Taiwan police foil attempt to smuggle 1.2kg of heroin
TAIPEI: A woman has been arrested for smuggling heroin into Taiwan, aviation police at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport said ...
Year: 2015
“Call of Duty: Black Ops III” “Need for Speed” with “Fallout 4” coming in next week
LONDON: It's officially heavyweight season in terms of video game releases as next week's titles include the latest entry to ...
Indian Customs nabs man with gold
PUNE: Officials of the customs department at Lohegaon International Airport recovered two gold biscuits weighing 233.36 grams valued at Rs ...
Australian dollar higher
PERTH: The Australian dollar nudged higher today, with investors focused on the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision on interest rates ...
Dead comet with skull face skim past Earth on Halloween
WASHINGTON: A massive space rock that will shave by Earth on Halloween looks like a dead comet with a skull ...
African lions “disappearing”
MALI: Africa's lions are fast “'disappearing” from vast swathes of the continent, including from the savannah grasslands, where they are ...
Egypt expects to raise exports by 9-10% yearly until 2020
CAIRO: Egypt expects to increase its exports by 9-10 percent annually until 2020, Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil ...
Iraq’s oil export drops in October to average of 2.7m barrels per day
BAGHDAD: Iraq's oil exports dropped sharply in October to an average of 2.7 million barrels per day (bpd), from 3.052 ...
Indian rupee falls by 16 paisa against US dollar in early trade
MUMBAI: The Indian rupee fell by 16 paise to 65.43 against the dollar in early trade on Monday on sustained ...
Indian police seize 25kg of charas
DEHRADUN: In what has been termed by the district police as one of the biggest seizure of contraband in recent ...
Chinese yuan heightens by 6.3154 against US dollar
BEIJING: The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened by 341 basis points to 6.3154 ...
India’s BSF seizes 10kg cocaine worth Rs.40 crore
BENGAL: In one of the biggest drug seizures on the India-Bangladesh border in recent past, the Border Security Force seized ...
Gold import dips 45.62% to $2.05b in Sep 2015
NEW DELHI: After recording a sharp rise in August, gold imports dipped 45.62 per cent to $2.05 billion in September, ...
Indian police seize 19 smuggled red sander logs
TAMIL NADU: The Puthalpattu police of Chittoor division on Sunday morning chased an SUV on its way towards Tamil Nadu ...
Malaysian police seize 200kg ecstasy mix
KUALA LUMPUR: Police seized 200kg ecstasy mixture and nabbed 15 individuals in two separate raids in Jerantut, Pahang and Kuala ...
Researchers discover 22 shipwrecks around near Greek island
HONG KONG: Researchers found a total of 22 shipwrecks around a Greek island, which may give clues about the past ...
Why bats are associated with Halloween?
BRENT: Along with zombies, ghosts and other terrifying phantasms, bats are one of the ultimate symbols that represent Halloween, and ...
Zimplats Holdings posts $5.9 mln profit from operations
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s largest platinum miner, Zimplats Holdings posted a $5,9 million profit from operations after royalties, a significant upturn from ...
Electrical engineers developed flexible silicon phototransistor
EUROPE: Electrical engineers from the University of Wisconsin have developed a flexible silicon phototransistor, which to date is the fastest ...
China stocks dive in early trade, Shanghai Composite slumps 0.3%
BEIJING: China stocks dropped after authorities arrested an influential private fund manager. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index is currently down ...
