-- 2018-02-28 18:50:52
Mideast stocks were mostly lower in early trade on Wednesday with Saudi banks dropping for a fourth straight day. The Saudi index slipped 0.7 per cent in the first hour with all 12 banking stocks dec...
-- 2018-02-28 14:46:35
A woman has been mauled to death by a lioness at a private game reserve north of South Africa's administrative capital, Pretoria, a local emergency service reports. Netcare 911 spokesman Nick Dollman...
-- 2018-02-28 14:02:04
A former Venezuelan state governor has been expelled from the opposition party over his decision to stand against President Nicolás Maduro in April's election. The Democratic Unity opposition...
-- 2018-02-28 13:34:51
Two police officers have been shot dead in a targeted attack on the convoy of a senior police officer in Pakistan's south-western city of Quetta on Wednesday morning. Local Urdu TV channels reported...
-- 2018-02-28 13:18:37
Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab has been sentenced to six months in prison for joking about the cleanliness of the River Nile. Sherine, one of the country's most famous singers - and a judge on t...
Agencies 2018-02-28 12:47:55
Fans have gathered in the western Indian city of Mumbai to pay their respects to Bollywood star Sridevi Kapoor, who died in Dubai on Saturday. Her body which was flown back to India on Tuesday, is cu...
-- 2018-02-28 12:43:17
The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico has offered one million euro reward for anyone who comes forward with information about the murder of an investigative journalist. Jan Kuciak, 27, and his...
-- 2018-02-28 12:29:41
Britain was the weakest Group of Seven economy over the course of 2017 in terms of overall growth, and there are other ways that the vote to leave the European Union has left its mark too. Below are...
-- 2018-02-28 12:10:23
Asian shares extended losses on Wednesday and bonds were sold off as weak factory data from China revived worries about global economic growth amid fears of faster rate rises in the United States. MS...
-- 2018-02-28 12:08:06
A US judge has sided with President Donald Trump’s administration and thrown out a legal bid to stop controversial plans for a border wall with Mexico. The state of California and environmental...
-- 2018-02-28 11:26:01
The moon will get its first mobile phone network next year, enabling high-definition streaming from the lunar landscape back to earth, part of a project to back the first privately funded moon mission...
-- 2018-02-28 11:09:30
Eleven people at a US military base in Arlington, Virginia fell ill and three were taken to a hospital on Tuesday after a letter was opened in the Marine Corps’ portion of the base, the fire dep...
-- 2018-02-28 10:35:49
A strong quake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck 111 km South West of Porgera, Papua New Guinea at 02:45:44 GMT on Wednesday, said the US Geological Survey. The epicentre, with a depth of 10....
-- 2018-02-27 21:00:10
The Eurozone economic sentiment slipped again in February, for the second month in a row, as confidence sapped from every sector except services, the European Commission said on Tuesday. European C...
-- 2018-02-27 20:38:15
Nigerian economy returned to growth in 2017 after suffering its first recession in a generation the previous year, data released from the country’s statistics office showed on Tuesday. The Gros...
-- 2018-02-27 16:18:32
Mideast stock markets mostly moved narrowly in early trade on Tuesday although Vodafone Qatar soared in response to a stream of positive news. It jumped 9.1 per cent. The Qatari stock index was flat...
-- 2018-02-27 16:10:00
European shares edged up at opening on Wednesday, as M&A activity spiced up a more reserved start to the markets after Comcast made a surprise counterbid for pay-TV group Sky. The pan-European ST...
-- 2018-02-27 15:27:47
The Florida teenager accused of carrying out the deadliest mass shooting at a high school in US history will appear in court on Tuesday as a long-simmering national debate rages on between proponents...
-- 2018-02-27 14:29:40
Nineteen people have been wounded and the driver of the bus in which they were travelling, has been killed in a road crash in eastern Cambodia on Tuesday. The bus was heading to the capital, Phnom P...
Reuters 2018-02-27 14:27:42
India’s finance ministry on Tuesday set a 15-day deadline for state banks to take pre-emptive action against operational and technical risks, following a $2 billon fraud at the country’s s...
-- 2018-02-27 14:12:11
The mayor of the Belgian capital, Brussels has ordered the police to force homeless people into shelters as extremely low temperatures gripped the city. The people sleeping in parts of the city could...
-- 2018-02-27 13:25:39
A woman has discovered a highly venomous snake in her child's lunchbox in Australia. The juvenile snake was spotted in a lid as the woman packed school lunches in Adelaide, according to reptile handl...
-- 2018-02-27 13:01:02
Singapore has proposed a new law to deal with terror attacks by preventing people in the area from taking photos or videos of the incident and communicating about police operations. Ranked as one of...
-- 2018-02-27 12:27:07
China is expected to announce a reshuffle of its top diplomats at an annual meeting of parliament in March, aiming to deal with US President Donald Trump’s growing suspicion of Beijing, several...
-- 2018-02-27 11:46:50
Women in Saudi Arabia now have the permission to join the military as the kingdom continues to enact reforms granting females more access to a wide range of previously forbidden careers. They are abl...
-- 2018-02-27 11:15:25
Asian shares extended their recovery on Tuesday, hitting a three-week high as US borrowing costs eased ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s highly-anticipated first congressional te...
-- 2018-02-27 10:59:46
New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his cabinet, making substantial changes to ministerial positions. He reappointed Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister, reversing his sacking by...
-- 2018-02-27 10:19:05
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday the global economy was showing broad-based growth, but the landscape was shifting with heightened risks of trade dispute...
-- 2018-02-27 10:18:34
A fierce fire that broke out at a hotel in Russia's western Perm Region on Tuesday, has killed six people including three children. Local investigative committee said in a statement that a criminal p...
-- 2018-02-26 21:41:00
World Bank has praised Chinese reform in a report subtitled ‘Towards a More Inclusive and Sustainable Development,’ highlighting the country’s rapid economic growth. The second larg...
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