-- 2019-04-25 12:45:57
Southeast Asian shares declined on Thursday, Indonesian shares fell following disappointing corporate results while the Jakarta stock index led declines in the region. Singapore stocks edged lower fr...
-- 2019-04-25 12:11:45
Sri Lanka has banned drones and unmanned aircraft as authorities continue controlled detonations of suspicious items four days after a series of suicide bombing attacks killed more than 350 people in...
-- 2019-04-25 11:32:06
Asian shares were mixed Thursday after US stocks closed lower, giving back some of its gains a day after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.2 p...
-- 2019-04-25 11:30:55
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on Wednesday simplifying the procedure for obtaining a Russian passport for residents of separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, prompting calls from Ki...
-- 2019-04-24 18:17:06
Government borrowing in Britain for the 2018-19 financial year fell to its lowest annual level in 17 years, official figures show. British Finance Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hamm...
-- 2019-04-24 11:34:40
In the wake of the Christchurch attack, New Zealand said on Wednesday that it would work with France in an effort to stop social media from being used to promote terrorism and violent extremism. Prim...
-- 2019-04-24 10:55:51
Sri Lankan police said on Wednesday they had detained 18 more people for questioning over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, claimed by the Islamic State group, as the death toll climbe...
-- 2019-04-23 13:34:13
Buckingham Palace is expected to announce on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump will make a state visit to the UK in early June. The president was promised the visit by Prime Minister Theresa May...
-- 2019-04-23 13:11:07
Japan's unprecedented 10-day holiday to celebrate Crown Prince Naruhito's enthronement is expected to give the sluggish economy at least a short-term boost. Breweries, hotels, retailers, restaurants...
-- 2019-04-23 12:00:05
China’s embassy in Sri Lanka on Tuesday warned Chinese nationals against traveling to Sri Lanka in the near term, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels across the island na...
-- 2019-04-23 11:18:53
Rescue teams in the Philippines searched for signs of life beneath the rubble of a collapsed four-storey commercial building on Tuesday after a strong earthquake shook the country’s biggest isla...
-- 2019-04-22 11:31:22
The US State Department said in a revised travel advisory ‘terrorist groups’ were continuing to plot possible attacks in Sri Lanka after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded in bla...
-- 2019-04-22 11:11:55
Asian shares were steady on Monday as investors took stock of recent data suggesting global growth may be stabilizing, while oil prices spiked on a report the US is likely to ask all importers of Iran...
-- 2019-04-22 10:00:29
Seventeen people have been killed and five injured in a landslide in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca, the country’s disaster relief agency said on Sunday. The landslide, which was...
-- 2019-04-21 21:41:59
Attacks on three Christian churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka will hurt the economy and tourism, and law enforcement authorities have been asked to find the perpetrators, Lankan Prime Minister R...
-- 2019-04-21 20:56:10
Internal differences of opinion on employees taking over the management of Jet Airways did not permit pursuing the idea, but employees are ready to fully cooperate with any new investor for turning...
-- 2019-04-21 19:00:22
At least half a dozen public sector firms, Indian Railways and various ministries are in the process of creating infrastructure and manufacturing components for electric vehicles to support the govern...
-- 2019-04-21 16:36:05
SHANGHAI, Apr 21: World leaders meeting in Beijing this week for a summit on China’s Belt and Road initiative will agree to project financing that respects global debt goals and promotes green...
-- 2019-04-21 13:30:36
Several air strikes and explosions shook the Libyan capital Tripoli overnight, residents said, in an escalation of a two-week offensive by eastern forces on the city held by the internationally recogn...
-- 2019-04-21 12:34:15
Ukrainians are heading to the polls in a run-off election to pick the country's next president. Voters face a stark choice between tycoon Petro Poroshenko, the incumbent president, and television com...
-- 2019-04-21 10:56:29
Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels killed 138 people and wounded more than 400, hospital and police officials said, following a lull in major attacks since the...
-- 2019-04-20 15:44:24
Two men have been arrested in connection with the killing of Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee during a riot in Londonderry on Thursday, police said, as politicians in the divided British region un...
-- 2019-04-20 14:38:50
An explosion followed by gunfire hit the center of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, close to the communications ministry and one of the city’s main hotels, officials said. The blast follow...
-- 2019-04-20 13:42:50
India and some other nations have cautioned the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about fresh bailout for Pakistan at a time when it is under the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) scanner for its s...
-- 2019-04-20 13:38:36
US equities posted mixed results for the week as Wall Street digested more quarterly earnings reports as well as a surprising settlement between two tech giants. For the week, which was shortened due...
-- 2019-04-20 12:16:55
Gunmen shot dead 13 people at a bar in the city of Minatitlan in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz, authorities said on Friday, in one of the worst slayings to hit Mexico since President Andres...
-- 2019-04-20 11:28:10
US intelligence has accused Huawei Technologies of being funded by Chinese state security, The Times said on Saturday, adding to the list of allegations faced by the Chinese technology company in the...
-- 2019-04-19 13:43:39
Thailand’s Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong said the country will introduce economic measures worth about 20 billion baht ($629.52 million) to spur its slowing economy. The measures will b...
-- 2019-04-19 13:05:23
Japan’s Nikkei rose on Friday morning as Wall Street gains raised risk appetite and lifted cyclical stocks, while Nintendo jumped after Tencent won approval to sell its Switch console in China....
-- 2019-04-19 12:55:55
Asian shares rose moderately in quiet holiday trading on Good Friday as some markets were closed. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.5 per cent in early trading to 22,191.98. South Korea&r...
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