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Minister stresses importance of global solidarity against Covid-19

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars unveils new Ghost Extended

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has unveiled the...

Food establishments inspected

Al Sheehaniya Municipality, represented by the Health Control...

Qatar vows to strengthen ties with countries in Asia

Qatar has reiterated its support to the work of the Conference on...

Qatar, US discuss counter-terror co-operation

Qatar and the US yesterday held a video conference in continuation of...

MoPH reports 121,263 Covid recoveries

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) yesterday reported 250 new...

FM meets Fatah official

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh...

Prime minister wants to see me in jail, says Shehbaz

Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan wants to see him behind the bars, by implicating him in cases “based on flimsy grounds”.

PM Khan to address key UN panel on anti-poverty goals

Prime Minister Imran Khan will virtually address a high-level panel of the United Nations on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity today.

Trump rebuffed over comments on vote outcome

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans have repudiated President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, assuring American voters that the lawmakers would accept the outcome of November’s election.

Justice Department asks judge to allow US to bar WeChat from US app stores

08:54 AM - 25 September 2020

Two police officers shot amid Louisville protests over Breonna Taylor ruling

11:06 AM - 24 September 2020

Former 'world's heaviest man' defeats coronavirus

11:46 PM - 23 September 2020

Walt Disney Co urges California officials to reopen Disneyland

01:20 PM - 23 September 2020

Romney backs vote on Trump’s top court pick

10:56 PM - 22 September 2020

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QRCS helps 22 countries tackle Covid-19 crisis

Oman Air to return to scheduled service on October 1

Oman Air will return to scheduled service on October 1 with flights...

A Syrian man rides a motorcycle past a US military vehicle patrolling the town of Tal Tamr, in Syria

'28 dead' as IS, govt forces clash in Syria's Raqa

Clashes in Syria between pro-regime forces and Islamic State group,...

Aoun warns Lebanon faces crisis unless govt agreed

Lebanese singer Fadia Tomb performs with a choir at a concert for the victims of August’s deadly Bei

Lebanon hosts concert for Beirut blast victims

Lebanon yesterday held a concert for the victims of last month’s...

Smoke billows following a reported Russian airstrike on the western outskirts of the mostly rebel-he

Russian jets strike Syrian rebel-held bastion in heaviest strikes since ceasefire

Syrian opposition sources said Russian jets bombed rebel-held...

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Qatari Islamic banks’ balance sheet grew to nearly $90bn in 2019: S&P

The balance sheet of Islamic banks in Qatar grew to nearly $90bn in 2019 compared with $82.6bn in 2018, a report by S&P Global Ratings has shown.

Turkey hikes interest rate for first time since 2018

Turkey’s central bank both stunned and cheered investors yesterday by raising its key interest rate for the first time in two years.

US labour market slowing as fiscal stimulus fades

Weekly jobless claims increase 4,000 to 870,000; unadjusted insurance claims jump 28,527 to 824,542; continuing claims drop 167,000 to 12.58mn

Oil traders puzzled by extra Iraqi cargoes on spot market

Oil traders are reporting a sharp increase in Iraqi export cargoes for next month, as they look for clues to the country’s ability to meet its Opec quota.

Asian markets tumble again as virus, stimulus and election fan fears

Asian markets tumbled yesterday following another sharp sell-off on Wall Street as investors were bombarded by a perfect storm of problems including rising virus infections, new lockdowns, a slowing economic recovery, stalled US stimulus talks and election uncertainty.

European stocks slump as fears grow over new lockdowns, US risks

European stock markets fell yesterday as investors become increasingly by rising virus infections, new lockdowns, a slowing economic recovery, stalled US stimulus talks and US election uncertainty.