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Doha: Qatar National Bank (QNB) aims to increase its profit by 5-8 per cent this year and loans and investments by 10-12 per cent, helped by expansion into...

Manama: A new discovery off the coast of Bahrain is estimated to contain at least 80 billion barrels of tight oil, the kingdom's biggest ever find,...

Tokyo: Japanese government officials are bracing for Donald Trump to get tough in trade talks, and are particularly anxious that the US president could...

San Francisco: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that he agreed "in spirit" with a strict new European Union law on...

Washington/Beijing: China condemned the United States on Wednesday as the Trump administration pushed ahead with plans to slap tariffs on about $50 billion...

Washington: The Trump administration on Tuesday raised the stakes in a growing trade showdown with China, targeting 25 per cent tariffs on some 1,300...

Cairo: An emergency meeting at the level of the permanent delegates was held at the headquarters of the Council of the Arab League on Tuesday to discuss...

Muscat: The State Council Bureau on Tuesday discussed the proposal of the Working Group tasked with studying the regulations on small drones. The eighth...

Dubai: Oman's central bank said on Tuesday it is relaxing capital and credit exposure rules for commercial banks and taking other steps to boost lending...

Muscat: Driven by financial blue chips, the MSM30 Index continued its recovery to close at 4,775.27 points, a gain of 0.53 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index...