text

Pakistan celebrates Muslim festival Eid-ul-Fitr

Muslims in Pakistan on Monday celebrated festival of Eid-ul-Fitr with religious zeal and fervor across the country. The day is public holiday in Pakistan, which marks the end of the fast month of Ramadan.

text

Pakistan celebrates Muslim festival Eid-ul-Fitr

ByAPDwriterMuhammadSohailISLAMABAD,June26(APD)--MuslimsinPakistanonMondaycelebratedfestivalofEid-ul-Fitrwithreligiouszealandfervoracrossthecountry.Thedayispubli

text

Iceland, an open-air Hollywood studio

Crystal clear ice caves, glacial lakes, spewing volcanoes and crashing waterfalls framed by dark lava columns: Iceland's breathtaking landscapes have become a magnet for Hollywood moviemakers looking to conjure up otherworldly scenery.

text

Iceland, an open-air Hollywood studio

Crystalclearicecaves,glaciallakes,spewingvolcanoesandcrashingwaterfallsframedbydarklavacolumns:Iceland'sbreathtakinglandscapeshavebecomeamagnetforHollywoodmovie

text

Qatar's Eid celebrations unaffected by diplomatic crisis

AsQatarcelebratestheendofRamadanandthestartofthedays’longEidFeast,thereisnooutwardsignofacountryincrisis.Twoweeksago,SaudiArabia,theUAE,BahrainandEgyptblockedai

text

Moody's raises Greece's sovereign bond rating after bailout

CreditratingsagencyMoody'sonFridayraisedGreece'slong-termissuerratingto"Caa2"from"Caa3"aftereurozonegovernmentsextendedacreditlifelinetothecountry.Moody'salsoch

text

Facebook gets Indonesia nod for local unit

Social networking giant Facebook Inc has received an in-principle approval to set up a domestic unit in Indonesia and the government is now processing the details, the country's investment chief said on Wednesday.

text

Facebook gets Indonesia nod for local unit

SocialnetworkinggiantFacebookInchasreceivedanin-principleapprovaltosetupadomesticunitinIndonesiaandthegovernmentisnowprocessingthedetails,thecountry'sinvestment

text

20 years on, Hong Kong enjoys growth, people's livelihood improved

SinceitsreturntoChina20yearsago,HongKonghasbeenenjoyingrapideconomicdevelopmentandpeople'slivelihoodhasbeenimproved,Cambodiangovernmentofficialandexpertssaid.On

text

20 years prove success of "one country, two systems" in HKSAR

Twentyyearsisenoughtoprovidecompellingevidenceforthesuccessofthe"onecountry,twosystems"principleintheHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegion(HKSAR),acentralgovernme

text

Analysis: South Sudan refugee influx forces rethink of Uganda's policy

TheinfluxofSouthSudanrefugeesinUgandaisforcingthegovernmenthereandinternationalpartnerstore-thinkwhathasbeencalledoneoftheworld'smostfavorablerefugeepolicies.Ac

text

Doha residents not much concerned with regional rift

ThediplomaticriftintheGulfiscausingconcernformanyworldleaders,butresidentsinDohaareshruggingthesetroublesoff.Throughouttheweek,internationalpressurehasbeenaccum

text

Qatar-based TV channel Al Jazeera 'hit by cyberattack'

Qatar-basedTVchannelAlJazeerahasclaimedallitssystems,websitesandsocialmediaaccountshavebeenhitbyacyberattack.Thecompanysaiditwasexperiencing"systematicandcontin

text

May’s Conservative remains largest party, but loses majority

BritishPrimeMinisterTheresaMay'sConservativePartyhaswonthemostseatsinthecountry'sgeneralelectionbutfailedtosecureanoverallmajority.ItisbeingseenasamajorblowforM

text

Business & Economy Experts say South Africa's GDP not equal to economic reality

South Africa's economy has entered recession for the first time in eight years, official data showed on Tuesday, piling pressure on a government facing corruption allegations and credit downgrades.

text

Experts say South Africa's GDP not equal to economic reality

SouthAfrica'seconomyhasenteredrecessionforthefirsttimeineightyears,officialdatashowedonTuesday,pilingpressureonagovernmentfacingcorruptionallegationsandcreditdo

text

S. Korea begins culling 120,000 poultry over bird flu

Quarantine officials began slaughtering about 120,000 poultry Tuesday on the country's southern resort island of Jeju as South Korea raised the bird flu alert to the highest level.