One of the most sought-after names in Hollywood at the height of his career, Oscar-winning Mel Gibson has been a pariah in the filmmaking community for a decade.
Boeing Co yesterday beat profit expectations in the third quarter despite declining revenue, a sign that cost-cutting is having an impact at the world’s biggest planemaker.
Workers escorted by scores of French police officers moved into the ‘Jungle’ in Calais on Tuesday, demolishing shacks and tents emptied of migrants being bussed to shelters around France.
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.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday said it was “highly likely” that Scotland would hold a new independence referendum before 2020 after Britain voted to leave the European Union.
Qatar has said it seeks to achieve sustainable development with all its economic, social and environmental dimensions.
Protesters at South Africa's Wits University attacked police vehicles with rocks and overturned another on Tuesday, as violence in nationwide demonstrations over high tuition fees escalated.
Sri Lanka will soon bring in a new anti-terrorism law, Prime Minster Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.
A Saudi football official who hinted at "dirty tricks" in the kingdom's top league has been banned for one year, state media reported late on Tuesday.
Taliban forces fought their way deep into the capital of Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan yesterday, threatening government offices and capturing a prison before being pushed back, officials said.
Priyanka Yoshikawa says she hopes that being crowned Miss World Japan will spur greater acceptance in her homeland of people with parents from different ethnic backgrounds, such as herself.
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.
