-- 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....
-- 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...
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...
-- 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 "...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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