TOKYO: Tokyo stocks surged on Thursday as the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed at a fresh eight-month high, with a tumbling yen boosting...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks surged on Thursday as the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed at a fresh eight-month high, with a tumbling yen boosting...
MANILA: Japanese gambling tycoon Kazuo Okada has teamed up with the family of Philippine billionaire John Gokongwei for a billion-dollar casino project in...
MOSCOW: Nissan motor and French automaker Renault have signed a deal with the Russian technologies corporation to officially get a major stake in...
MANILA: The Philippines moved closer to a controversial birth control law Thursday as lawmakers passed a version of the bill after a long...
Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Thursday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta (right) is greeted by Marine General John R Allen, commander of International Security Assistance Force, upon his arrival...
ISLAMABAD: More than 60 percent of Pakistan’s cabinet and two thirds of its federal lawmakers paid no tax last year, according to a...
ISLAMABAD: Nearly three quarters of young Pakistani girls are not enrolled in primary school and the number finishing five years in education has...
JALALA: Despite pressure from Islamabad and incentives from the UN, the vast majority of the 1.6 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan are still...
KABUL: Three suspects have been arrested and another three are on the run over the killing of an Afghan woman earlier this month,...
SEOUL: North Korea launched a long-range rocket yesterday days before its young ruler marks 12 months in power, intensifying the threat posed by...
Yangon: Hundreds of monks staged demonstrations across Myanmar yesterday demanding further apologies for injuries sustained in a police crackdown on a protest at...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s courts ground to a halt yesterday as lawyers went on strike to protest against a move by lawmakers to impeach...
MANILA: US and Philippine officials are expected to agree on an increase in the number of US military ships, aircraft and troops rotating...
BANGKOK: The UN yesterday called for an end to violence against children in southern Thailand following the “senseless and unacceptable” shooting of a...
TOKYO: A Japanese woman at the centre of a multiple murder case who reportedly coerced people into starving family members to death has...
SINGAPORE: Four Chinese bus drivers facing possible jail for instigating Singapore’s first industrial strike in 26 years were given more time yesterday to...
Police move on an armoured vehicle at the Clackamas Town Center shopping mall in Portland, Oregon. CLACKAMAS, Ore: The masked gunman who opened...
