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Trump blasts London’s ‘lousy’ US embassy again

-- 2018-04-29 13:24:47

Donald Trump has again criticised the new home of the US embassy in London, describing the south London location as ‘lousy’ and ‘horrible’. He spoke at a rally three months af...

Egyptian court jails 13 cops for taking part in strike

-- 2018-04-29 11:46:06

An Egyptian court has sentenced 13 policemen to between three and five years in prison for taking part in a 2015 strike demanding higher pay and better working conditions. Eleven were sentenced to th...

Pakistan relocates doctor jailed for helping trace Laden

-- 2018-04-29 10:47:12

Pakistani prison authorities have moved the jailed doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden, his attorney said on Saturday, speculating it could be a prelude to his release. T...

‘Jihadist attacks’ leave 40 Tuaregs dead in Mali

-- 2018-04-29 10:02:39

Suspected jihadists killed 40 Tuaregs, mostly young men, in two attacks in northern Mali’s Menaka region, which the local governor said seemed calculated to spark an ethnic conflict between Tuar...

Turkey detains 63 over Gulen links

-- 2018-04-28 15:11:04

Turkish authorities have detained 63 people suspected of links to a network accused of orchestrating a failed coup and were hunting for 40 others on Saturday, the state-run Anadolu news agency said....

Brazil president Temer rejects latest graft allegations

-- 2018-04-28 14:08:26

Brazilian President Michel Temer denied any wrongdoing following a newspaper report that police are investigating whether he laundered bribes through real estate transactions. Federal police suspect...

Myanmar’s foreign trade reaches $1.5b in April 1-20

-- 2018-04-28 13:03:41

Myanmar’s trade with foreign countries in the first 20 days of the six-month transitional period has reached over 1.5 billion US dollars, according to figures from the Commerce Ministry on Satur...

Global stocks edge up on Amazon lift

-- 2018-04-28 12:33:47

A gauge of world stocks rose slightly on Friday, buoyed by gains in Amazon as yields on US Treasuries dipped for a second straight day in the wake of data on the strength of the economy. US stocks...

US stocks end week mixed

-- 2018-04-28 12:25:43

US stock markets struggled for direction on Friday as inflation jitters and sagging technology and energy stocks offset an advance in the consumer discretionary sector led by Amazon. Data showed that...

UK’s Rudd resists calls to quit over immigration policy error

-- 2018-04-28 12:04:17

Britain’s interior minister Amber Rudd resisted calls to quit, apologising for not being aware of the use of deportation targets in her department and vowing to implement fair and humane immigra...

Australian military aircraft to monitor N Korean vessels

-- 2018-04-28 10:41:09

Australia will send a military patrol aircraft to monitor North Korean vessels suspected of transferring prohibited goods in defiance of United Nations sanctions, Defence Minister Marise Payne said on...

Saudi-led air strike kills two Houthi leaders in Yemen

-- 2018-04-28 10:23:37

Two leaders of the armed Houthi group have been killed after a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit the Houthi’s Interior Ministry in Yemen’s city of Sanaa, Saudi state TV Ekhbariya said ear...

UK house prices edge up in April

-- 2018-04-27 14:44:00

House prices in United Kingdom (UK) rose a bit more quickly in April after touching a seven-month low in the previous month, the mortgage lender Nationwide said. The Nationwide said that they are sti...

Nikkei rises as chip-related stocks rally

-- 2018-04-27 11:58:37

Japanese stocks rose on Friday morning as chip-related firms rallied after brisk earnings forecasts from Advantest and Kyocera, but a profit warning from index-heavy Fanuc saw its shares nosedive....

Asian shares claw higher

-- 2018-04-27 11:04:52

Asian shares rose on Friday after US equities were buoyed by a rebound in technology stocks, while markets in Seoul were underpinned by optimism as leaders of North and South Korea held their first su...

Armenian lawmakers to choose new PM on May 1

-- 2018-04-26 16:02:01

The Armenian parliament will elect the country’s new prime minister on May 1, according to a statement posted on the parliament’s website on Thursday. Armenia, which has been gripped by a...

S’pore's manufacturing output rises in March

-- 2018-04-26 16:01:51

The manufacturing output of Singapore grew 5.9 per cent year on year in March, compared to a revised 6.7 per cent increase in February, the economic development board of the country has announced. &n...

Israel threatens to retaliate if Iran attacks Tel Aviv

-- 2018-04-26 16:01:43

Israel would retaliate if there was an Iranian attack on Tel Aviv by striking Tehran, Israel’s defence minister said in remarks published on Thursday, as the arch-foes faced off over Syria. &ld...

Over 70 countries attend anti-terror financing confce in Paris

-- 2018-04-26 16:01:27

Ministers from more than 70 countries are discussing ways to combat financing for the Islamic State group and Al-Qaida at an international conference in Paris. The initiative was launched by French P...

S Sudan president rejects calls to step down

-- 2018-04-26 13:10:11

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has rejected opposition calls for him to resign as part of efforts to end a civil war, accusing anti-government groups of making ‘unreasonable demands’ in...

US arrests ex-California cop in ‘Golden State’ killer case

-- 2018-04-26 10:57:28

An elderly former policeman has been arrested and charged with eight murders attributed to the Golden State Killer, a serial criminal responsible for dozens of rapes and slayings that terrorised parts...

Nikkei edges up in midmorning trade

-- 2018-04-26 10:22:45

Japanese stock markets edged up on Thursday, buoyed by gains in US shares overnight and a sharp jump in index heavyweight Tokyo Electron after it forecast strong profits for this fiscal year. The Nik...

Asia stocks rise on robust US earnings

-- 2018-04-26 09:57:06

Asian stocks rose on Thursday as robust corporate earnings helped Wall Street quell concerns about the surge in US bond yields, while the dollar hovered near 3-1/2-month highs against a basket of curr...

Afghan Taliban snub peace talks offer

-- 2018-04-25 16:01:02

The Taliban announced the start of their annual spring offensive on Wednesday, dismissing an offer for peace talks by President Ashraf Ghani but pledging to focus on US forces in Afghanistan. The ann...

Argentina c bank holds policy rate at 27.25pc

-- 2018-04-25 13:50:10

Argentina’s central bank (BCRA) held its benchmark interest rate at 27.25 per cent on Tuesday, reiterating in a statement that high-frequency indicators suggested core inflation would remain h...

Nigeria church attack leaves 16 dead

-- 2018-04-25 13:30:46

Semi-nomadic herdsmen armed with guns carried out an attack on a church congregation in a central state of Nigeria, killing 16 people on Tuesday, said police. Hundreds of people have died in clashes...

Trump, Macron seek new nuclear deal with Iran

-- 2018-04-25 11:30:56

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have suggested there could be a new agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme. After talks in the US, Trump, who is sceptical of...

Asian shares fall on rising US yields

-- 2018-04-25 09:50:40

Asian shares fell on Wednesday as a rise in US bond yields to 3 per cent and warnings from bellwether US companies of higher costs drove fears that corporate earnings growth may peak soon. MSCI's bro...

Euro zone banks see rising loan demand in Q2: Survey

-- 2018-04-24 16:06:36

Banks in the euro zone expect demand for corporate loans, consumer credit and mortgages to grow in the second quarter with credit standards also easing, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday. By...

Moderate quake shakes Myanmar

-- 2018-04-24 16:06:17

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 shook Myanmar’s north-western Sagaing region on Tuesday, said the Meteorology and Hydrology Department. The earthquake struck at 10:29 am local time (0359 GMT)....