An Italian naval commander and several other officers are under investigation for manslaughter over a migrant boat shipwreck in 2013.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Max Verstappen believes he has learnt more from his crash in Monaco than from becoming Formula One’s youngest-ever race winner in Barcelona.
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.
Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has held talks with Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion.
Creditors reject offer to buy back bonds in failed lender; finance minister says no new proposal; issue could be headed for courts
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.
The leader of Sri Lanka’s Catholics urged priests yesterday not to put up Christmas trees in their churches over the festive period...
