Business & Finance Fed jitters dampen trading of Nordea's new CoCo bonds NEW YORK: Jitters about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting Wednesday put a damper on trading in Nordea Ban Published 17 Sep, 2014 05:13pm
World France drops case against Iranian dissidents after 11-year probe PARIS: Prosecuting judges in Paris on Wednesday dropped all charges of money laundering and fraud against nine people cl Published 17 Sep, 2014 05:07pm
World Separatists vow to speak with single voice in Mali talks ALGIERS: Malian separatist militias agreed Sunday to speak with a "single voice" in talks with Bamako on ending conflict Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:57pm
World 'All bases covered' in coalition bid to crush IS WASHINGTON: "All bases are covered" in a US-led multinational coalition against the Islamic State, John Kerry said, as W Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:53pm
World White House seeks to win over skeptics on Islamic State fight WASHINGTON: A top White House aide on Sunday defended President Barack Obama's plan to fight Islamic State militants Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:49pm
World Sweden centre-left opposition holds lead in election-exit poll STOCKHOLM: Sweden's centre-left opposition was heading for an election victory on Sunday, an exit poll showed, on a Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:45pm
World British queen urges Scots to 'think carefully' on independence vote EDINBURGH: Queen Elizabeth II has broken her silence over the Scottish independence vote, telling a member of the public Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:43pm
World Mali landmine kills UN peacekeeper, wounds four others BAMAKO: A landmine explosion hit a vehicle carrying UN peacekeepers from Chad on patrol in northeastern Mali on Sunday, Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:37pm
World Uganda seizes explosives, suicide vests KAMPALA: Police in the Ugandan capital Kampala seized "substantial amounts of explosives" and suicide vests in raids on Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:33pm
World Fourth Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola FREETOWN: A fourth Sierra Leonean doctor, a woman, died Sunday after contracting the dreaded Ebola virus, the country Published 14 Sep, 2014 06:00pm
World Cameron vows to hunt down 'evil' killers of aid worker LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Sunday that Britain would hunt down the killers of an aid worker beheaded by Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:54pm
Top News Syria opposition head seeks support of anti-IS coalition ABU DHABI: The head of the main Syrian opposition group in exile said Sunday he expected the support of the internationa Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:50pm
World Arab countries offer to join air campaign on Islamic State: US PARIS: Arab countries have offered to join the United States in air strikes against Islamic State targets, US officials Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:33pm
World Post-war counselling awaits Gaza children going back to school GAZA: Some 500,000 children returned on Sunday to school in the Gaza Strip, where many will be given psychological couns Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:28pm
World Sinopec sells $17.5bn stake in retail unit to investors HONG KONG: Sinopec Corp will sell a 107.1 billion yuan ($17.5 billion) stake in its retail unit to a group of 25 Chinese Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:19pm
Markets Kuwait KNPC names NBK finance advisor for $12bn refinery upgrade DUBAI: Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) has chosen National Bank of Kuwait's investment banking arm to advise it Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:15pm
Top News Scotland ‘Kirk’ appeals for reconciliation after vote ROSNEATH: On the last Sunday before Scotland votes on independence, minister urged Scots from the pulpit to work for rec Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:10pm
Markets Eskom to raise more debt, get state equity injection JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's government has approved a support package for state-run power utility Eskom, which will Published 14 Sep, 2014 04:55pm
Life & Style 'No Good Deed' upstages 'Dolphin Tale 2' at box office LOS ANGELES: Thriller "No Good Deed," the story of an escaped convict who terrorizes a woman and her children inside the Published 14 Sep, 2014 04:50pm
World Germany eurosceptic AfD surges to win seats in two states: exit polls BERLIN: Germany's eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party surged to win 10 percent or more of the vote in tw Published 14 Sep, 2014 04:46pm
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points