...singapore: singapore airlines (sia) has directed its flight attendants to avoid discussing work-related matters on facebook and other social networkin...

...tokyo: japan's growing dependence on china for growth grates with concerns over its expanding military reach, deepening a dilemma over how to engage w...

...london: english premier league club tottenham were still awaiting clearance wednesday on the last-gasp, cut-price transfer of dutch playmaker rafael v...

...new delhi: the commonwealth games are often known as the "friendly games" but new delhi has little to smile about one month before the opening ceremon...

...seoul: at least three people were killed and dozens injured thursday when typhoon kompasu hit south korea, cutting power to tens of thousands of homes...

...charsadda, pakistan: day after day, afshan bibi, a mother of 11, trudges to the u.n. distribution centre to get relief supplies to help her cope with ...

...new york: social networking website facebook is dipping into the brick-and-mortar world by selling gift cards at retailer target that can be used towa...

...shenzhen/hong kong: in late summer, production lines across china's "world factory" usually crank up to meet a surge in christmas orders. activity thi...

...new york: andy murray sent an ominous warning to roger federer and rafa nadal about his intentions to win the u.s. open when he cruised through his fi...

...washington: president barack obama urged israeli and palestinian leaders on wednesday not to let the chance for peace slip away, bringing them togethe...

...washington: iraq is “close” to forming a new government nearly six months after elections, us vice-president joe biden told cbs yesterday during a...

...muscat: indian social club, muscat, oman celebrated independence day this year with great enthusiasm. before the cultural event, a dvd was inaugurated...

...muscat: provisions of omani banks seem to have returned to normalised pre-crisis levels in the gulf region, while that of the remaining countries are ...

...muscat: the sultanate’s retail investors can benefit from the initial public offering (ipo) of nawras, which is going to be the first since sohar po...

...muscat: plans to develop a large free zone in sohar is gathering momentum with the authorities set to award a contract for civil work for the first ph...

...muscat: dr sharifa bint khalfan al yahyaeiyah, minister of social development received today a sum of ro255,000 from sheikh ahmed bin mohammed al hina...

...washington: us president barack obama vowed yesterday that a deadly hamas attack in the west bank “is not going to stop us” in the quest for israe...

...hong kong/singapore: retailers from europe and southeast asia are expected to submit bids for carrefour sa's roughly $1 billion-worth of asian assets,...

...new york: burger king holdings inc the no. 2 u.s. hamburger chain, has been considering a possible sale and has held talks with potential buyers, a so...

...new york: amazon.com inc has approached media companies with a proposal for a subscription service that gives users unlimited access to some televisio...

...london: batsman kevin pietersen was dropped by england on tuesday for the first time in his career and will move from hampshire to surrey on loan for ...

...new york: world number one rafa nadal made a powerful start in his determined bid to complete a career grand slam by winning a 7-6 7-6 6-3 slugfest ag...

...washington: as u.s. companies shed millions of workers during the recession, the ceos who laid off the most people brought home pay that was significa...

...miami: forecasters expected the main core of the category 4 hurricane to stay offshore as earl moved parallel to the coast during the upcoming labor d...

...sydney: actor paul hogan, star of the "crocodile dundee" movies, has vowed to continue fighting the australian tax office which has barred him from le...

...london: the investigations followed a british sunday newspaper report that pakistan players had been bribed to fix incidents in the fourth test agains...

...london: in extracts of his memoirs released before the book's publication, blair echoed previous statements that the 2003 invasion was justified becau...

...muscat: palash chowdhury was an excited man last week! having lived in oman for more than 20 years, chowdhury has a fabrication unit in the ghala indu...

...muscat: in a recent award ceremony held in suntec, singapore, asia’s best employer brand awards 2010 conferred shikkha gupta in “award for best yo...

...muscat: al osool al arabia, the authorized distributors for acl has announced the next training session in september. according to jose chacko, ce...