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IMF approves biggest-ever Mideast loan to revive Egypt’s economy ECONOMY

IMF approves biggest-ever Mideast loan to revive Egypt’s economy

The International Monetary Fund has approved a $12bn loan programme for Egypt to restore investor confidence and help revive an economy battered by years of political turmoil.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
QRCS covers treatment for 64,000 patients in Taiz ARABIA

QRCS covers treatment for 64,000 patients in Taiz

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) recently completed the second phase of its project to support Al-Thawra Modern General Hospital's Surgical Emergency Centre in Taiz ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh detains 44 for attacks on temples, homes INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh detains 44 for attacks on temples, homes

Investigators have arrested 44 people in an attempt to quell religious tension that broke out in eastern Bangladesh after a Muslim crowd recently vandalised Hindu homes and temples, police said yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hurricane survivors' lives in limbo as Haiti tries again to hold vote INTERNATIONAL

Hurricane survivors' lives in limbo as Haiti tries again to hold vote

Haiti launched its ill-fated presidential campaign for the fifth time in a year on Thursday, but people in the hurricane-destroyed southwestern town of Jeremie have more pressing concerns, such as staying alive and finding a home.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Idemitsu delays full takeover of Showa Shell on founding family opposition ECONOMY

Idemitsu delays full takeover of Showa Shell on founding family opposition

Japanese refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd has put on hold its plan for a full takeover of smaller rival Showa Shell Sekiyu indefinitely after running into fierce opposition from the Idemitsu founding family.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
‘Surgical strikes’ video given to PMO: minister INTERNATIONAL

‘Surgical strikes’ video given to PMO: minister

As the demand for sharing evidence of the army’s ‘surgical strikes’ across the Jammu and Kashmir border grew louder, Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir yesterday said the footage has already been handed over to the Prime Minister’s Office by the army.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India says holds ‘substantive’ nuclear talks with China INTERNATIONAL

India says holds ‘substantive’ nuclear talks with China

India said it had held ‘substantive’ talks with China on Tuesday on its bid to become a fully fledged member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a club of nations that trades in civil nuclear technology.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Rooney breaks England caps record CULTURE

Rooney breaks England caps record

Wayne Rooney became England’s most capped outfield player when he was awarded his 116th cap by new manager Sam Allardyce in yesterday’s opening 2018 World Cup qualifier away to Slovakia.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Commercial Bank unveils enhanced benefits for newly arrived expats ARABIA

Commercial Bank unveils enhanced benefits for newly arrived expats

Commercial Bank, Qatar’s first private bank, has announced a number of enhanced new benefits to its market leading “Life in Qatar” banking service, designed for customers arriving or about to arrive in Qatar.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Mehbooba moots talks on Kashmir imbroglio INTERNATIONAL

Mehbooba moots talks on Kashmir imbroglio

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti yesterday pitched for peace talks to solve the Kashmir problem and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step in to heal wounds of the people of the turmoil-hit state, ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Vodafone sells longest-dated bond in sterling this year ECONOMY

Vodafone sells longest-dated bond in sterling this year

Vodafone Group sold the longest-dated corporate bond in sterling this year, locking in record-low borrowing costs for four decades.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Attacker stabs, kills 19 in their sleep at Japanese disabled centre INTERNATIONAL

Attacker stabs, kills 19 in their sleep at Japanese disabled centre

A knife-wielding man stabbed and killed 19 people as they slept at a facility for the disabled in a town near Tokyo early on Tuesday, a senior government official said, Japan's worst mass killing in decades.

4:45 AM November 25 2016