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Global stocks ease, dollar gains

-- 2018-06-09 12:19:44

Global stocks mostly eased while the dollar rose on Friday as expectations that trade tensions will dominate the Group of Seven countries’ summit weighed on sentiment. MSCI’s gauge of sto...

Wall Street ends higher amid trade tensions

-- 2018-06-09 11:35:42

Wall Street ended higher on Friday as investors shrugged off concerns about global trade tensions but trading volume was relatively light ahead of a busy week of central bank meetings. The S&P 50...

Somalia militant attack kills US soldier

-- 2018-06-09 10:52:36

A US special forces soldier has been killed in an attack by suspected al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia, officials say. Four other US soldiers and a Somali soldier were wounded in what appears...

Afghan Taliban declare three-day Eid ceasefire

-- 2018-06-09 10:35:12

The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced a three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday at the end of this week, their first offer of its kind, following a ceasefire announced by the government on Thursda...

Philippine total trade grows 8.8pc in April

-- 2018-06-08 15:19:05

The Philippines' total external trade in goods in April totaled $13.84 billion, posting a growth of 8.8 per cent from $12.73 billion recorded in April 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...

Indian shares fall ahead of G7 meeting

-- 2018-06-08 14:19:50

Indian shares edged down on Friday after two straight sessions of gains as investors worries over trade relations ahead of a key meeting of global leaders. The markets fell as the investors booked pr...

SE Asian stocks fall ahead of G7 summit

-- 2018-06-08 11:30:28

Southeast Asian shares slipped on Friday on heightened caution ahead of a key meeting of global leaders and amid expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates next week. Global r...

Asian stocks unsteady

-- 2018-06-08 10:45:17

Asian shares stepped back from a 2-1/2 month high on Friday as risk appetite soured on bets that Europe’s massive monetary stimulus was nearing an end, compounded by uncertainty over trade rel...

Argentina reaches $50b bailout deal with IMF

-- 2018-06-08 10:35:29

The International Monetary Fund has agreed to lend Argentina up to $50 billion as the country seeks to bolster its struggling economy. The three-year agreement must still be approved by the IMF board...

Australia’s GDP growth jumps to 3.1pc

-- 2018-06-07 15:11:37

Australia’s economy is growing at an annual rate of 3.1 per cent, up from 2.4 per cent three months ago, largely thanks to mining commodities exports. Strong results in the mining exports have...

Egypt’s Sisi pardons 712 prisoners

-- 2018-06-07 12:46:08

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 712 prisoners, the state news agency MENA said on Wednesday, and security sources said many of those freed were youth jailed for anti-government pr...

Nikkei rises to two-week high

-- 2018-06-07 12:24:26

Nikkei share rose to more than two-week highs on Thursday morning to stay above a key technical level as it tracked Wall Street gains overnight,. The Nikkei gained 0.8 per cent to 22,815.43 in midmor...

Asian shares rise; Nikkei jumps

-- 2018-06-07 12:11:53

Asian shares rose Thursday following a rally on Wall Street as remarks by a European Central Bank board member eased worries about the new Italian government's spending plans. Japan's Nikkei 225 jump...

Putin to solve Russians’ everyday problems on live TV

-- 2018-06-07 11:26:54

Vladimir Putin, on a living standards drive at the start of a new presidential term, is expected to try to fix Russians’ everyday problems on live TV later on Thursday, handing out real-time ord...

Baghdad explosion leaves 18 dead

-- 2018-06-07 11:04:51

An explosion in Baghdad’s Sadr City district killed at least 18 people and wounded over 90 on Wednesday, an Iraqi police source said. Photos from the scene showed a destroyed car and building a...

Mideast stocks rise; Saudi jumps

-- 2018-06-06 15:55:54

Mideast stocks mostly rose in early trade on Wednesday, with Saudi Arabia gaining for a fourth straight day. The Saudi index climbed 0.6 per cent in the first hour, with gainers outnumbering losers b...

Blast at grain storage facility in France leaves three injured

-- 2018-06-06 15:54:41

An explosion at a grain storage facility in the eastern French city of Strasbourg seriously injured three people on Wednesday morning, emergency services said. It was not immediately clear what cause...

European stocks push higher

-- 2018-06-06 15:50:09

European shares edged higher on Wednesday, underpinned by gains in tech and commodity-related stocks, although trading was cautious amid worries over Italian spending plans and global trade. The pan-...

Taliban attack kills six Afghan soldiers

-- 2018-06-06 14:58:38

An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked an army post in the western Badghis province in Afghanistan, killing six soldiers and wounding seven. Abdul Aziz Beg, head of the provincial council,...

Malaysia’s central bank governor quits

-- 2018-06-06 14:47:08

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has accepted the resignation of the central bank governor, he said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of departures as the 92-year-old leader purges top off...

Asian shares rise after Wall Street gains

-- 2018-06-06 11:32:16

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Wednesday ahead of a meeting of major industrialised economies overshadowed by tension over US steel tariffs. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 0.1 per cent to 2...

Putin praises ‘brave’ Trump over North Korea summit

-- 2018-06-06 11:00:21

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday a decision by US President Donald Trump to set up a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was ‘brave and mature’, and said that he...

Ethiopia parliament approves govt’s move to lift state of emergency

-- 2018-06-05 14:58:40

Ethiopia’s parliament approved on Tuesday the government’s decision to lift a six-month state of emergency two months earlier than planned, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported. Th...

RBA holds rates at historic low

-- 2018-06-05 13:56:25

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the central bank of the country, has left interest rates unchanged at the historic low of 1.5 per cent for the 20th consecutive meeting. The RBA made the announcement...

Asian shares meander in narrow trading

-- 2018-06-05 12:21:41

Asian share markets were mixed Tuesday in narrow trading as investors watched the tit-for-tat exchanges between the US and China over trade. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.1 per cent to...

China, HK stocks edge up on services data

-- 2018-06-05 12:11:07

China and Hong Kong stocks edged up on Tuesday, after data showed China’s services sector expanded at a steady pace in May. The CSI300 index rose 0.5 per cent to 3,825.97 points at the end of t...

Russia not trying to divide EU: Putin

-- 2018-06-05 11:19:25

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is not trying to split the European Union. His remarks come ahead of a visit to Austria, his first trip to a Western European country in nearly a year...

Najib’s legal advisors walk out on him

-- 2018-06-05 11:05:46

Lawyers representing Malaysia’s ex-premier Najib Razak said on Tuesday they had quit as Najib’s wife prepared to make a statement to anti-graft agents as part of an investigation into a fo...

US arrests ex-intelligence officer over ‘spying’ for China

-- 2018-06-05 10:41:43

A former officer with the US Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested over the weekend for allegedly trying to spy on the United States for China, the Justice Department said on Monday. The Federal B...

Asian stocks go lower after rally

-- 2018-06-05 10:13:02

Asian stocks pulled back on Tuesday as investors paused for breath after the previous day’s rally, although tech-inspired Wall Street gains supported broader sentiment as focus shifted to bullis...