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JESSICA SIMPSON's billion-dollar brand has been sold by its owners, Camuto. The label has been picked up by Sequential Brands Group, which is set to expand it internationally into a two-to-three-billion-dollar company. The company signed an agreement to acquire a "majority stake in the Jessica Simpson brand, including the Jessica Simpson Collection master license and other rights, for an undisclosed...

‘Spicy’ scent of a Burger King store entices cologne buyers Burger King said the burger-scented cologne sold out at about half of its 90 Japanese outlets by Wednesday evening. (AP) The whiff of a Whopper made hundreds of customers hungry for a Burger King special - “Flame Grilled” cologne. Bottles of the special fragrance were sold at the fast-food chain’s stores in...

Police College Discusses Cooperation with University of Central Lancashire Doha, April 02 (QNA) - Director General of the Police College Brig Dr Muhammad Abdullah Al Mohanna Al Marri met with a delegation from the University of Central Lancashire, led by head of the policing and criminal investigation David Mallaby. During the meeting that was attended by senior officials from the...

HH the Deputy Emir Meets Ambassadors of Republics of Korea and Benin Doha, April 01 (QNA) - HH the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Thani met at his Emiri Diwan Office on Wednesday morning with HE Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Chung keejong and HE Ambassador of the Republic of Benin Seydou Baku Bukhari who called on HH...

Woman shot after attempted attack on Turkish police Police officers stand guard outside Istanbul’s police headquarters April 1, 2015. (Reuters) Turkish police shot dead a woman carrying guns and hand grenades and detained a man as they tried to attack Istanbul’s police headquarters on Wednesday, officials and media said, the third attack on an official building in the past two days. A...

Gunmen attack Kenyan university Unidentified masked gunmen have stormed a university campus in northeastern Kenya. Officials say students may have been taken hostage and that a number of people have been killed. Masked gunmen on Thursday set off explosions and exchanged gunfire with security forces at a university in northeastern Kenya after storming the campus. Police surrounding the campus of the Garissa...

Fire on Mexico oil rig kills four, injures many At least four people died after a fire erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Some 300 people have been evacuated as firefighters battle to extinguish the blaze, according to Mexico's Pemex energy company. Eight firefighting vessels are trying to put out the fire on an offshore oil platform,...

Dozens dead after fishing trawler sinks off Russia's far east At least 54 people have died and 15 are missing after a fishing trawler sank in the Western Pacific Ocean off Russia's east coast. More than sixty have been rescued from the freezing waters. At least 54 people died when a Russian fishing vessel went down late on Wednesday in the...

Double Olympic medalist Mo Farah to make Doha debut on May 15 World champion runner Mo Farah will make his first-ever visit to Qatar when he competes in the Doha Diamond League on May 15, organizers have confirmed. The British athlete will be one of the first athletes in the 14-meeting International Association of Athletics Federation’s Diamond League campaign when he...

Doha Bank Buys HSBC Bank Oman's Two Assets in India Doha, April 01 (QNA) - Doha Bank has completed purchase of HSBC Bank Oman's assets in India, and taken over operations of its two branches in Mumbai and Kochi. Doha Bank Board of Directors Chairman Sheikh Fahad bin Mohamed bin Jabor Al-Thani said, "The process of amalgamation of India operations...

Five-Star Airline Doubles Frequencies to Bali and adds three more weekly flights to Jakarta Doha-based carrier to provide thrice-daily service to Jakarta and double-daily direct flights to Denpasar from July 2015 - 31 Mar 2015 DOHA, Qatar – Qatar Airways will be boosting its flight frequencies to Jakarta and Denpasar (Bali) from 5 July and 16 July 2015 respectively to meet...

Cathay Pacific and Qatar Airways enhance their code-share partnership from Doha to Muscat and São Paulo Qatar Airways adds an additional 24 code-share destinations on Japan Airlines to domestic Japan - 31 Mar 2015 DOHA, Qatar – Qatar Airways has announced the further expansion of its code-share agreements with both Cathay Pacific and Japan Airlines, enhancing connectivity around the globe for...

Historic Nigeria election won by retired general Buhari A former military dictator has won Nigeria's presidential election. Standing on an anti-corruption ticket, Muhammadu Buhari swept to power with over two million more votes than the incumbent president. Muhammadu Buhari won Nigeria's presidential election by 2.57 million votes, official results showed Wednesday. He defeated incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria's first democratic change...

Hostage-takers killed as Istanbul siege ends Two gunmen who took an Istanbul prosecutor hostage have been killed in a shootout with Turkish police. The captive, Mehmet Selim Kiraz, has died in hospital in the aftermath of the attack. Security forces launched an operation to end the six-hour standoff on Tuesday evening, after hearing gunshots ring out from the Istanbul courthouse where...