TOKOYO: Japan’s Toyo Construction Co. and JFE Engineering Corp. have won a contract to build a new container terminal at...

SEOUL: South Korea's crude oil shipments from Iran slid 62.2 percent in December from a year ago, with imports in...

  LONDON: The latest instalment of "Call of Duty" video game, which was released in November, has been declared the...

SÃO PAULO: Brazil posted an annual trade surplus of $19.68 billion for 2015, but this rare piece of good economic...

TAIPEI: Thailand hopes to bring its trade transactions with Iran to $5 billion from the current $356 million as the...

RIYADH: The rate of employment among Saudis declined by 38 percent in the private sector during 2015 as compared to...

JEDDAH: Oil prices slipped back below $30. This has raised questions about global growth on one hand and left investors...

DUBLIN: Irish exports in November 2015 fell by over €1.1bn in the month but were still higher than November 2014,...

  MIAMI: The United Kingdom has witnessed the historic day in space science as the first Briton, Astronaut Tim Peake,...

  BEIJING: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has reached Beijing to attend the inaugural meeting of the Board of Governors...

HANOI: Vietnam National Coal Mineral Industries Holding Corp., or Vinacomin, plans to produce 39.87 million mt of coal in 2016,...

LONDON: The UK imported 1.2 million mt of thermal coal in November, down 49% over year, marking the ninth consecutive...

RIYADH: Sri Lanka is hoping for an infusion of US$ 1 billion in the next few months from Saudi banks...

  KARACHI: The K-Electric has acquired land in Port Qasim to start 700MW coal-fired project, which will likely to grab...

  COLOMBO: Federal Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has inaugurated the Pakistan Single Country Exhibition 2016 at Bandaranaike Memorial International...

ANKARA: In Turkey’s grape growing region of Alasehir in Manisa, exports of the world-famous Sultaniye grape variety reduced 56 percent...

ISLAMABAD: Four Inland Revenue Service officers of BS-19 have relinquished/assumed charge as Commissioners-IR (OPS) in different cities. Dr Muhammad Idrees...

KUANTAN: Police nabbed three men and seized drugs worth RM523, 575 in two separate raids early this week. Pahang Criminal...

BRASÍLIA: Brazilian exports of carbon steel sheet products jumped 84.3% year on year in 2015 to 2.65 million mt from...

MANILA: The country’s garments and hard goods manufacturers expect their export earnings to grow by at least five percent this...