A Vietnamese 'crocodile lizard' and a Thai turtle found on sale in a local market are among more than 100 new species discovered in the ecologically diverse but threatened Mekong region last year ...

A woman collects drinking water from a flooded tube well in Gaibandha, Bangladesh.

The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index gained 20.2 points, or 0.22%, during the trading week to close at 9,257.90.

The United Nations is warning that the world is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II, with more than 20mn people facing starvation and famine in four countries.

India's Hindustan Motors has sold its Ambassador car to France's Peugeot for just $12mn, capping a spectacular downfall for a vehicle once emblematic of the country's political class.

HE the Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah holding talks with his Sudanese counterpart Lt Gen Awad Mohamed Ahmed bin Auf in Doha yesterday.

The fifth national conference on internal audit, which will for the next two days discuss threadbare issues regarding the profession in the Gulf region, got off here yesterday.