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Muscat: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banks achieved a 6.5 per cent growth in assets in 2016, driven by increased lending to government and related...

Muscat: Rural Areas Electricity Company (Raeco) is planning a gas-fired independent power project (IPP) with a generation capacity of 78 megawatt (MW) in...

Muscat: Geopolitical tensions weighed on the MSM30 Index, which retreated 0.41 per cent to close at 5,405.73 points. The MSM Sharia Index ended at 794.72...

Muscat: On behalf of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, His Highness Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations...

London: Opec's efforts to shore up oil prices has made one of the world's most polluting fuels a top performer for European oil refineries, as...

Istanbul: Turkey's annual consumer price inflation stood at 11.72 per cent in May, official data showed on Monday, edging back from the 8-year high a...

London: British new car registrations fell 8.5 per cent last month, an industry body said on Monday, blaming the decline on the run-up to this week's...

Cairo: Egypt's foreign reserves jumped to $31.126 billion at the end of May from $28.641 billion at the end of April, boosted by last month's...

Zacatepec, (Mexico): Anger is simmering across a lush swathe of Mexico among poor sugar cane farmers who face a major blow from trade talks in Washington on...

Washington: Noting that India is recovering from the temporary adverse effects of demonetisation, the World Bank has projected a strong 7.2 per cent growth...