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Italian navy officers probed over 2013 migrant shipwreck INTERNATIONAL

Italian navy officers probed over 2013 migrant shipwreck

An Italian naval commander and several other officers are under investigation for manslaughter over a migrant boat shipwreck in 2013.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
QIIB 9-month net profit scales up to QR666.4mn ECONOMY

QIIB 9-month net profit scales up to QR666.4mn

Robust growth in financing income helped QIIB report net profit of QR666.4mn, translating into earnings-per-share of QR4.4 during January-September this year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Woman’s death sentence reduced to 15 years in jail ARABIA

Woman’s death sentence reduced to 15 years in jail

The Court of Appeal has reduced the verdict of a Colombian woman convicted of illicit drug trade from death sentence to 15 years in jail.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi shares lead Gulf up as foreign investor restrictions eased ECONOMY

Saudi shares lead Gulf up as foreign investor restrictions eased

Saudi Arabia led Gulf stocks higher yesterday as Riyadh eased restrictions on foreign investment in its securities markets, while most other bourses in the region were buoyed by strength in oil prices and global equities at the end of last week.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Putin slams Paralympic ban as 'outside the law, morality, humanity' INTERNATIONAL

Putin slams Paralympic ban as 'outside the law, morality, humanity'

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday lashed out against the ban on Russian Paralympians from Rio as the country has vowed to keep fighting the suspension it faces over state-sponsored doping.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two Hutu women set on fire in Congo INTERNATIONAL

Two Hutu women set on fire in Congo

Two Hutu women were dragged out of a minibus, lynched and their bodies set on fire by a crowd in eastern Congo, the local mayor said yesterday, as inter-ethnic tensions in the region surge in the wake of massacres that have killed hundreds of civilians.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Red Bull drivers move on from Monaco mishaps CULTURE

Red Bull drivers move on from Monaco mishaps

Max Verstappen believes he has learnt more from his crash in Monaco than from becoming Formula One’s youngest-ever race winner in Barcelona.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Three-way title race firmly in Barca’s hands, says Suarez CULTURE

Three-way title race firmly in Barca’s hands, says Suarez

Having scored four and provided three assists as Barcelona roared back into form with an 8-0 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna in midweek, Luis Suarez has refused to contemplate any other outcome than Barca retaining their La Liga title.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
FM holds talks with Canadian counterpart ARABIA

FM holds talks with Canadian counterpart

Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has held talks with Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Austria stands firm after creditors reject Heta deal ECONOMY

Austria stands firm after creditors reject Heta deal

Creditors reject offer to buy back bonds in failed lender; finance minister says no new proposal; issue could be headed for courts

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Asia stock markets extend rally as oil pushes higher ECONOMY

Asia stock markets extend rally as oil pushes higher

Asian stocks rallied again yesterday as investors bet on central bank stimulus measures to support markets after the bloodbath at the start of the year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Catholic leader bans Xmas trees in churches INTERNATIONAL

Catholic leader bans Xmas trees in churches

The leader of Sri Lanka’s Catholics urged priests yesterday not to put up Christmas trees in their churches over the festive period...

4:45 AM November 25 2016