MANILA: Philippine's de facto envoy to Taiwan on Friday warned compatriots living on the island to avoid public places after a Filipino man...
MANILA: Philippine's de facto envoy to Taiwan on Friday warned compatriots living on the island to avoid public places after a Filipino man...
LONDON: Paul Scholes said his former Manchester United and England team-mate David Beckham's decision to retire was a "sad day", as tributes to...
JERUSALEM: Visiting German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Friday reaffirmed his country's friendship for Israel in "challenging times" for the region, as tensions...
LONDON: Bahraini security forces raided the house of top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Friday, the opposition said, an act likely...
MUMBAI: Shares in India's JM Financial Ltd jumped nearly 17 percent Friday after the group said former Citigroup Chief Executive Vikram Pandit was...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Twin bomb attacks on Friday killed at least eight people outside mosques in northwest Pakistan, where the party of cricket star...
ISTANBUL: Turkey has arrested one of the prime suspects responsible for the twin car bombings that killed at least 51 people in a...
CHENNAI, India: Qatar International Petroleum Marketing Co, or Tasweeq, sold seven 600,000-barrel cargoes of al-Shaheen crude for July loading at slightly lower premiums...
PERTH/LONDON: Latin American demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) continued to dominate the global spot market this week, with Mexico's monthly LNG imports...
HONG KONG: Over 60 people were injured when a two-car train derailed on Hong Kong's light railway in the north of the city,...
GENEVA: The number of Syrian refugees registered or awaiting registration has surpassed 1.5 million, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday....
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday said it would release 51 imprisoned Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds, hoping that New Delhi will reciprocate the goodwill...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's UMW Holdings Bhd plans to sell 39 percent of its oil and gas unit in an initial public offering this...
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad has authorised the export of 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran in trade not jeopardised by Western sanctions, to settle dues...
TOKYO: Japan's premier will Friday unveil the next stage of his plan to reboot the economy, reports said, as he seeks to capitalise...
MANILA: A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines' worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks advanced 0.67 percent Friday, recovering from earlier losses, on growing expectations of Japan's economic recovery on the back of its...
LONDON: Oil slipped on Friday, staying below $104 a barrel on concern about the strength of demand growth and as policymaker talk of...
