-- 2019-05-09 11:35:10
Five labourers were killed in a fierce fire that broke out at a clothing warehouse at Urali Devachi in Pune in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on early Thursday. They were asleep inside the c...
-- 2019-05-09 11:05:46
Southeast Asian stocks extend losses on Thursday as investors remained edgy ahead of the crucial US-China trade talks, while the Philippine stock index fell nearly 2.0 per cent. The Philippine ind...
-- 2019-05-09 10:56:34
Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday amid investor jitters ahead of the latest round of trade talks between the US and China. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was down 1.3 per cent in early trading to...
-- 2019-05-08 14:27:58
Seven Russian tourists on a hiking holiday in Siberia are feared dead after an avalanche on a ridge in the Altai region, the local emergencies ministry said on Wednesday, saying rescue workers were st...
-- 2019-05-08 14:03:12
A car slammed into a group of 16 mostly kindergarten children who were strolling on a sidewalk in the lakeside city of Otsu in western Japan, leaving two dead, police said Wednesday. The accident occ...
Reuters 2019-05-08 13:56:43
China will keep calm against threats of higher tariffs from the United States and has “complete confidence” in its ability to face challenges in trade talks, a commentary in China’s...
-- 2019-05-08 11:45:48
Iran has pulled out of "some commitments" under the 2015 international nuclear deal, a year after it was abandoned by the US. President Hassan Rouhani informed other major powers still committed to t...
-- 2019-05-08 11:06:30
At least nine people were killed by a blast targeting a security checkpoint outside a major Sufi shrine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, officials said. The blast, one day...
-- 2019-05-07 14:26:45
A bush fire fanned by gusty winds has gutted four villages in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal region, killing 33 people, the president’s spokesman said, adding the toll was likely to...
-- 2019-05-07 12:19:50
Malaysia on Tuesday said the US government had returned some $57 million in funds recovered from 1MDB assets in the “first installment” of funds to be repatriated under a US kleptocracy as...
-- 2019-05-07 11:09:47
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck in the east of Papua New Guinea early on Tuesday local time, according to the US Geological Survey. The epicentre of the strong quake was 127 km (79 miles) below the...
-- 2019-05-07 10:39:44
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been egged by a protester while campaigning ahead of the nation's general election. The egg grazed Mr Morrison's head but did not break, local media said....
-- 2019-05-07 10:21:33
US Vice President Mike Pence is set on Tuesday to offer new incentives to Venezuela’s military to turn against President Nicolas Maduro, responding to an attempted uprising that fizzled out last...
-- 2019-05-06 14:01:18
Indonesia’s economy expanded more slowly than expected in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, as investment dropped ahead of elections and campaign spending failed to sustain growth momentum....
-- 2019-05-06 13:49:43
Asian shares tumbled on Monday after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose more tariffs on China, spooking investors who had been expecting good news this week on trade. The Shanghai Composi...
-- 2019-05-05 12:13:48
British Prime Minister Theresa May has stepped up calls on Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a cross-party deal to leave the European Union, following poor results for both parties in local e...
-- 2019-05-05 11:40:20
A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed close to Caracas on Saturday morning, killing all seven people on board, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. The helicopter was to fly from Caracas, the...
-- 2019-05-05 11:28:57
Unidentified gunmen killed a ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader inside his house in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Sunday. Locals said 70-year-old Ghulam Muhammad Mir was affili...
-- 2019-05-04 14:23:55
US President Donald Trump has said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an hour-long call, covering issues including the "Russian hoax". "Had a long and very good conversation with Presi...
-- 2019-05-04 12:43:24
Global equity markets rallied on Friday, buoyed by a US payrolls report that shot past expectations, while the dollar weakened after several Federal Reserve officials voiced concerns about low inflati...
-- 2019-05-04 12:09:46
US stocks rose in a broad-based rally on Friday as stronger-than-expected job growth in April with muted wage gains left investors upbeat about the outlook for the economy and interest rates. The Dow...
-- 2019-05-04 11:53:03
North Korea has tested several short-range missiles, according to reports from South Korea. They were fired from the Hodo peninsula in the east of the country, said South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staf...
-- 2019-05-04 10:28:56
A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the US outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military...
-- 2019-05-03 14:47:43
Malaysia's exports fell 0.5 per cent year-on-year to about 20.29 billion US dollars (84.05 billion ringgit), official data showed Friday. The Malaysian International Trade and Industry Ministry said...
-- 2019-05-03 14:33:57
European shares ticked higher on Friday, helped by gains among banks and Germany’s Adidas, one day after the regional index suffered its worst loss in six weeks. The German share price index DA...
-- 2019-05-03 14:27:15
Asian shares were mixed in thin trading on Friday after a discouraging day on Wall Street. News reports highlighting obstacles in the way of a China-US trade deal also weighed on sentiment. The Kospi...
Shahiduzzaman Khan back from Beijing 2019-05-03 11:59:58
Since initiating market reforms in 1978, China had shifted from a centrally-planned economy to a more market-based one and subsequently experienced rapid economic and social development. The country'...
-- 2019-05-02 14:11:58
The king of Thailand has married the deputy head of his personal security detail, and given her the title of queen, a royal statement said. The surprise announcement comes before his elaborate corona...
-- 2019-05-02 13:51:36
The US Federal Reserve has left interest rates unchanged despite pressure from President Donald Trump to lower rates and boost economic growth. The Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's policy-mak...
-- 2019-05-02 12:02:08
British Prime Minister Theresa May summarily fired Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson Wednesday after an investigation into leaks from a secret government meeting about the Chinese telecommunications...
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