-- 2019-02-05 12:20:46
Asian stocks extended gains on Tuesday as overnight strength on Wall Street and the Federal Reserve’s cautious turn underpinned appetite for riskier assets, while the dollar held firm on last we...
-- 2019-02-05 11:39:38
North Korea is working to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities cannot be destroyed by military strikes, UN monitors said ahead of a meeting between US and North Korean officials to pr...
-- 2019-02-04 15:30:36
A car bomb exploded at a shopping mall in Somalia’s capital on Monday, killing two people and injuring four others in an attack probably by Islamist group al Shabaab, police said. The blast occ...
-- 2019-02-04 11:48:00
Most Southeast Asian stocks slipped on Monday in a lacklustre trading, with Philippines leading losses, as optimism about a trade deal between the United States and China waned. The Philippine benchm...
-- 2019-02-04 11:40:56
Asian shares hovered near four-month highs on Monday after a mixed performance on Wall Street at the close of last week, while the dollar firmed against the yen. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-P...
-- 2019-02-04 11:16:07
Turkey has maintained low-level contact with the Syrian government, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, even though Ankara has supported rebels who fought for years to topple President Bashar al-...
-- 2019-02-04 10:50:28
A senior Abu Sayyaf operative and four members of the militant group believed to be behind the deadly bombing of a church in the southern Philippines surrendered to authorities over the weekend, the n...
-- 2019-02-04 10:41:22
The Pentagon is sending 3,750 additional US forces to the southwest border with Mexico for three months to support border agents, the Department of Defense said on Sunday. The deployment will raise t...
-- 2019-02-03 14:45:47
Thousands of vehicles were stuck in long queues caused by heavy snow on Italy’s A22 motorway on Saturday, and firefighters rescued 200 people who had been trapped for hours in cars and buses. Q...
-- 2019-02-03 13:21:17
A coalition of Egyptian parliamentarians will submit a request for constitutional amendments providing for a second chamber of parliament and the appointment of one or more deputy presidents, state ne...
-- 2019-02-03 11:54:07
The Colombian military says it has killed one of the leaders of a faction of FARC rebels who have refused to abide by the peace process. Rodrigo Cadete, 52, died in an operation in the southern Caque...
-- 2019-02-02 15:42:37
Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting with foreign and defence ministers on Saturday that Russia has suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty following a similar d...
FE Online Report 2019-02-02 14:55:49
Secondary trading of treasury bills and bonds dropped by 42 per cent in the last calendar year, according to the latest statistics of the central bank. It showed that the transaction value of volume...
FE Online Desk 2019-02-02 14:06:51
A short-term mindset and entrenched cultural habits are the biggest barriers to collaboration between HR and finance teams according to a new study from Oracle. The study of 1,510 HR,...
-- 2019-02-02 13:44:40
The US economy added a stronger-than-expected 304,000 jobs in January, official figures have shown. The figure was far in excess of economists' forecasts of 165,000. However, December's jobs growth f...
-- 2019-02-02 13:29:26
Iran unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,300 km (800 miles) on Saturday, state television reported, as the Middle Eastern country displays its achievements during celebrations marking the...
-- 2019-02-02 12:53:57
At least four Libyan soldiers were killed when forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar fought with a local armed group as they sought to expand south, military officials said on Friday, with the World Health O...
-- 2019-02-02 12:16:52
Global stocks edged up on Friday, while bond yields rose after US employment and manufacturing data underscored a strong economy with little wage inflation. US job growth surged in January, with empl...
-- 2019-02-02 12:15:32
Wall Street ended mixed on Friday, as optimism from a surge in January US job growth was offset by a weaker-than-expected outlook from Amazon.com Inc that battered retail stocks. The online retail he...
-- 2019-02-02 11:48:27
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has apologised after his 1984 medical yearbook page emerged, showing a photo featuring men in racist costumes. "I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear a...
-- 2019-02-02 10:28:44
Once-in-a-century flooding in part of the eastern Australian state of Queensland looks set to worsen as the nation’s weather bureau on Saturday warned of more heavy rain in the area. Some resid...
-- 2019-02-01 17:33:20
Cash-strapped Pakistan on Thursday launched a bond scheme for its citizens living overseas, aimed at generating funds in foreign currencies to help bridge a balance of payment crisis. The Build Pakis...
-- 2019-02-01 14:44:01
Japan’s jobless rate fell in December and the availability of jobs held steady, Reuters reported on Friday citing government data. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.4 per cent...
-- 2019-02-01 13:00:34
Indian unemployment rate rose to its highest level in at least 45 years in 2017/18, an official survey that has been withheld by the government shows. The Business Standard newspaper reported the jo...
-- 2019-02-01 11:43:20
Southeast Asian stocks rose on Friday as the latest round of Sino-US trade talks ended on a positive note, with President Donald Trump saying he was optimistic that the two nations could reach "the bi...
-- 2019-02-01 11:35:45
Asian markets were mixed on Friday as trade talks ended in Washington with no deal but the promise of a second meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Gains were lim...
-- 2019-01-31 18:40:32
Italy's economy tipped into recession at the end of last year, according to latest figures. In the final three months of 2018, the economy shrank by 0.2 per cent, following a 0.1 per cent decline in...
-- 2019-01-31 15:36:28
Russia and the United States failed to bridge their differences over a landmark Cold War-era arms treaty at last-ditch talks in Beijing, Russia’s deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying by...
-- 2019-01-31 15:02:35
Saudi Arabia’s economy grew at a pace of 2.21 per cent in 2018, buoyed by strong oil sector growth, government data showed on Thursday, recovering from a contraction in 2017 when the economy was...
-- 2019-01-31 13:55:32
Sri Lanka has halted imports of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder until the company proves its product is free from cancer-causing asbestos, two government officials and the product’s local dist...
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