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Asian shares rise after Wall St rebound

Asian shares rise after Wall St rebound

-- 2018-10-17 14:16:37

Asian shares rose on Wednesday as robust US corporate earnings and encouraging data assuaged worries about softening global growth. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.3 per cent to 22,842....

Bomb under office chair kills Afghan election candidate

Bomb under office chair kills Afghan election candidate

-- 2018-10-17 12:43:21

An Afghan election candidate was killed by a bomb planted under his office chair in the southern province of Helmand on Wednesday, officials said, with the Taliban claiming responsibility for the atta...

World Cup added $14b to Russian economy, say organisers

World Cup added $14b to Russian economy, say organisers

Agencies 2018-10-17 11:23:23

The 2018 World Cup added more than $14 billion to the Russian economy, more than one percent of the country's gross domestic product, tournament organisers said in Doha on Tuesday. The figure was rev...

Khashoggi case: Trump warns against rushing to blame Saudi

Khashoggi case: Trump warns against rushing to blame Saudi

-- 2018-10-17 11:20:52

US President Donald Trump has cautioned against rushing to blame Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He told the AP news agency that Riyadh was being treated as "...

Pakistan hangs six-year-old Zainab’s killer

Pakistan hangs six-year-old Zainab’s killer

-- 2018-10-17 10:50:50

Pakistan has hanged a man convicted for the rape and murder of six-year-old Zainab Ansari in January. Imran Ali, who was arrested after her body was found in a garbage dump, was executed in Lahore's...

Nigerian militants kill aid worker after deadline expires

Nigerian militants kill aid worker after deadline expires

-- 2018-10-16 15:33:37

A medical aid worker held hostage in Nigeria since March was killed by Islamist militants after their deadline expired, the government said. Three aid workers, Hauwa Mohammed Liman, Alice Loksha and...

Australia PM faces backlash over sudden shift in Israel policy

Australia PM faces backlash over sudden shift in Israel policy

-- 2018-10-16 15:33:27

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, whose government faces a crucial by-election in four days, said on Tuesday Canberra was open to recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, prompting con...

Mideast stocks firm; Saudi shares fall

Mideast stocks firm; Saudi shares fall

-- 2018-10-16 14:37:56

Gulf markets were mostly firm on Tuesday but Saudi Arabia’s shares fell amid concern that international outrage over the disappearance of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi will hurt foreign...

Dutch minister hopes for deal but prepares for hard Brexit

Dutch minister hopes for deal but prepares for hard Brexit

-- 2018-10-16 13:53:06

Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said on Tuesday that the Netherlands was hoping for a deal on Britain’s orderly exit from the European Union but he added his country was also preparing for a no...

US budget deficit hits six-year high of $779b

US budget deficit hits six-year high of $779b

-- 2018-10-16 13:49:46

The US budget deficit rose to 779 billion US dollars in the fiscal year 2018 (FY 2018) ending Sept. 30, the highest since 2012, according to the US Treasury Department report. US government spendin...

Two Koreas, UN Command hold first talks on demilitarising border

Two Koreas, UN Command hold first talks on demilitarising border

-- 2018-10-16 11:31:29

North Korea, South Korea and the United Nations Command (UNC) held their first three-way talks on Tuesday to discuss demilitarising the border as the two Koreas push for peace, Seoul’s defence m...

Asia stocks edge up but Saudi tensions limit gains

Asia stocks edge up but Saudi tensions limit gains

-- 2018-10-16 11:13:46

Asian stocks rose modestly on Tuesday, gaining a firmer footing after a week of heavy losses, although increasing tensions between Saudi Arabia and the West have fanned geopolitical concerns and cappe...

UK’s Prince Harry, wife Meghan expecting first child

UK’s Prince Harry, wife Meghan expecting first child

-- 2018-10-15 15:08:12

Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are expecting their first child, due in the spring of 2019, the couple’s office Kensington Palace announced on Monday. T...

Nifty, Sensex fall on weaker rupee

Nifty, Sensex fall on weaker rupee

-- 2018-10-15 14:17:21

BSE benchmark index Sensex and the broader NSE Nifty fell on Monday as rising oil prices and a weakening rupee added to woes during the earnings season, amid weak Asian cues. Asian shares slipped a...

Six die in France flash floods; waters rising

Six die in France flash floods; waters rising

-- 2018-10-15 13:24:10

At least six people were killed in flash floods in the southwestern Aude district of France after several months’ worth of rain fell in just a few hours overnight, the local government prefect s...

