UAE’s July gold sales up 10 pct on lower price-trade
DUBAI: Retail gold demand volumes in Dubai and Abu Dhabi were up around 10 percent in July on the year as gold prices dipped and consumers had more disposable income…
Kuwait may consider buying BP assets-oil min
MOSCOW: State-run Kuwait Petroleum International may be interested in buying some of BP's assets, the country's oil minister told journalists in Moscow on Tuesday, after meeting with Russia's Energy Minister.…
Egypt mediates Sudanese unity talks
CAIRO: Egypt mediated talks in Cairo Monday between the Sudanese ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the southern Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) to discuss issues pertaining to the January…
Dutch become 1st NATO member to quit Afghanistan
KABUL: The Netherlands became the first NATO country to end its combat mission in Afghanistan, drawing the curtain on a four-year operation that was deeply unpopular at home and even…
Insurgents attack NATO’s main southern Afghan base
KABUL: NATO officials say insurgents launched a ground attack on the military coalition's largest base in the south, but did not breach the base's defenses. A NATO spokesman at Kandahar…
Pakistan flood victims slam Zardari ‘joy ride’ in Europe
MAJUKY FAQIRABAD: Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zadari came under renewed fire Tuesday for visiting France and Britain while up to 3.2 million of his people suffer from the worst floods…
South African police investigate cause of deadly fire
JOHANNESBURG: South African forensic experts on Tuesday combed through a burnt down retirement home looking for clues as to what started a blaze that killed 18 people and left 84…
6 guards beheaded in Afghan bank heist
KABUL: Six Afghan private security guards were beheaded during a bank robbery in northern Afghanistan, police said Tuesday. Also Tuesday, insurgents launched a ground attack on NATO's largest base in…
Israeli group finds 492 violations of settlement ‘freeze’
JERUSALEM: The Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now has documented 492 violations of a partial moratorium on new construction in the occupied West Bank set to expire in September, the group…
Kuwait charges six men, woman with spying for Iran
KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti court on Tuesday charged six men, including a Kuwaiti soldier, and a woman with spying for Iran but the accused denied the charges alleging they had…