviewed...

COLOMBO: Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed took refuge inside the Indian High Commission in the capital Male Wednesday after a magistrate ordered his...

DUBAI: Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Saudi authorities to free an ex-judge and founder of a rights group who is serving a...

TOKYO: Mitsubishi Electric said Wednesday it has paid the Japanese government about $810 million after it inflated fees for defence and other contracts,...

JOHANNESBURG: Mamphela Ramphele has resigned as chairwoman of Gold Fields, the top bullion producer said on Wednesday, amid speculation she will start a...

CAIRO: Three masked gunmen on Wednesday stole the car of Central Bank Governor Hisham Ramez in Cairo after killing his bodyguard, the official...

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Wednesday, adding 48.40 points (or 0.55%) to advance to 8,824.00 points from 8,775.60 on last day....

LONDON: A British resident has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal SARS-like virus which they are believed to have caught from a family...

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of condolences to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa...

MOSCOW: Russia is still delivering weapons to Syria and will continue to do so despite the Middle East country's civil war, the head...

PARIS: South Korea's Samsung Total Petrochemicals will stop purchasing oil from Iran after it bought one spot cargo, Total's head of refining Patrick...

DUBAI: Budget carrier flydubai, which posted its first full year profit on Wednesday, is in talks with Boeing and Airbus for a 50-plane...

MUSCAT: Oman Cement Company said its net profit for 2012 rose to OMR17.51 million from OMR12.80 million posted for the previous year.    Total...