-- 2018-04-21 09:45:58
North Korea will immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests and scrap its nuclear test site and instead pursue economic growth and peace, the North’s state media said on Saturday, ahead of pl...
-- 2018-04-21 09:41:48
US technology stocks tumbled on Friday ahead of a crucial week of quarterly reports from Alphabet, Facebook and other heavyweights as investors worried that the high-performance sector may be running...
-- 2018-04-20 11:20:12
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of Philippines, said that authorities may hold off adjusting interest rates for the rest of the year if the next inflation outlook is within tar...
-- 2018-04-20 11:03:35
Japanese shares were flat in choppy trade on Friday morning as worries about slower smartphone demand hit technology shares, while financial stocks rallied helped by higher US yields. The Nikkei wa...
-- 2018-04-20 09:35:11
Asian shares slipped on Friday as a warning on smartphone demand from the world’s largest contract chipmaker slugged the tech sector, while high oil prices stirred inflation fears and undermined...
-- 2018-04-19 16:31:39
Indian shares inched higher on Thursday on the back of gains in metal stocks as global aluminium prices soared, while Tata Consultancy Services Ltd rose ahead of its results. The NSE metal index ju...
-- 2018-04-19 16:22:51
Mideast stocks were mixed trend at the opening session on Thursday, last trading day of the week, while Saudi Arabia and Qatar stock markets climbed by strong earnings. Saudi Arabia’s index ro...
-- 2018-04-19 16:18:19
A group of men on motorcycles hurled acid at three female students when they were on their way to university in the city of Gujrat, say Pakistani police. Officer Umair Hayat says one of the three me...
-- 2018-04-19 15:28:58
The retail sales of the United Kingdom recorded their biggest quarterly fall in a year during the three months to March, after unusually cold and snowy weather kept shoppers at home. Retail sales v...
-- 2018-04-19 15:07:43
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Kaki region in Iran’s southern Bushehr province at 11:05am local time (0635 GMT) on Thursday, Iran Seismological Center said. With a depth of 18 km, the ea...
-- 2018-04-19 13:06:57
India’s Supreme Court dismissed on Thursday petitions calling for an investigation into the death of a lower court judge in 2014 when he was presiding over a case against a top political aide of...
-- 2018-04-19 12:58:07
Most of the Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Thursday on the back of strong commodity and crude oil prices, while Philippine shares plummeted to their lowest in a year on heavy foreign selling....
-- 2018-04-19 12:37:00
Puerto Rico has suffered an island-wide power outage nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria destroyed much of the island’s infrastructure and power grid. The US territory’s power autho...
-- 2018-04-19 12:14:34
A car bomb hit a convoy of the chief of staff of the eastern Libyan military outside Benghazi, leaving one person dead and at least two others wounded, security and military officials said. Abdel-Raz...
-- 2018-04-19 09:46:26
Resource stocks were on a roll in Asia on Thursday as oil prices hit heights not seen since late 2014, though the potential boost to inflation globally also pressured fixed-income assets. Brent crude...
-- 2018-04-18 16:02:53
Striking French rail workers disrupted train services for the seventh day this month on Wednesday, spurning government calls to end the industrial action over reforms at the state-owned SNCF railway c...
-- 2018-04-18 14:38:57
China’s construction, hi-tech and industrial output helped drive the second largest economy in the first quarter (Q1), while a slowdown in the services and agriculture sectors dragged on growth....
-- 2018-04-18 11:55:11
Japanese shares rose to a seven-week high on Wednesday as risk sentiment recovered after Wall Street rose overnight on earnings hopes, lifting shares across the board. The Nikkei rose 1.2 per cent...
-- 2018-04-18 11:49:28
Nigerian police fired teargas at hundreds of Shi’ite Muslim protesters on Tuesday during a second day of clashes in the capital Abuja over the imprisonment of their religious leader, witnesses s...
-- 2018-04-18 11:39:17
A mini-truck carrying members of marriage party fell from a bridge in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, leaving at least 21 people dead and 12 others injured, said police. The accident took pla...
-- 2018-04-18 11:34:41
Britain’s governing Conservative Party took aim at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday, blaming him for fuelling anti-Semitism in his opposition party by failing to tackle a culture that has...
-- 2018-04-18 09:46:24
Asian shares crept ahead on Wednesday after Wall Street took heart from upbeat corporate earnings, though nagging concerns about trade barriers and the global growth outlook kept currencies and bonds...
-- 2018-04-18 00:00:00
Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in the centre of the Armenian capital to protest as parliament voted to allow former president Serzh Sarksyan to become prime minister in the former Soviet r...
FE Online Desk 2018-04-17 12:57:15
The 14th World Islamic Economic Forum will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan on July 4. Professionals and industry leaders will discuss, among other things, what benefits Islamic finance and fintech of...
-- 2018-04-17 11:59:52
A devastating fire inside a crockery-manufacturing factory in Indian capital city of New Delhi left at least two people dead on Monday night, said officials on Tuesday. “The fire broke out in t...
-- 2018-04-17 11:55:06
Three Kenyan election officials resigned on Monday, increasing chaos at the electoral Commission following last year’s botched presidential vote that had to be rerun and was then boycotted by th...
-- 2018-04-17 11:11:14
The Canadian government has recalled families of its diplomatic staff in the Cuban capital, Havana. The move comes as 10 Canadians continue to show unexplained brain symptoms, government officials sa...
-- 2018-04-17 10:50:21
Syrian anti-aircraft defences shot down missiles fired at the Syrian air base of Shayrat in Homs province late on Monday and another base northeast of the capital, Damascus, Syria’s state televi...
-- 2018-04-16 14:44:47
An American pastor is going on trial in Turkey accused of ties to terror groups and spying, in a case that has strained ties between Turkey and the United States. Andrew Craig Brunson, a 50-year-old...
-- 2018-04-16 13:07:51
Pakistan has failed to improve its human rights record over the past year, says an independent Pakistani watchdog. The damning report card was issued by the Human Rights Commission on Monday. It sa...
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