The death toll from India's rail disaster rose to 142 on Monday after workers toiled through the night removing victims from the wreckage, with grim warnings that more bodies were trapped inside.
Qatar opened its account at the 49th CISM World Military Shooting Championship by clinching a silver and bronze in the team events at the Losail Shooting Range yesterday.
South Africa flanker Roelof Smit is likely to miss the rest of his country’s tour of Europe after suffered a suspected torn bicep yesterday.
Ireland ended a century-long losing streak to claim a historic first-ever win over New Zealand yesterday, sending the All Blacks spinning to a 40-29 defeat with a scintillating display.
Malaysia has agreed to buy four Chinese naval vessels and pledged with Beijing to handle South China Sea disputes bilaterally, a Chinese official said yesterday, in what could be China’s latest counter to US influence in the region.
Japan’s industrial output stalled in September in a worrying sign that the economy, already struggling to mount a sure-footed recovery, may be losing some momentum due to weak consumer spending and exports.
EY recently organised ‘International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Tax Update’ seminar at the W Hotel in Doha.
Boeing Co yesterday beat profit expectations in the third quarter despite declining revenue, a sign that cost-cutting is having an impact at the world’s biggest planemaker.
Pakistan’s government yesterday vowed to block protests in Islamabad if opposition leader Imran Khan pushes ahead with plans to shut down the government and transport in the capital from November 2.
Tens of thousands of black-clad Thais converged on Bangkok’s Grand Palace yesterday to sing the royal anthem in a striking display of devotion to the recently deceased King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday said it was “highly likely” that Scotland would hold a new independence referendum before 2020 after Britain voted to leave the European Union.
Boris Johnson, who campaigned prominently for Britain to leave the European Union ahead of a June referendum, argued in favour of remaining in the bloc in an unpublished newspaper column two days before backing Brexit, according to a newspaper report.
