HANOI: Floods have killed three people and left 13 missing after Tropical Storm Usagi triggered heavy rain in central Vietnam, authorities said Friday....
HANOI: Floods have killed three people and left 13 missing after Tropical Storm Usagi triggered heavy rain in central Vietnam, authorities said Friday....
LONDON: State-backed Royal Bank of Scotland said on Friday it raised 630 million pounds or $1 billion by selling a 20 percent stake...
LONDON: Eight men have been arrested over the alleged theft of 1.3 million pounds or $2.1 million by taking control of a Barclays...
ADEN: Around 30 people were killed in two attacks on military targets in southern Yemen early on Friday, a local security source said....
BERLIN: British insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc said it would acquire the reinsurance brokerage business of Towers Watson Co for $250...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed mixed on Friday as the dollar climbed back above 99 yen, but with any upward momentum capped by profit-taking...
PESHAWAR: Suspected militants on a motorbike threw grenades at a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least three Islamic...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Eleven oil firms paid more than $900,000 each to enter an auction next month for rights to explore Brazil's huge...
TOKYO: Apple acolytes in Asia kicked off the global rollout of two new iPhones Friday. But complaints about its high price and no...
NEW YORK CITY: Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday his biggest regret is missing the boat on smartphones. But he said the...
Supporters and residents carry the coffins of Zafar Baloch, a prominent member of the banned Peoples’ Aman Committee, and his aide during a...
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan’s northwestern Swat Valley have declared a health emergency after nearly 5,000 cases of dengue fever were reported in a...
FAIZABAD: Taliban fighters have attacked police in northern Afghanistan, government officials said yesterday, though they gave different accounts of the severity of the...
MULTAN: Pakistani police have arrested eight people after three men accused of serious crimes were made to walk over hot coals in a...
KABUL: A former Afghan lawmaker and district governor said yesterday he had defected to the Taliban as the Islamist hardliners seek to strengthen...
KABUL: The newly appointed Afghan watchdog responsible for investigating fraud in the 2014 presidential election vowed yesterday to ensure a fair vote despite...
KABUL: Afghanistan’s Nato force has launched an investigation into an attack by a drone aircraft on an Al Qaeda member which a senior...
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will make a week-long visit to the US from Monday, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Spokesman Aizaz...