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Barwa 9-month profit jumps to QR1.5bn ECONOMY

Barwa 9-month profit jumps to QR1.5bn

Barwa Real Estate Company has recorded a QR1.49bn net profit in the first nine months of 2016, a 72% increase compared to the same period in 2015, according to Group CEO Salman bin Mohamed al-Mohannadi.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Russia, Gulf oil ministers meet as Opec cut looms ECONOMY

Russia, Gulf oil ministers meet as Opec cut looms

Russia’s energy minister met with counterparts from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf oil-producers to discuss steps to stabilise crude markets amid Opec’s drive to win cooperation from the biggest supplier outside the group in limiting output to prop up prices.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bird flu scare INTERNATIONAL

Bird flu scare

Employees wearing masks walk inside the Deer Park, which has been temporarily closed to visitors as a precautionary measure amid a bird flu scare, in New Delhi yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi's SAFCO continues earnings slump ECONOMY

Saudi's SAFCO continues earnings slump

Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co (SAFCO) missed analyst forecasts and extended its earnings slump on Monday, reporting a 68 percent decline in third-quarter net profit.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Malema charged over land seizure call INTERNATIONAL

Malema charged over land seizure call

Prosecutors in South Africa said yesterday that they had charged firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema under an apartheid-era law after he urged his supporters to occupy land illegally.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Burj Khalifa lit up in pink for breast cancer ASIA

Burj Khalifa lit up in pink for breast cancer

The facade of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, was lit up in pink yesterday night to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar Charity distributes urgent food aid in Aleppo ARABIA

Qatar Charity distributes urgent food aid in Aleppo

Qatar Charity has carried out relief projects in Aleppo city in the light of the escalating suffering of Syrians there due to the ongoing shelling, severe shortage of food, baby milk and basic services as part of its ongoing campaign, “Save Aleppo”.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Al Meera to transfer 26% shares to Qatar Holding ECONOMY

Al Meera to transfer 26% shares to Qatar Holding

Al Meera shareholders at their extraordinary general assembly meeting in Doha on Wednesday night approved an amendment enabling the transfer of 26% shares in the company, currently being held by the Government of Qatar, to Qatar Holding Company.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Militants receive cheques for return to normal life INTERNATIONAL

Militants receive cheques for return to normal life

Two Bangladeshi Islamist militants received cheques from the government yesterday in return for pledging to return to normal life, under a new scheme attempting to halt rising extremism.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pope in surprise visit to quake-hit Italian village INTERNATIONAL

Pope in surprise visit to quake-hit Italian village

Pope Francis on Tuesday made a surprise visit to Amatrice, the small Italian mountain town that bore the brunt of the August 24 earthquake that killed nearly 300 people.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
We welcome Turkey’s request to join MERC: FIA vice president al-Attiyah CULTURE

We welcome Turkey’s request to join MERC: FIA vice president al-Attiyah

FIA vice president Nasser bin Khalifa al-Attiyah welcomed Turkey’s request to join the Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) in 2017.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Mobily CEO sees hit from fingerprinting, slower Saudi economy ECONOMY

Mobily CEO sees hit from fingerprinting, slower Saudi economy

Saudi Arabia’s demand that all phone and Internet customers be fingerprinted for identification is pressuring Etihad Etisalat Co’s sales and profits in the kingdom, according to chief executive officer Ahmad Farroukh.

4:45 AM November 25 2016