WASHINGTON: A solid job creation report for April and a fall in the jobless rate to 7.5 percent sweetened the picture for the...
WASHINGTON: A solid job creation report for April and a fall in the jobless rate to 7.5 percent sweetened the picture for the...
GENEVA: The United States said on Friday that Iran and North Korea were trying to obtain high-tech materials linked to their nuclear programmes...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis called Friday for greater humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Lebanon and surrounding countries, after meeting with Lebanese President...
PARIS: Paris St Germain players are unfazed by speculation surrounding the future of coach Carlo Ancelotti, Argentine midfielder Javier Pastore said on Friday. ...
TEHRAN: Seventeen people died when a bus crashed into an oncoming truck and caught fire in southwestern Iran, Mehr news agency reported on...
MOSUL, Iraq: Fighting in northern Iraq killed nine police Friday, while a car bomb targeting worshippers near a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad...
YANGON: At least 16 people have died among them gold miners in landslides caused by heavy rain in eastern Myanmar, a Red Cross...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: A refuelling plane from the US Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan crashed after taking off, the emergency situations ministry told AFP on...
KARACHI: A candidate running for parliament in next week's historic Pakistani election was shot dead on Friday along with his three-year-old son after...
NEW YORK: JP Morgan Chase faces federal regulatory action over a scheme which manipulated energy prices in two US states, the New York...
SEOUL: South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries said Friday its first-quarter net profit fell 39 percent from a year earlier because of soft sales...
LONDON: Turkish imports of Iranian crude oil rose to an eight-month high in April to average 140,000 barrels per day, shipping data showed...
LONDON: Verizon Communications would like to buy out Vodafone from their Wireless joint venture but will not do so at any cost, its...
MUMBAI: India's central bank cut its main interest rate by 25 basis points on Friday in the third such move this year, but...
BEIJING: Two teens in eastern China committed suicide after "failing to complete homework assignments" state-run media said on Friday, in an extreme case...
DUBAI: Hundreds of people from Bahrain's Shiite Muslim majority clashed with police on Friday as they demonstrated to demand the release of Shiite...
BERLIN: Europe's biggest sportswear maker Adidas said Friday that its net profit grew six percent to 308 million euros ($403 million) in the...
DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to the President of Poland on the occasion...
