-- 2018-05-13 10:53:26
Police raided a deluxe Kuala Lumpur apartment block at which relatives of ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak had been staying as they searched for sensitive documents the new government fears may be ta...
-- 2018-05-13 10:34:46
An assailant shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ killed a passer-by in a knife attack that also wounded four others in the heart of Paris late on Saturday before he was shot dead by police, French aut...
-- 2018-05-12 15:00:47
Ethnic insurgents in Myanmar carried out a major attack near the main border gate with China early on Saturday, leaving 19 people, including four members of the security forces dead, a government spok...
-- 2018-05-12 14:41:12
Malaysian new government is likely to maintain real gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast range of 5.5 per cent to 6 per cent this year, analysts have said. The Affin Hwang Capital Research sa...
-- 2018-05-12 13:53:42
US President Donald Trump’s decision to re-impose economic sanctions on Iran may help boost India's exports of agri-commodities, mainly due to rupee-riyal payment mechanism, trade insiders said....
-- 2018-05-12 13:19:28
A Mexican state electoral body rejected the applications of 17 aspiring male candidates from various parties who tried to register as transgender female contenders for the July 1 elections. The elect...
-- 2018-05-12 12:43:14
China will lift the retail prices of gasoline and diesel from Saturday, the sixth increase this year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced on Friday. The NDRC said that as...
-- 2018-05-12 12:21:05
World stock markets rose on Friday, poised for its best week since early March, as moderate inflation eased worries over a faster pace of US interest rate hikes and boosted risk appetite. The dollar...
-- 2018-05-12 11:58:42
US stocks little changed on Friday as technology stocks fell after a six-day rally, while healthcare shares rose. The tech sector was down 0.4 per cent, as Apple dropped after a nine-day winning stre...
-- 2018-05-12 10:57:39
A court in Congo Republic sentenced ex-army chief and opposition presidential candidate Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko to 20 years in prison on Friday on charges of violating state security and illegal poss...
Reuters 2018-05-12 10:35:19
Apple is on the verge of becoming the first $1.0 trillion publicly listed US company, but even if it gets there, it could soon be overtaken as Amazon.com surges from behind. Started in the garage of...
-- 2018-05-12 10:35:19
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck Japan’s Nagano prefecture on Saturday morning, said Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake that hit the region at 10:29am local time (012...
-- 2018-05-12 10:25:40
Billionaire Macau real estate developer Ng Lap Seng was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday after being found guilty last July of bribing two United Nations ambassadors to help him build a mul...
-- 2018-05-12 10:14:49
Europe’s largest economies lobbied to protect their companies’ investments in Iran on Friday, seeking to keep the nuclear deal with Tehran alive after Washington pulled out and threatened...
-- 2018-05-11 14:35:00
The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Indian government organisation which manages the appointment of new employees to work in the railways, will fill 90,000 vacancies by this year. The Indian Railway...
-- 2018-05-11 12:44:55
The consumer price index (CPI) of United States increased slightly in April, suggesting that the Federal Reserve might continue current gradual pace in tightening the monetary policy. The CPI rose...
-- 2018-05-11 12:23:04
Nikkei share rose to three-month highs on Friday, buoyed by a surge on Wall Street after US inflation data eased concerns over the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates at an accelerated pace. The Ni...
-- 2018-05-11 11:10:21
Asian shares rallied on Friday as risk appetite got a boost from soft US inflation, helping alleviate worries of faster rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, while investors also cheered US-North Korean...
-- 2018-05-10 14:02:18
Russia is concerned about growing military tensions between Israel and Iran over Syria and calls for them to de-escalate after recent missile strikes, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bo...
-- 2018-05-10 13:17:07
Immediately on returning from North Korea on Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will embark on talks with allies in Europe, the Middle East and Asia to try to persuade them to press Iran to c...
-- 2018-05-10 12:17:25
Thunderstorm in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours has left at least 12 people dead, said officials on Thursday. A disaster management official said, “While four pe...
-- 2018-05-10 11:56:14
The World Bank (WB) has forecasted a growth rate of 6.90 per cent for Cambodia this year, compared with a 6.8 per cent in 2017, driven by a recovery in textile exports, tourism and agricultural sector...
-- 2018-05-10 11:42:05
A woman has been stoned to death in Somalia after a court run by al-Shabab convicted her of having several husbands, the militant group says. Shukri Abdullahi Warsame was accused of marrying 11 times...
-- 2018-05-10 10:50:51
Japan’s Nikkei share average edged up on Thursday morning with risk sentiment supported by gains on Wall Street, while Toyota extended its gains the day after publishing full-year results. The...
-- 2018-05-10 10:41:14
Wall Street soared on Wednesday as surging oil prices boosted energy stocks following US President Donald Trump’s decision the previous day to quit a nuclear agreement with Iran. The S&P en...
-- 2018-05-09 16:04:22
At least 17 people have died in an area of north-western Democratic Republic of Congo where health officials have now confirmed an outbreak of Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday. It is the ni...
-- 2018-05-09 16:03:02
Madame Tussauds has completed its waxwork of soon-to-be royal bride Meghan Markle. The figure joins the rest of the Royal Family on display at the London attraction and is placed next to a re-styled...
-- 2018-05-09 15:30:42
European shares were supported on Wednesday by strength in oil stocks after US President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of Iran’s nuclear agreement, boosting crude prices. While some...
-- 2018-05-09 15:19:26
Saudi Arabia’s air defence forces intercepted a missile above the capital Riyadh, Saudi-owned broadcaster Al Arabiya said on Wednesday. The broadcaster made the announcement after four consecut...
-- 2018-05-09 14:00:30
Japanese real wages rose 0.8 per cent in March from a year earlier, snapping back from a revised 0.8 per cent annual decline in the previous month, labour ministry data out on Wednesday showed. &ldqu...
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