Asian shares slip on global trade worries

Asian shares slip on global trade worries

-- 2018-10-15 13:15:23

Asian shares fell on Monday as investor worries continued about global trade tensions and prospects for economic growth. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 1.2 per cent to 22,426.32, while A...

Ecuador partly restores internet access for Assange

Ecuador partly restores internet access for Assange

-- 2018-10-15 12:18:53

Ecuador has restored partial internet access to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who took refuge in the country’s London Embassy more than six years ago, WikiLeaks and an Assange lawyer said se...

Mahathir says 11 Uighurs freed because they did nothing wrong

Mahathir says 11 Uighurs freed because they did nothing wrong

-- 2018-10-15 11:20:25

Malaysia freed 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the Southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last year because they did nothing wrong there, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on...

Taliban attacks kill 22 members of Afghan security forces

Taliban attacks kill 22 members of Afghan security forces

-- 2018-10-14 15:48:22

Taliban militants killed at least 22 security forces, including a district police chief, in separate attacks on security checkpoints in two Afghan provinces, officials said on Sunday, ahead of parliam...

BOJ's Kuroda warns of darkening global prospects

BOJ's Kuroda warns of darkening global prospects

-- 2018-10-14 15:31:43

Escalating trade tension, emerging market turbulence and huge debt piling up in some countries pose risks to the world economy, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Sunday, his strongest war...

Truck carrying migrants crashes in Turkey; 19 dead

Truck carrying migrants crashes in Turkey; 19 dead

-- 2018-10-14 14:04:32

Nineteen people, including children, were killed when a truck carrying migrants crashed in the western Turkish province of Izmir on Sunday, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. The mangled wreck...

ECB should keep policy options open regardless of Fed

ECB should keep policy options open regardless of Fed

-- 2018-10-14 12:32:25

The European Central Bank should keep its policy options open and not let itself be influenced by the Federal Reserve, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Sunday. Encouraged by a reco...

Russia releases opposition leader Navalny

Russia releases opposition leader Navalny

-- 2018-10-14 11:43:21

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released on Sunday after 20 days in jail where he was held on charges of staging an illegal protest last month. Navalny had been detained since Sept 24 wh...

US airstrike kills eight militants in Afghanistan

US airstrike kills eight militants in Afghanistan

-- 2018-10-14 11:08:46

At least eight militants have been killed and 12 others wounded after a US-led NATO coalition forces-related airstrike attacked a Taliban hideout in eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, a statement said...

Turkey obtains recordings of Khashoggi’s purported killing: Paper

Turkey obtains recordings of Khashoggi’s purported killing: Paper

-- 2018-10-13 15:30:49

Turkey’s investigation into the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has revealed recordings made on his Apple Watch purportedly indicating he was tortured and killed, a T...

India's retail inflation picks up in September

India's retail inflation picks up in September

-- 2018-10-13 15:16:16

India’s retail inflation rose marginally in September, nudged up by food and fuel prices, but short of the Reserve Bank of India’s 4.0 per cent medium-term target, strengthening views it c...

Floods kill 11 children in Indonesia

Floods kill 11 children in Indonesia

-- 2018-10-13 14:19:49

Flash floods killed at least 11 children at an Islamic school in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra on Friday, with rescuers searching for one missing student, authorities said. The floods hit...

CSRC releases depositary receipt rules for Shanghai-London stock connect

CSRC releases depositary receipt rules for Shanghai-London stock connect

-- 2018-10-13 14:18:20

The CSRC has issued trial rules on depositary receipt business in the Shanghai-London stock connect programme after seeking public comment for more than a month. The rules mark an important step for...

India’s forex reserves down by $915.8m to $399.609b

India’s forex reserves down by $915.8m to $399.609b

-- 2018-10-13 13:14:09

The foreign exchange reserves of India has declined by $915.8 million US dollar to $399.609 billion US dollar in the week to October 5 on account of a fall in foreign currency assets, according offi...

Five South Korean climbers go missing in Nepal Himalayas

Five South Korean climbers go missing in Nepal Himalayas

-- 2018-10-13 12:24:24

A group of five South Korean climbers and four Nepali climbers and porters has been reported missing after a storm hit a camp on a Himalayan peak in west Nepal, officials said on Saturday. Tourism Mi...