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Message from Poland ARABIA

Message from Poland

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has received a written message from Polish President Andrzej Duda dealing with bilateral relations.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Over rights row, Maldives quits Commonwealth INTERNATIONAL

Over rights row, Maldives quits Commonwealth

The Maldives angrily quit the Commonwealth on Thursday after years of wrangling over its human rights record since the toppling of its first democratically-elected leader four years ago.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi Aramco cuts November Arab Light crude OSP to Asia ECONOMY

Saudi Aramco cuts November Arab Light crude OSP to Asia

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has cut the price of flagship crude grade Arab Light to its Asian customers for November, state oil giant Saudi Aramco said yesterday, tracking weakness in the Dubai benchmark.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US aiming to snap European winning streak in Ryder Cup CULTURE

US aiming to snap European winning streak in Ryder Cup

As players on both teams at Hazeltine mourn the death of legend Arnold Palmer, holders Europe seek an unprecedented fourth consecutive victory over their US hosts, who have dropped six of the past seven meetings and eight of the past 10

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Europe stock markets gain on energy shares ECONOMY

Europe stock markets gain on energy shares

European shares ended flat yesterday as losses among drugmakers offset energy share gains following an Opec deal to cut output, while Commerzbank slid after the German lender froze dividend payments.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Samsung now faces washing machine safety issues in US ECONOMY

Samsung now faces washing machine safety issues in US

Samsung Electronics, which is already reeling from a global recall of its Note 7 smartphones, said yesterday it is in talks with a US watchdog to address potential safety problems related to some of its washing machines.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Samsung phone emits smoke on Indian airline flight INTERNATIONAL

Samsung phone emits smoke on Indian airline flight

A Samsung Electronics smartphone stored in an overhead baggage compartment on an Indian plane emitted smoke in mid-flight on Friday, India's aviation regulator said, but there was no damage and the aircraft landed safely.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bahrain to try 11 for attempted murder of policeman ASIA

Bahrain to try 11 for attempted murder of policeman

Bahrain is to put on trial 11 people accused of attempting to murder a police officer and being part of a "terrorist" group, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
The curious case of the missing LME lead stocks explained ECONOMY

The curious case of the missing LME lead stocks explained

Maybe it’s because it’s the lead market. If a warehouse company had submitted incorrect copper stocks figures to the London Metal Exchange (LME) for three weeks, it might have expected a bigger fine than £30,000 ($40,000).

4:45 AM November 25 2016
A memorable day out SPORT

A memorable day out

It was that time of the year again — Iftar and with it authentic homemade biryani. The fraternity soldering over this fusion of ‘desi food’ every year has however grown manifold. It seems the aroma of this popular rice dish,...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Fresh wave of union strikes hits France INTERNATIONAL

Fresh wave of union strikes hits France

Masked youths clashed with police in Paris and striking workers blockaded refineries and nuclear power stations yesterday as an escalating wave of industrial action against labour reforms rocked France.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Cameron stands by ‘divisive, stupid and wrong’ comment on Trump INTERNATIONAL

Cameron stands by ‘divisive, stupid and wrong’ comment on Trump

British Prime Minister David Cameron stands by his description of Donald Trump's proposal for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US as "divisive, stupid and wrong", a spokesman said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016