Iran offered up to 13 years of tax holidays to hoteliers at an international tourism summit on Sunday as it seeks to boost visitor numbers and revamp its dilapidated hotels.
‘I felt uncomfortable. It was bothering me, so that’s why I didn’t finish the inning’
Gold may have met its match after a stellar start to the year as a probable trio of rate hikes from the Federal Reserve through to the end of 2017 means there’s little room for it to rally further from near a two-year high, according to Pictet Wealth Management.
Japan’s Nikkei led most Asian stock markets lower yesterday as the yen resumed its march against the dollar and investors nervous about the stuttering global economy tentatively await the start of corporate earnings season.
As officials at the Jammu and Kashmir Raj Bhavan and the civil secretariat skipped their weekly holiday yesterday...
The third National Cyber Security Drill "Star-3" will be held this month to measure the level of readiness of various sectors in Qatar to fight evolving cyber threats.
FIFA has approved five candidates for its February presidential election amid the worst crisis in its history, after barring Liberia’s Musa Bility on integrity grounds...
A model presents a creation by Saudi designer Yahya al-Bishri during the “La Mode A Beyrouth” fashion week in Beirut yesterday.
Torrential monsoon rains killed at least eight people in the Philippines, the country’s disaster relief agency said yesterday.
Israel plans to leave its biggest offshore natural gas project, Leviathan, in the hands of a US-Israeli consortium while opening the industry to more competition...
Mumbai's ornate horse-drawn carriages are nearing the end of the road after a court in the Indian city ruled them illegal, saying owners must wind up operations within a year.
Ten-man Bayern Munich suffered a morale-sapping fourth straight defeat by losing 1-0 to Augsburg yesterday in the Bundesliga...
