DHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested some 2,500 activists from the country's largest Islamic party following clashes with police earlier this month, officials said. ...
DHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested some 2,500 activists from the country's largest Islamic party following clashes with police earlier this month, officials said. ...
BANGKOK: China pledged Wednesday to buy rice from Thailand's growing mountain of unsold stocks, during a visit by Premier Wen Jiabao, officials said. ...
TOKYO: The soaring popularity of smartphones is crushing demand for point-and-shoot cameras, threatening the once-vibrant sector as firms scramble to hit back with...
ATHENS: Eurozone finance ministers' failure to strike a deal to unlock bailout funds for Greece threatens the whole region's stability, Greek Prime Minister...
France's DartyPlc, formerly known as Kesa, plans to sell its loss-making Italian operations to DPS Group SRL and take a 15 percent stake...
ULAANBAATAR: Mongolia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gombojav Zandanshatar met here on Wednesday with HE Qatar's non-resident Ambassador to Mongolia Hamad bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa. ...
MANILA: The Philippines has moved closer to raising tobacco and alcohol taxes, the government said Wednesday after the Senate passed a bill aimed...
BEIJING: China's crude oil imports from Iran fell 23.2 percent in October from a year earlier, but were up 19.3 percent from a...
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) will start inintial production at its aluminium smelter next month. Maaden and Alcoa teamed up...
DOHA: Qatar gears up to host the biggest event in 2012, UN Climate Change Conference (COP18/CMP8) which will officially start next Monday and...
SHANGHAI: Italian car maker Fiat is returning to China five years after a failed joint venture, but now faces entrenched competition and slowing...
SANAA: A Yemeni military transport plane crashed near Sanaa airport on Wednesday, killing ten of its crew members, an airport official said. The...
BEIJING: Talks on a new climate change treaty in Qatar next week will not advance unless rich countries promise more ambitious cuts to...
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: News Corp's investment in the New York Yankees baseball channel YES Network illustrates the new normal in media: multibillion dollar...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Mount Tongariro volcano erupted with a brief blast of dark ash Wednesday, canceling flights but causing no significant damage. The...
ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with a major project to develop the world’s fifth largest oilfield which will pump nearly 900,000...
KABUL: A suicide bomber killed two Afghan guards outside a foreign-run military compound in the main diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul,...
Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...
