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Malaysian cops raid five places linked to ex-PM Najib

-- 2018-05-17 10:05:24

Malaysian police conducted searches through the night and into the Thursday morning at five places linked to ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak, including the family home where he stays, a senior polic...

European shares rise slightly at opening

-- 2018-05-16 16:16:34

European shares rose slightly at the opening session on Wednesday, supported by strength in mining stocks and some solid earnings updates, although a drop in Italian banks on fresh political worries...

Japan economy shrinks in first quarter

-- 2018-05-16 16:13:25

Japan's economy shrinks for first time in time in two years, as private consumption and capital expenditure slowed, government data has showed. The third largest economy of the world fell at an annua...

Turkey asks Israel's envoy to Istanbul to leave temporarily

-- 2018-05-16 12:54:19

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has told Israel’s consul general in Istanbul to return to Israel ‘for some time’, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday, after Israeli forces k...

SE Asia stocks fall tracking Asian peers

-- 2018-05-16 12:42:13

Southeast Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Wednesday tracking Asian peers after North Korea called off talks with Seoul. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.2...

Congo park blocks tourist entry after kidnapping

-- 2018-05-16 12:03:02

Rangers said they had stopped tourists entering Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park during investigations into the kidnapping of two Britons there last week. Gunmen ambushed Ro...

Maduro vows to turn around Venezuela’s economy ahead of vote

-- 2018-05-16 11:12:21

Widely blamed for Venezuela’s unprecedented economic crisis, President Nicolas Maduro has vowed to make ‘great changes’ in the OPEC nation reeling from hyperinflation and shortages i...

Asia shares fall as N Korea halts talks

-- 2018-05-16 11:04:40

Asian stock markets dipped on Wednesday after Pyongyang abruptly called off talks with Seoul, throwing a US-North Korean summit into doubt, while surging bond yields revived worries about faster US in...

Indonesian cops shoot dead four attackers at Riau HQ

-- 2018-05-16 10:32:17

Indonesian police shot dead four men after they used samurai swords to attack officers at Riau police headquarters in Pekanbaru, Sumatra, a police spokesman said. The men had driven their car into th...

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim freed from jail

-- 2018-05-16 10:13:30

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has been freed from jail, paving the way for his return to politics. Once seen as a potential future leader, he had been jailed on charges of sodomy and corruption...

Euro zone economic growth slows in Q1

-- 2018-05-15 15:49:43

The economical growth of the Euro zone slowed in the first quarter of this year and industrial output in March was weaker than expected, data from the European Union’s statistics office Eurostat...

Australia ramps up airport security after alleged bomb plot

-- 2018-05-15 14:36:20

The Australian government has announced an upgrade in airport security around the country and an increase in police powers in response to an alleged attempt to smuggle an improvised explosive device a...

Turkey cops detain 54 ‘IS members’

-- 2018-05-15 14:14:40

Turkish authorities have detained 54 suspected Islamic State members in Istanbul who were believed to be preparing to travel to conflict zones in Syria, police said on Tuesday. All of those detained...

Two Koreas to hold high-level talks Wednesday

-- 2018-05-15 13:14:31

North Korea and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to hold high-level inter-Korea talks on May 16 to discuss steps needed to uphold the pledge to denuclearise the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s Unif...

Nikkei eases in choppy trading

-- 2018-05-15 11:20:32

Japanese stocks pulled back from 3-1-/2-month highs on Tuesday morning, though bank shares staged a rally on hopes of strong earnings for the sector. The Nikkei share average eased 0.1 per cent to...

Egypt orders detention of 20 metro protesters

-- 2018-05-15 10:52:44

Egypt’s state security prosecutor ordered the detention of 20 people for 15 days pending an investigation into their roles in protests at Cairo metro stations last week after the government rais...

Asian shares slip in muted trading

-- 2018-05-15 10:45:04

Asian shares were mostly lower in muted trading on Tuesday amid continuing uncertainty over trade tensions between China and the US. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 is basically flat at 22,862.79 after...

Lima Group urges Venezuelan govt to suspend polls

-- 2018-05-15 10:34:37

The Lima Group of largely Latin American nations urged the Venezuelan government to suspend the presidential election scheduled for May 20, calling the process ‘illegitimate and lacking in credi...

Energy shares drag European stocks lower

-- 2018-05-14 15:59:40

Weak energy and financials stocks sent European shares down on Monday after a strong run of weekly gains, while dealmaking livened up trading with Portugal’s EDP and Britain’s IWG both sur...

UK spy chief accuses Russia of spreading lies

-- 2018-05-14 15:58:28

Britain’s MI5 spy chief has accused Russia on attempting to subvert Western democracies by sowing disinformation and spreading lies. In the first public speech outside Britain by a serving head...

Mideast stocks see mixed trend at opening

-- 2018-05-14 15:57:17

Gulf markets were mixed in early trade on Monday, showing signs of recovery from jitters last week over the US decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. Saudi and Qatari stocks were up, help...

France economy to grow 0.3pc in Q2

-- 2018-05-14 14:14:54

Bank of France, the central bank of the seventh largest economic country of the world, on Monday estimated quarterly growth rate at 0.3 per cent during the second three months of the year. The growth...

China, HK stocks rise as trade tensions ease

-- 2018-05-14 13:42:31

China and Hong Kong stocks rose on Monday on signs that the US and China were toning down their trade war rhetoric. The CSI300 index rose 1.1 per cent to 3,916.07 at the end of the morning session, w...

Russia's Novak to discuss Iran issue with Saudi counterpart

-- 2018-05-14 12:49:30

Russia’s Acting Energy Minister Alexander Novak has planned to discuss the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal with Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih when they will meet at an economic...

Pakistani Taliban attack on army vehicle kills seven

-- 2018-05-14 11:34:51

Militants have carried out an attack on an army vehicle on patrol in the Pakistani north-western tribal region North Waziristan, killing seven soldiers before fleeing back to neighbouring Afghanistan,...

Dust storms claim 41 lives in India

-- 2018-05-14 11:00:29

Dust storms, thunderstorms and rain accompanied by gusty winds hit many states including Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and the national capital New Delhi, leaving at least 41 people dead...

Asian stocks up on US-China thaw

Reuters 2018-05-14 10:19:58

Asian shares shot up to near two-month highs on Monday on signs the United States and China were toning down their trade war rhetoric, while Malaysian Ringgit hit a four-month trough in the first onsh...

Eight men get death penalty over IS attacks in Iran

-- 2018-05-13 14:06:36

An Iranian court on Sunday sentenced eight men to death over attacks that killed 18 people at the parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s mausoleum last year, in the first deadly operation...

US homebuilders face interest-rate fears

Reuters 2018-05-13 12:41:12

Some investors are betting on shares of homebuilders to outperform US stocks at large, but with interest rates expected to rise they may have to wait several months before those bets pay off. The US...

Heavy rainstorms claim 15 lives in Pakistan

-- 2018-05-13 12:26:28

Violent rainstorms in the northwest Pakistan have left at least 15 people dead and dozens others injured, officials in Pakistan say. Latif Khan, a senior disaster management official, says Sunday tha...