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Asian shares in the red as nervous markets await Fed

-- 2018-03-19 09:36:15

Asian share markets slipped into the red on Monday as caution gripped investors in a week in which the Federal Reserve is likely to hike US interest rates and perhaps signal that as many as three more...

Duterte urges other nations to leave ICC

-- 2018-03-18 14:21:57

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked other countries to abandon the International Criminal Court because it is ‘rude.’ Duterte is facing a possible complaint before the world tr...

Manila hotel fire kills four, wounds 14

-- 2018-03-18 13:51:10

A fire swept through a casino at a hotel in Philippines’ Manila, killing at least four people and injuring 14 others on Sunday morning, said authorities. Johnny Yu of the Manila Disaster Risk R...

Pakistan shelling leaves five dead in Kashmir

-- 2018-03-18 13:33:17

Five members of a family have been killed and two others injured in cross border shelling between Indian and Pakistani soldiers in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, say officials. Indian police say a shel...

EU ‘patronising’ east on migrants, accuses German minister

-- 2018-03-18 12:07:52

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has accused the European Union of adopting a patronising stance in talks with eastern European members about the distribution of migrants. Seehofer, a member o...

Gunman kills one, injures self at California mall

-- 2018-03-18 10:54:10

Shoppers at a mall in Southern California in the United States ran into stores and out the exits Saturday after authorities said a gunman shot and killed one person and then turned the gun on himself....

Economy gradually recovering, Japan reiterates

-- 2018-03-17 14:15:19

The Japanese government left unchanged its assessment that the economy is gradually recovering, suggesting a recent growth streak is likely to continue as consumers spend more, exports rise and compan...

Wall Street posts weekly losses

-- 2018-03-17 13:40:52

US stocks ended the week in negative note on Friday, but the strong industrial output numbers helped the S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials to gain marginally, while the Nasdaq was barely changed. F...

Philippines plane crash claims seven lives

-- 2018-03-17 13:13:54

At least seven people have been killed after a small plane crashed into a house in north of the Philippine capital on Saturday, said officials and media. The Piper 23 Apache twin-engine aircraft, ope...

Botswana leader denounces Trump for ‘encouraging poaching’

-- 2018-03-17 11:38:31

The outgoing president of Botswana has attacked his US counterpart Donald Trump for ‘encouraging poaching’ by overturning a ban on the import of hunting trophies. Speaking at an anti-poac...

S&P Global raises issue ratings on SBI instruments

FE Online Desk 2018-03-17 11:23:14

SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) March 17, 2018--S&P Global Ratings Friday said that it raised its issue ratings on the hybrid capital instruments issued by State Bank of Ind...

Slovak journo murder: Thousands hold anti-govt rally

-- 2018-03-17 10:53:44

About 65,000 people have attended anti-government protests held in Slovakia for the third consecutive week. Outrage over the killing of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova...

US Attorney General sacks ex-FBI deputy director McCabe

-- 2018-03-17 10:30:07

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has fired FBI official Andrew McCabe, who had been accused of political bias by President Donald Trump. In January McCabe resigned as deputy director and was placed...

Trading in Samsung Electronics to be halted April 30-May 3

-- 2018-03-16 13:57:41

South Korean multinational electronics company Samsung Electronics said on Friday trading in its shares will be halted for three days between April 30 and May 3 for its planned stock split. The split...

Kuroda wins second term at BoJ

-- 2018-03-16 13:28:30

Japan's parliament approved Haruhiko Kuroda for a second term as Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor on Friday, Lower House Speaker Tadamori Oshima said. The central bank governor has been approved for an...

Sensex, Nifty slip as global woes persist

-- 2018-03-16 12:53:24

Indian shares fell on Friday with financial and energy stocks taking the brunt as fears of a trade war due to the imposition of US tariffs preyed on investors’ minds. Asian stocks slid as repor...

Asian shares slide as new US political worries sour mood

-- 2018-03-16 09:59:09

Asian stocks slid on Friday as reports of more chaos in the Trump administration tested investors’ nerves, already frayed by fears that US tariffs could hurt the global economy and trigger a tra...

Spy poisoning: Russia calls May’s accusations ‘insane’

-- 2018-03-15 16:00:04

A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman on Thursday described allegations by British Prime Minister Theresa May that Russia was to blame for the nerve agent poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal as in...

Gulf markets mixed in quiet trading

-- 2018-03-15 15:50:38

Mideast stocks were mixed with quite trading on Thursday, while Milaha lifted the Qatar market before index entry into FTSE indexes. Qatar’s index rose 0.6 per cent as Milaha advanced 2.3 per...

European shares jump on positive earnings

-- 2018-03-15 15:32:03

European shares jumped on Thursday helped by good-looking results from companies including insurance heavyweights Munich Re and Generali, while Societe Generale shares fell sharply. SocGen shares w...

French c.bank revises up 2018 growth outlook

-- 2018-03-15 15:18:53

The Bank of France, the central bank of the European country, has revised up slightly its 2018 growth forecast to 1.9 per cent, after the French economy enjoyed its strongest growth in six years in 20...

Human smuggling: Libya issues warrants for 205 ‘traffickers’

-- 2018-03-15 13:43:23

Libya has issued 205 arrest warrants for Libyans and foreigners suspected of being involved in a smuggling network for migrants heading to Europe. They include accusations of human trafficking, tortu...

Turkey foreign minister postpones US visit

-- 2018-03-15 13:02:55

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s planned visit to Washington on March 19 has been postponed, his spokesman said on Thursday, following the US decision to replace Rex Tillerson as secr...

US Navy jet crash kills two crew members

-- 2018-03-15 12:48:19

Two crew members of a US Navy fighter jet were killed after the aircraft crashed Wednesday off the coast of Key West, Florida. The F/A-18 Super Hornet was on approach to land at the naval air station...

US supports UK expulsion of Russian diplomats

-- 2018-03-15 12:27:36

The White House says it ‘stands in solidarity’ with ‘its closest ally’ the UK and supports its decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats. PM Theresa May said the diplomats would...

Nikkei drops as machinery shares slips

-- 2018-03-15 11:49:01

Japanese shares dropped on Thursday as machinery makers underperformed, hit by worries that global trade tensions could hurt demand after Donald Trump sought to impose fresh tariffs on China. The...

Seven die in blast near Nawaz Sharif residence

-- 2018-03-15 11:25:43

At least seven people, including three policemen have been killed in a powerful explosion that occurred near the residence of Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday night. T...

Asian stocks slip broadly

-- 2018-03-15 09:47:10

Stock markets slipped broadly on Thursday while government bonds attracted safe-haven demand amid mounting investor concerns that growing trade tensions would hurt the global economy. MSCI’s br...

German parliament re-elects Merkel for fourth term

-- 2018-03-14 15:37:53

German lawmakers voted on Wednesday to re-elect Angela Merkel as chancellor for a fourth, and likely final, term that may prove her most challenging yet as she leads a fragile coalition with her stand...

Five die as Turkish airstrikes hit pro-govt forces in Syria

-- 2018-03-14 15:24:00

Three Turkish air strikes hit a checkpoint held by pro-Syrian-government Shi’ite militiamen on the road to Afrin in north-western Syria on Wednesday, killing five fighters, said a pro-government...