ZHEJIANG: Customs in east China's Zhejiang Province said Wednesday that they had seized 90 live poisonous spiders from parcels sent...

JOHOR BARU: The state Customs Department has made its biggest seizure of illicit cigarettes this year, crippling two separate efforts...

CALIFORNIA: A detailed design sketch published in a Japanese magazine appear to confirm rumours the new iPhone 7 will not...

TOKYO: Nintendo’s next console code-named “NX” will release globally in March 2017, the company announced during its latest financial earnings...

LONDON: A large, ribbon-shaped lake may be hiding beneath the ice that covers Antarctica, and it may contain countless life...

PERTH: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has disclosed plans to send an unmanned capsule to Mars, perhaps as soon as 2018,...

TOKYO: The top four suppliers of kitchen furniture to Japan accounted for 92% of February 2016 imports. Vietnam alone accounted...

NEW YORK: Stock markets picked up gingerly, while oil prices continued to recover and government bond yields dipped, as a...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started investigating the transfer of more than $4 billion to India from Pakistan...

NEW DELHI: Steel imports increased 25.6 per cent to 11.71 million tonnes (mt) in the 2015-16, compared to 9.32 mt...

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index rose on Wednesday as higher oil prices supported energy stocks, while financial and materials stocks...

TOKYO: The yen jumped the most in eight months and Asian stocks erased gains after the Bank of Japan unexpectedly...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has decided to audit tax payments of the government departments of last 15 years. The...

TEHRAN: Iran plans to stop importing gasoline by March 2017 as a new refinery makes it self-sufficient in the motor...

FRANKFURT: European stocks finished slightly higher on Wednesday, as investors remained cautious ahead of the latest central bank decision from...

WASHINGTON: A fourth bidding party, understood to be China's Zhejiang Port, has emerged in the tussle for Port of Melbourne....

FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) regularly pays taxes of Rs 6.3 billion to the Federal Board of Revenue...

ABUJA: Nigeria’s Apapa port is usually a frenetic place, where ships line up for days to offload imports ranging from...

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan has reserved a verdict in response to a Federal Board of Revenue appeal filed against...

NEW DELHI: Adani Group-controlled Dhamra Ports Company Ltd (DPCL) has initiated work on its second phase of expansion, after getting...