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TEHRAN: An American-Iranian pastor sentenced to eight years in jail by Iran for his role in underground churches in the Islamic republic has...

TEL AVIV: The Israel Venture Capital (IVC) Research Center forecast local venture capital funds would raise $600 million in 2013, similar to 2012.    ...

GENEVA: Hiroshi Nakajima, a Japanese doctor and former director-general of the World Health Organization, died at the weekend in France at the age...

MANILA: A social activist in the Catholic Philippines said Monday he faced up to 13 months in jail after being found guilty of...

Samuel Yin, chairman of Taiwan conglomerate Ruentex which is a major Sun Art shareholder, attends a news conference in Taipei, January 28, 2013....

KIEV: Ukraine will refuse to pay an unexpected $7 billion bill from Russian gas giant Gazprom for gas Kiev contracted for but did...

CAIRO: A state of emergency came into force on Monday in three Egyptian provinces hit by deadly rioting, as President Mohamed Morsi scrambled...

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani met here at his Emir Diwan Office on Monday morning with the Former...

NEW DELHI: India imported nearly 29 percent more oil from Iran in December over November but still cut purchases 19 percent in the...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: At least seven people were killed late Sunday when a landslide invaded the pitch at an amateur football game in southeastern...

TEHRAN: Iran has arrested 11 journalists working for media outlets seen close to the country's marginalised reformists for their alleged cooperation with foreign...

SRINAGAR, India: A cross-border bus service between India and Pakistan, suspended along with trade after deadly army clashes earlier this month, resumed Monday...

HANOI: Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) and its partners of a joint refinery project in Vietnam have resolved all outstanding issues with the Vietnamese...

BEIRUT: Ten rebels were killed in combat with government forces in Hasakeh, a majority-Kurdish city in northeast Syria, while fighting raged in a...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong journalists ran a petition in newspapers on Monday urging the city's Beijing-backed leader to withdraw a proposed law which...

HELSINKI: The chief executive of Finnair Mika Vehvilaeinen will step down from his post at the end of February, the company announced on...

NEW DELHI: A delegation from Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways will meet Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma in the next "couple of days," an...

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank , the United Arab Emirates' third largest lender by market value, has picked five banks for a conventional...