LONDON: The Olympic Games in London last year gave the British economy a boost worth $15 billion, the government said on Friday, a...
LONDON: The Olympic Games in London last year gave the British economy a boost worth $15 billion, the government said on Friday, a...
KABUL: A bomb killed five young children and a woman when it exploded after being made at the home of a Taliban commander...
JUBA: South Sudan will cut oil output to 100,000 barrels a day over the weekend as it moves toward a full shutdown, its...
BEIRUT: Lebanon have been suspended by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and will not be able to participate in next month's Asian championships...
ISLAMABAD, Islamabad Capital Territory: Pakistan's top foreign affairs official will meet the Afghan president in Kabul Sunday to discuss stalled efforts to begin...
LONDON: British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Friday that first-quarter sales grew in the first quarter, as strength in emerging markets countered...
BEIRUT: The murder of a staunch supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Lebanon was not politically motivated, Lebanon's military said Friday, while...
NEW DELHI, Delhi province: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged investors Friday to "remain optimistic", while acknowledging that the country would register lower...
Masayuki Ono, acting head of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) nuclear power and facilities section, displays an image showing steam rising from the...
SYDNEY, New South Wales: Manager David Moyes said Friday he hopes to have some good news about the possibility of Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's central bank has launched a mass media campaign to raise awareness and acceptance of Islamic finance among consumers in the world's...
MANILA: Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp. said Friday it sold part of its minority stake in the country's main electricity retailer for nearly...
TOKYO, Tokyo province: Tokyo stocks lost 1.48 percent Friday, dragged down by a stronger yen, while investors look ahead to weekend parliamentary elections...
PARIS, France: French media and telecommunications group Vivendi has rejected an $8.5 billion offer by Japan's SoftBank for Universal Music, the world's largest...
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia: Japan's Panasonic and its subsidiary Sanyo have each pleaded guilty to price-fixing involving auto parts and battery cells, agreeing...
BEIJING: A Chinese woman who spent five weeks in intensive care with H7N9 bird flu has given birth to a girl in what...
SYDNEY: An Australian research firm yesterday launched what is being touted as the world’s first anti-shark wetsuit, using new discoveries about the predators’...
A sick boy lies on his mother’s lap inside a hospital after he consumed contaminated meals given to children at a school, in...
