-- 2019-04-18 15:13:09
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s coastal city of Hualien on Thursday, shaking buildings and temporarily halting subway services in the capital Taipei, but there were no immediate repor...
-- 2019-04-18 13:37:47
The US trade deficit fell to an eight-month low in February as imports from China plunged, temporarily providing a boost to President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda and econom...
-- 2019-04-18 13:29:48
Troubled Indian airline Jet Airways has temporarily suspended all its domestic and international flights after failing to find fresh funding. The airline said its last flight would operate on Wednesd...
-- 2019-04-18 11:53:28
Southeast Asian were mixed on Thursday, while Indonesia jumps to near 14-month high after early elections results indicated incumbent President Joko Widodo is likely to be re-elected for a second term...
-- 2019-04-18 11:13:16
Former Peruvian President Alan García has died after shooting himself as police arrived at his home to arrest him over bribery allegations. Mr García was rushed to hospital in the capit...
-- 2019-04-18 11:11:46
Asian shares fell Thursday after Wall Street declined despite encouraging Chinese economic data. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong all retreated. Sydney was little-changed. US stock...
-- 2019-04-18 10:46:17
At least 29 people, most of them German tourists, were killed and 27 others injured on Wednesday when their bus veered off a steep narrow road on the Portuguese island of Madeira, authorities said. T...
-- 2019-04-18 10:15:57
At least 60 people were killed in lightning strikes and by collapsing houses during a thunderstorm across northern and western India, state radio reported on Thursday quoting provincial officials. In...
-- 2019-04-17 14:55:00
Mideast stock markets were mostly higher on Wednesday, while Qatar stocks edged down. Dubai stocks rose on Wednesday as real estate shares gained. The index was up 0.6 per cent as blue-chip developer...
-- 2019-04-17 14:46:57
Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday after China reported better-than-expected economic growth, while Malaysian stocks fell to its lowest level in over two years. Singapore stocks led...
-- 2019-04-17 13:36:48
China’s economy grew 6.4 per cent in the first quarter from a year earlier, official data showed on Wednesday. The growth of the second largest economy of the world is above expectations and st...
-- 2019-04-17 13:26:17
At least four people were killed in heavy shelling in the Libyan capital Tripoli, an official said on Wednesday as Europe and the Gulf were divided over a push by eastern forces commander Khalifa Haft...
-- 2019-04-17 12:17:57
South Korean police arrested a 42-year-old man on Wednesday after he set his apartment on fire then stabbed to death five people who tried to flee from the blaze, police said. The man set fire to his...
-- 2019-04-17 11:28:10
US President Donald Trump has vetoed a bill passed by Congress to end the country's support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Mr Trump described the resolution as an "unnecessary" and "dangerous" attem...
-- 2019-04-16 15:14:38
British workers’ pay grew at its joint fastest pace in over a decade, fuelled by further job creation, adding to suggestions that Brexit uncertainty is prompting firms to hire workers rather tha...
-- 2019-04-16 14:31:40
Taiwan has not been intimidated by China’s military drills this week, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, after the latest Chinese maneuvers were denounced by a senior US official as “...
-- 2019-04-16 12:19:23
Thousands of people joined protests across central London as climate change activists blocked roads and vandalised Shell's headquarters. Extinction Rebellion campaigners parked a pink boat at Oxford...
-- 2019-04-15 14:08:14
Dozens of journalists and major news outlets in Australia have begun defending accusations that they breached a reporting ban on the sexual abuse trial of Cardinal George Pell. Pell, the ex-Vatican t...
-- 2019-04-15 14:02:25
The head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that regional economies in Asia were sustaining solid growth despite some negative effects of the Sino-US trade war. In a group interview, the AD...
-- 2019-04-15 12:12:16
Most Southeast Asian stock markets edged higher on Monday as upbeat trade and credit data from China pointed to a healing economy amid concerns about global economic growth. Positive headlines on Sin...
-- 2019-04-15 11:53:15
The middle class is shrinking in developed economies as increases in workers’ wages have failed to keep up with the rising cost of housing, education and healthcare, the OECD said on Wednesday....
-- 2019-04-15 11:36:51
Asian shares advanced Monday on signs that the US and China were closing in on a trade deal after months of negotiations. The Shanghai Composite index gained 1.7 per cent to 3,243.91. Japan's Nikkei...
-- 2019-04-15 11:28:49
Julian Assange used the Ecuadorean embassy in London as a "centre for spying", the country's leader has said. Lenin Moreno also said no other nation had influenced the decision to revoke the WikiLeak...
-- 2019-04-14 20:22:32
Mideast stocks showed mixed trend at opening session on Sunday, the first trading day of the week, while Abu Dhabi stocks climbed over 2.0 per cent. Abu Dhabi stocks rallied as First Abu Dhabi Bank (...
-- 2019-04-14 18:57:14
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has reportedly handed over to Pakistan a new set of recommendations to boost its fight against financial crimes in the country, especially the terror financing,...
-- 2019-04-14 18:20:58
Tanzania has agreed a new 1.7 billion US dollar financing deal with the World Bank to fund various projects during fiscal year 2019/20, its finance ministry said on Saturday. The agreement, which is...
-- 2019-04-13 15:02:57
Seven people were killed after a van collided with a semi-truck on a highway in the central State of Mexico, authorities said on Friday. According to the Federal Police, the accident occurred at arou...
-- 2019-04-13 12:23:35
World stocks rose on Friday after JP Morgan’s results, while signs of stabilisation in China’s economy also helped riskier assets amid talk that the growth outlook worldwide is better than...
-- 2019-04-13 12:09:59
US stocks notched solid gains on Friday, erasing most of the losses the market sustained after an uneven week of trading. The strong finish gave the S&P 500 its third straight weekly gain. The be...
-- 2019-04-13 10:38:58
The head of Sudan's military council has stood down a day after leading a coup that toppled long-time leader Omar al-Bashir amid a wave of protests. Defence Minister Awad Ibn Auf announced his decisi...
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