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.
In the words of English dramatist Alan Bennett, a book is a device to ignite the imagination.
Sri Lanka will soon bring in a new anti-terrorism law, Prime Minster Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.
Rome's ill-fated bid to host the 2024 Olympics was definitively buried on Thursday when the city council voted in favour of the new mayor's request to withdraw support for it.
A Saudi football official who hinted at "dirty tricks" in the kingdom's top league has been banned for one year, state media reported late on Tuesday.
Russia’s Yamal LNG project, to build the country’s second gas liquefaction plant, is on track and on budget with Novatek and its partners having invested $18.5bn so far, Novatek’s CEO said.
Madonna yesterday celebrated her 58th birthday in Havana, dancing to Cuban beats during a night on the town and drawing crowds as she toured the city.
North Korea fired three ballistic missiles on Tuesday which flew between 500km and 600km into the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a series of provocative moves by the isolated country.
The region’s largest bank QNB Group has posted a first half net profit of QR6.2bn, up 12% on the same period last year.
An Abu Dhabi court has jailed the wife of a prominent Emirati for 10 years after convicting her of spying for Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, local media reported on Tuesday.
HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser is welcomed by an official at the opening ceremony of the 22nd Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, organised under the patronage of King Mohamed VI of Morocco with the theme of “The Women Founders.”
Charley Hoffman remained one stroke clear after the weather-hit second round of the Houston Open on Friday, despite bogeying his final hole, while Jordan Spieth endured a frustrating day to finish six shots off the pace.
