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Tajikistan kills 3 militants from Afghanistan
DUSHANBE: Tajikistan said today that it had killed three members of a “terrorist group” who had infiltrated the country from neighbouring Afghanistan, the second such incident this year in the …
Saudi Arabia: Foreign Companies Influx Raises Office Rental Prices
The influx of foreign companies to the Saudi local market, along with several other factors, has led to an increase in office space rental prices by 20 percent. Saudi Arabia issued more than 1,600 …
US Chipmakers March South as Vietnam Subsidizes Its Tech Future
Second, Vietnam provides an exemption or reduction of the property tax (land rent). Companies and research organizations that build scientific research facilities are exempt from property taxes for …
India’s ‘King of Good Times’ left a $28m royal mansion “to rot”
India’s top court has sentenced him to four months in jail … However, as with much of his property, this Grade I-listed gem hasn’t been without its problems. In 2012, the beleaguered former …
Nippon Paint targets China expansion despite property market slowdown
Nippon Paint’s co-president Yuichiro Wakatsuki said he remains “cautiously optimistic” about China despite investor concerns about the impact of the slowdown for the Japanese group, which makes 35 per cent of its revenues in the world’s second-largest economy.
Hong Kong home price seen falling by 5 per cent after seven major lenders including HSBC, Standard Chartered set to increase mortgage rates
The effective mortgage rate for new loans from HSBC, Hang Seng, BOCHK, Standard Chartered and BEA will rise by 50 basis points on Monday The higher mortgage rates will pressurise home prices to fall …
Hong Kong’s old buildings are crumbling, but flat owners balk at repair fees, prompting calls for government action on ‘ticking time bombs’
The 70-year-old block with 20 flats is one of Hong Kong’s “three-nil buildings” – it does not have a property maintenance company, owners’ corporation or residents’ organisation to carry out a …
Fatah gives deadline for handover of general’s killers amid fragile truce in Lebanon refugee camp
BEIRUT (AP) — A top official with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group said Sunday that Palestinian and Lebanese officials have given militant Islamic groups in Lebanon’s largest …
Israel criticizes UN vote to list ruins near ancient Jericho as World Heritage Site in Palestine
A U.N. conference has voted to list ruins of the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine.