ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan, Mehdi Honardoost has urged the Pakistani private sector to set up efforts for promoting...

JAKARTA: Indonesia is open to more foreign investors in its transport services sector but it will limit foreign ownership of...

WASHINGTON: A total of at least 1.4 billion smartphones were reported to have been shipped globally in the year 2015,...

LONDON: Consumer prices in Uruguay rose 2.45 percent in January compared with the previous month, official data showed on Wednesday,...

SYDNEY: Shipments of iron ore to China from Port Hedland, Australia, which handles a fifth of the world’s seaborne iron...

CANBERRA: Monetary conditions in Australia are expected to be accommodative in the coming quarters with the interest rate at the...

JOHANNESBURG: Food prices in South Africa rose by an average of 8.7 percent between December 2014 and December 2015 and...

MANILA: Singapore-based DBS Bank Ltd. and Dutch financial giant ING Bank expect inflation in the Philippines to have barely moved...

MOSCOW: The annual inflation in Russia has fallen into single digits in February for the first time since December 2014,...

AMMAN: Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Thursday met with the Joint Jordanian-Turkish Business Council that comprises the Jordanian Businessmen Association...

BAGHDAD: Iraq's Kurdish region has announced it will pay only partial salaries to all government employees except security personnel as...

WARSAW: Real-GDP growth in Poland will continue at a strong and steady pace of 3.5 percent in both 2016 and...

LISBON: Portucel Soporcel says year 2015 is a landmark in the company's history. Portucel became a player on the tissue...

OSLO: Norwegian seafood exports surged to 6.7 billion kroners last month, a rise of 18 per cent or one billion...

KATHMANDU: Sahastra Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) sleuths today seized charas worth Rs 29 lakh from a person at Raxual on...

KATHMANDU: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) on Thursday crossed 1,250 points, setting a fresh record. The benchmark index escalated 9.29 points...

KIEV: Ukraine’s losses on export due to Russia’s restrictions will top $1.1. bln in 2016, Governor of the National Bank...

HELSINKI: The Tax Administration last year received through its hotline 10,864 tips of suspected tax frauds. According to the Tax...

HELSINKI: Syrian refugees wait on the Istiklal avenue in Istanbul on February 1, 2016. Turkey, which is hosting at least...

HCM CITY: Viet Nam's cashew exports in January jumped 15.6 per cent year-on-year to US$183 million, according to the Ministry...