PARIS: Ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy waded in to a bitter leadership battle that has left France’s main right-wing opposition party, the UMP, on the...
PARIS: Ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy waded in to a bitter leadership battle that has left France’s main right-wing opposition party, the UMP, on the...
MOSCOW: Russia and the United States have chosen two International Space Station (ISS) veterans for the first year-long mission to the orbiting laboratory,...
NEW YORK: Superstorm Sandy ran up a super bill of $19bn as it tore through New York City, the mayor said yesterday in...
WASHINGTON: The White House warned Monday that American consumers will spend $200bn less in 2013 if the looming fiscal cliff is not averted...
DAKAR: A French man kidnapped by Islamist rebels last week in southwest Mali said he blamed France’s foreign policy for his abduction and...
OTTAWA: A court yesterday ordered the mayor of Toronto, Canada’s largest city, to be removed from office for violating conflict of interest rules...
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: A consortium including Samsung Engineering and Shanghai Electric have won an 11.3 billion riyal ($3 billion) deal to build a...
PARIS: The US Internet giant Amazon said on Monday that it would open a fourth despatch centre in France with the likely creation...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Monday assured cabinet members over the health of King Abdullah, 89, who underwent back surgery on November...
FRANKFURT: German industrial gas giant Linde said on Monday it had won a contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in...
MUSCAT: State-owned Oman Air, the sultanate's national carrier, expects its revenue to grow 30 percent in 2012 because of expanded operations, its chief...
DOHA: Qatar Foundation for Combating Human Trafficking (QFCHT) is taking part in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 18) which opened...
BAGHDAD: Iraq issued a tender on Monday to buy a minimum of 50,000 tonnes of wheat from the United States, Canada, Australia, Russia,...
DUBAI: International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC), an investment vehicle owned by the Abu Dhabi government, plans to price a three-tranche, dual-currency bond on...
TOKYO: Japan should do more to address fears over radiation in the area around Fukushima, a UN health expert said Monday, urging it...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded three men convicted of separate murders across the kingdom, the interior ministry announced. Mubarak al-Harithi and Obaidallah...
CAIRO: The 28th session of the Arab Ministers of Justice Council kicked off on Monday under the chairmanship of Mauritania. The meeting was...
MANILA: Philippine police said they had charged four men Monday over the stabbing death of a US diplomat's husband during a brawl just...
