MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman is looking at oil prices staying high this year to fund heavy spending on job creation and social...
MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman is looking at oil prices staying high this year to fund heavy spending on job creation and social...
MANILA: The death of a girl hit by celebratory gunfire on New Year's Eve sparked calls Thursday for stricter gun controls in the...
BANGKOK: Thailand has deported dozens of Rohingya boat people back to Myanmar, an official said Thursday, despite a UN appeal to accept members...
JAKARTA: The budget arm of Indonesian flag carrier Garuda said Thursday it has ordered 25 turboprop planes from Europe's ATR, as it looks...
ISTANBUL: Turkey's former military chief Ismail Hakki Karadayi was arrested on Thursday for his alleged role in a 1997 coup that forced an...
ABU DHABI: Foreigners still risk being imprisoned for bouncing cheques in the United Arab Emirates, as a government order which decriminalises the offence...
MANILA: The Philippine government has voiced outrage at at "ruthless" illegal loggers intent on defying a nationwide ban on destroying forests, following the...
DUBAI: Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du) has signed a $100 Million deal with Standard Chartered Bank to fund its short and medium...
NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court said Thursday that unregulated clinical trials of new drugs were causing "havoc" in the country as it ordered...
HANOI: Starbucks said Thursday it would open its first store next month in Vietnam, seeking a foothold in the coffee-loving country as part...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has signed into law a $633 billion US defense spending bill that funds the war in Afghanistan and boosts...
BERN: A gunman has opened fire in a village in Switzerland, killing three people and wounding two others, the BBC reported. The attack...
ISLAMABAD: Mobile phone services were suspended in several cities and districts of the country on Thursday, in line with the government's security plan...
DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Thursday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying Selling ======= ======...
SAN FRANCISCO: Al-Jazeera has acquired Current TV, a struggling cable channel that will give the Qatar-based broadcaster the access to millions of US...
NEW DELHI: A gang of men accused of repeatedly raping a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi in a deadly...
MANILA: A Catholic couple has asked the Philippines' top court to stop a historic birth control law, their lawyer said Thursday, in the...
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan: A US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle carrying militants in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least four people...
