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Governments in Oman and Qatar have expressed an interest in buying equipment worth more than $200m from the United States to protect its military aircraft from heat seeking missiles. The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement ...

LONDON The country's second-largest bank VTB Azerbaijan's state oil fund SOFAZ, Norges Bank Investment Management and Qatar Holding are buying more than 50 percent of the offering of 2.5 trillion VTB shares on the Moscow stock market at 4.1 kopecks ...

Amman/Beirut - United States President Barack Obama voiced concern at Hezbollah's growing role in the Syrian civil war on Monday after men from the Lebanese militia fought their biggest battle yet alongside President Bashar al-Assad's army. About 30 ...

Qatar's emir, who has thrown his state's riches behind Arab uprisings, said on Monday that the emergence of 'people power' had put Arabs in direct confrontation with Israel and made a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more pressing. "We ...

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Kabul: The Taliban is the same group that preferred war with the United States over handing over its friends from the Al Qaeda. It is the same group that continues to haunt Afghans. So what has led to talks with the Taliban in the run-up to 2014, ...

(AME Info - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- QATAR AIRWAYS, BANGKOK AIRWAYS IN CODESHARE DEAL: Qatar Airways has signed a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways covering destinations across Thailand and the capital cities ...

The United Arab Emirates has arrested more than 100 alleged dissidents since 2011 in a bid to maintain the Gulf state's reputation for stability. Luxury housing built on palm-shaped islands, airports with Fifth Avenue glitz, an artificial ski resort ...