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Somaliland jails poet over Somalia unity calls

Somaliland jails poet over Somalia unity calls

-- 2018-04-16 11:38:51

A court in the self-declared republic of Somaliland has sentenced a young poet to three years in jail. Nacima Qorane was found guilty of bringing the state into contempt by advocating for Somaliland...

Asia shares mixed, oil down amid Syria fallout

Asia shares mixed, oil down amid Syria fallout

-- 2018-04-16 10:19:09

Asian share markets were mixed and oil prices fell on Monday as relief from US-led strikes on Syria looked unlikely to escalate was tempered by concerns at Russia’s potential reaction to new san...

China GDP growth eases in first quarter

China GDP growth eases in first quarter

-- 2018-04-16 00:00:00

China likely carried most of its strong economic momentum from last year into the first quarter of 2018, with government crackdowns on financial risks and industrial pollution dragging less on activit...

Man tries to take crew hostage, Air China diverts flight

Man tries to take crew hostage, Air China diverts flight

-- 2018-04-15 13:59:55

An Air China flight bound for Beijing made an unscheduled landing in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou on Sunday after a passenger threatened a flight attendant with a fountain pen. The country&r...

London Stock Exchange names new boss

London Stock Exchange names new boss

-- 2018-04-15 12:39:42

The London Stock Exchange has appointed a new chief executive to replace Xavier Rolet, who quit last November amid a bruising boardroom row. David Schwimmer, who has spent 20 years at investment bank...

China apartment fire takes five lives

China apartment fire takes five lives

-- 2018-04-15 11:50:46

A fierce fire broke out at an apartment building fire in east China’s Jiangsu Province early Sunday, killing five people and wounding four others, local authorities said. The building in Huhe v...

Mali militant attack kills one, injures 10

Mali militant attack kills one, injures 10

-- 2018-04-15 11:27:54

Militants disguised as UN peacekeepers exploded two suicide car bombs and fired dozens of rockets at the French and United Nations bases in Mali’s northern city of Timbuktu on Saturday, killing...

Mild quake shakes Myanmar's Yangon

Mild quake shakes Myanmar's Yangon

-- 2018-04-15 11:04:30

A mild earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale has shaken Myanmar’s Yangon region early Sunday morning, according to the Meteorology and Hydrology Department. With an epicentre of 30.6 km...

Gaza blast kills four Palestinians

Gaza blast kills four Palestinians

-- 2018-04-15 10:47:35

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group said four of its members were killed in an apparent accidental blast in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. The group said in a statement that it was “mourn...

US adds India to currency watch list with China

US adds India to currency watch list with China

-- 2018-04-14 15:15:50

WASHINGTON: The US Treasury added India to its watch list of countries with potentially questionable foreign exchange policies, joining China and four others, according to a report issued Friday, acco...

Greek consumer price inflation slows in March

Greek consumer price inflation slows in March

-- 2018-04-14 11:59:10

Greece's annual EU-harmonised inflation rate slowed in March, the reading in March was 0.2 per cent from 0.4 per cent in February, statistic service ELSTAT data showed on Friday. The data also showed...

Peru's central bank holds interest rate

Peru's central bank holds interest rate

-- 2018-04-13 15:24:01

The Central Reserve Bank of Peru (CRBP), the central bank of the South American country, held the benchmark interest rate at 2.75 percent as expected on Thursday, reports Reuters. A majority of ana...

European shares tread water

European shares tread water

-- 2018-04-13 15:07:00

European shares were mostly flat at the opening on Friday, holding near one-month highs at the end of a week laden with geopolitical worries, while results disappointments drove some sharp moves. The...

Asia stocks pare gains over mixed China data

Asia stocks pare gains over mixed China data

-- 2018-04-13 11:08:34

Asia stocks pared early gains on Friday as caution crept in ahead of the US earnings season and as investors weighed the possible impact on global growth from a tariff spat between the United States a...

US stocks rise on earnings optimism

US stocks rise on earnings optimism

-- 2018-04-13 10:51:45

US stocks rose on Thursday as investors anticipated a strong earnings season and as US President Donald Trump's suggestion that a military strike on Syria may not be imminent ratcheted down geopolit...

