Default / Miscellaneous

LONDON: Burger King, one of the most popular fast-food chains in Britain, said on Thursday it had stopped using one of the firms...

TOKYO: Toyota and Germany's BMW on Thursday said they were deepening ties on developing fuel-cell technology and vehicle batteries as the auto giants...

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Thursday, adding 36.90 points (or 0.43%) to advance to 8,689.76 points from 8,652.86 Wednesday. The volume...

DHAKA: Bangladesh is to acquire its first submarines to boost its naval power in the Bay of Bengal, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced...

GENEVA: The International Air Transport Association's (IATA) 7th World Cargo Symposium will be held in Doha from March 12 to 14 at the...

DUBAI: Indebted Dubai property developer Nakheel posted a 57 percent rise in full-year profit, saying its earnings growth showed the emirate's real estate...

BEIRUT: When Kholoud Sukkarieh and Nidal Darwish married in defiance of Lebanon's ban on civil unions, they had no idea their initiative would...

I am working in a private company since December 21, 2008. I went on my first vacation with paid leave after two years,...

YANGON: Myanmar ethnic minority rebels have freed eight underage military recruits captured and held as prisoners of war, the International Labour Organization said...

FRANKFURT: Commerzbank, Germany's second-biggest bank, said on Thursday it is looking to axe 4,000-6,000 jobs or about 10 percent of its workforce by...

LONDON: European shares edged lower on Thursday, as weaker than expected figures from U.S. giant Apple  fanned earnings worries in the technology sector,...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top law officer on Thursday disclosed for the first time that security agencies are holding at least 700 people indefinitely without...

BEIJING: All the 13 miners trapped by a coal mine blast in southwest China's Guizhou Province were confirmed dead, rescuers said Thursday, seven...

DOHA: Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Rasgas plans two to three maintenance shutdowns in 2013, a company official from one of the...

JOHANNESBURG: Around 15,000 crocodiles have escaped from a farm in South Africa amid heavy rains and flooding, local daily Beeld reported Thursday.   The...

MUMBAI: Shares in Tata Motors slumped nearly 10 percent Thursday after its luxury car arm Jaguar Land Rover warned investors that its profit...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 1.28 percent Thursday, reversing earlier losses as the yen slumped on the back of fresh data showing Japan logged...

MANILA: The US Navy said Thursday it needed to remove thousands of litres of oil from a minesweeper stuck on World Heritage-listed coral...