Asian markets ended mixed yesterday, but Tokyo surged in response to a weaker yen and a Wall Street rally sparked by stronger US economic data.
Here’s a new entry in the annals of bad marketing ideas: Officials in Taiji, Japan, recently announced plans to open a marine park,
A former senior Bolivian anti-corruption official accused of trying to extort $30,000 from an ex-airline executive in Florida has been denied bond by a Miami judge.
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party yesterday demanded troops be confined to barracks after accusing them of campaigning for the ruling party.
1. To maintain and enhance peace, security and stability and further strengthen peace-oriented values in the region;
Strong winds blowing along the country’s coast have hit fishing activities hard, with supplies to the main market falling considerably in the past few days, it is learnt.
Pope Francis urged Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks and make “courageous decisions” to bring peace.
Injaaz Stud’s Kohala asserted her superiority with a commanding victory in the Umm Qarn Cup, which featured yesterday’s races on the sand track of the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club.
A group of 15 students from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar has returned from an eight-day Zones of Conflict/Zones of Peace learning trip to Rwanda.
Members of the Gabriela women’s group march during a protest on International Women’s Day along a main street towards the presidential palace in Manila yesterday.
Oman has granted a fixed-line telecommunications licence for the greater Muscat area
The regulations were drafted in the wake of the 2007-2009 global financial crisis, and require financial institutions in particular to hold larger amounts of liquid reserves as a buffer against future crises