Catalan leader Ponsati starts extradition fight in Scotland

Catalan leader Ponsati starts extradition fight in Scotland

-- 2018-04-12 16:05:36

Former Catalan education minister Clara Ponsati was greeted by about 100 flag-waving supporters when she arrived in a Scottish court on Thursday to fight extradition to Spain where she is wanted for h...

BOK forecasts 3pc GDP growth in 2018

BOK forecasts 3pc GDP growth in 2018

-- 2018-04-12 15:50:01

The Bank of Korea (BOK), the central bank of South Korea, has forecasted 3.0 per cent economic growth for the country. The BOK on Thursday forecasted that the country's gross domestic product (GDP)...

Gulf markets slip on geopolitical tensions

Gulf markets slip on geopolitical tensions

-- 2018-04-12 15:21:06

Gulf markets mostly dropped at the opening on Thursday as fears of an imminent strike on Syria unsettled bourses globally, but Saudi Arabian stocks stabilised after their sell-off late on the previo...

UN labels C African corpse protest as ‘propaganda’

UN labels C African corpse protest as ‘propaganda’

-- 2018-04-12 14:29:33

The UN says protesters who placed corpses in front of their headquarters in the Central African Republic (CAR) were using the bodies for ‘propaganda’. “Some people are using dead bo...

Yulia Skripal turns down Russian assistance

Yulia Skripal turns down Russian assistance

-- 2018-04-12 14:06:46

Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned in Britain last month along with her father, a former Russian spy, has said she did not wish to take up the offer of assistance from the Russian embassy in London. In...

Kuwait Airways cancels Lebanon flights over security threats

Kuwait Airways cancels Lebanon flights over security threats

-- 2018-04-12 11:39:53

Middle East carrier Kuwait Airways said on Thursday it had stopped all flights to Beirut after a warning about flying close to Lebanese airspace. The security warning came from Cyprus authorities, th...

US House Speaker Paul Ryan announces retirement

US House Speaker Paul Ryan announces retirement

-- 2018-04-12 11:25:52

US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election this year, in a big blow to Republicans with mid-term elections looming. Congress’ most powerful lawmaker said he woul...

China truck explosion kills seven, injures 13

China truck explosion kills seven, injures 13

-- 2018-04-12 11:12:56

Seven people have been confirmed dead and 13 people were wounded after a blast hit a truck loaded with explosives in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. The explosion occurred around 11:50 pm o...

Japanese shares fall on Syria tensions

Japanese shares fall on Syria tensions

-- 2018-04-12 11:08:47

Japanese shares fell sharply on Thursday morning after Wall Street weakened on worries about possible US military action against Syria, while the retail sector stocks were driven by earnings news....

Asia stocks on edge

Asia stocks on edge

-- 2018-04-12 10:02:26

Asian stocks came under pressure on Thursday as the threat of imminent US military action in Syria rattled investors and sent oil prices to their highest levels since late 2014 on concerns about suppl...

Mozambique to hold polls in October 2019

Mozambique to hold polls in October 2019

-- 2018-04-11 16:03:50

Mozambique will hold presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections on October 15 next year, the presidency said on Wednesday, setting the date for a vote that will proceed the southern African...

Military plane crashes in Algeria; over 250 dead

Military plane crashes in Algeria; over 250 dead

-- 2018-04-11 14:50:09

More than 100 people were killed when an Algerian military plane crashed into a field outside the capital on Wednesday, local media reported. Television footage showed crowds gathering around the smo...

One dies, five go missing after landslide hits Japan

One dies, five go missing after landslide hits Japan

-- 2018-04-11 14:26:50

Search and rescue operations are continuing after a landslide buried houses on Wednesday morning in Oita Prefecture, south-western Japan, leaving one person dead and five others unaccounted for. Muni...

Kenya’s economy to grow 5.5pc in 2018: WB

Kenya’s economy to grow 5.5pc in 2018: WB

-- 2018-04-11 13:19:39

Kenya’s economy will grow by 5.5 per cent in 2018, up from the 4.8 per cent growth it had projected for last year, the World Bank (WB) said on Wednesday. The East Africa country’s econo...

Japanese shares pull back from rally

Japanese shares pull back from rally

-- 2018-04-11 12:35:27

Japanese stocks edged lower on Wednesday morning in choppy trade after China’s President Xi Jinping helped ease fears over a US-China trade war. The markets fell slightly after witnessing a str...