July2018

Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday, backed by gains on Wall Street and the yen’s downwards trend. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.70 percent or 154.50 points to 22,206.68 in early trade while the broader...

Iran’s non-oil trade with the BRICS nations declined 8.68 percent in volume but increased 7.4 percent in value during the last Iranian fiscal year compared to the corresponding year before, local media Eghtesad Online reported on...

Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday told Parliament that the government will take effective steps to prevent hijras from creating nuisance in public places. He came up with the remarks while responding to supplementary questions, on...

Saudi Arabia on Monday said two militants were killed, along with a security official and a bystander, in a shootout at a police checkpoint in one of the kingdom’s central provinces. The interior ministry said the...

Shirts are selling briskly, crowds pack sports bars to watch matches and football is front-page news. Whisper it quietly, but basketball-crazy Philippines have finally been afflicted by World Cup fever. For decades, the nation of more...

The family of a woman who died after being exposed to a nerve agent have described her as “a gentle soul who was generous to a fault”. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died on Sunday after being exposed...

Hollywood star George Clooney was taken to hospital after suffering minor injuries in a collision involving his scooter and a car. The accident happened in Sardinia where the US actor is filming his latest TV series,...

Nineteen divers have entered the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand on a gruelling, hazardous mission to rescue those people still trapped inside. They extracted a ninth boy on Tuesday, the Thai Navy said, with reports...

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2006, the third criminal sex assault case brought against him, and his attorney said he expects further charges to...

Eight of the 12 boys trapped with their soccer coach in a labyrinthine flooded cave complex in northern Thailand have been freed, authorities said on Monday, adding that the time for rescuing the others will depend...