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TOKYO: A chunk of frozen snow that fell off the world's tallest tower crashed through the roof of a Tokyo home, leaving a...

FRANKFURT: Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corporation and Dutch power grid operator TenneT said on Wednesday they were teaming up to connect four off-shore windparks...

DOHA: HH Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), met at her office today with...

GENEVA: Dengue is the world's fastest-spreading tropical disease and represents a "pandemic threat", infecting an estimated 50 million people across all continents, the...

PARIS: French telecom equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent and Indian service provider Reliance Communications announced on Wednesday an eight-year deal worth more than $1.0 billion...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man in the eastern Khubar province on Wednesday after he was convicted of drug trafficking, the interior...

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area Wednesday adding 19.70 points (or 0.23%) to advance to 8,577.66 points from 8,557.96 Tuesday. The...

DOHA: Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, met here this morning with visiting President of...

DOHA: Secretary General of Arab League Dr. Nabil Elaraby stressed that the upcoming Arab Summit to be held in Doha next March will...

DOHA: HE Chairman of Qatar's Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah met here on Wednesday with Lebanon's Minister of...

FRANKFURT: Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, inaugurated late on Tuesday a new engine production site in Silao, Mexico, its 100th manufacturing site worldwide.   The...

BAGHDAD: Iraq's cabinet approved an $879 million oilfield service contract with Samsung Engineering  for the development of the Badra oil field, the cabinet...

LONDON: A helicopter crashed in central London and plunged to the ground in a ball of flames on Wednesday, with police saying it...

DOHA: Gulf warehousing company disclosed the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012.    The financials revealed a net profit of QR...

BEIJING: The first undersea fibre-optic cable between China and Taiwan is set to begin operating this week, official media reported Wednesday, the latest...

DOHA: HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani patronized on Wednesday the opening of this year’s edition of Made in...

DOHA: Qatar National Sport Day (NSD) electronic survey, now online, is seeking information and opinions from citizens on sports, event organisers said Wednesday....

DOHA: Islamic Holding Group disclosed the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012. The financials revealed a net profit of QR...