WILLEMSTAD: Customs has earlier this week intercepted 130 kilos of marijuana. The drugs were hidden in a container from Panama....

DOHA: Qatar has arrested a man who tried to smuggle US$1.2 million (Dh4.4m) worth of diamonds and pearls into the...

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar here on Wednesday chaired a briefing session on proposed amendments in the Auditor General...

TAIPEI: Taiwan's consumer price index (CPI) fell for a fall year in 2015 for the first time since 2009 when...

CANBERRA:  Barnaby Joyce, Australian Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, welcomed Indonesia's recommendation to import 200,000 cattles from Australia in...

SYDNEY: Sales of new vehicles in Australia rose solidly in December to make 2015 a record-breaking year for the sector,...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is importing 100MW electricity from neighbouring Iran this month, revealed a Gulf newspaper. Khaleej Times reported that the...

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Wednesday arrested two more human smugglers and recovered 5 passports, two of them bearing...

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Marvi Memon Wednesday said that due to prudent policies of the government, the...

FRANKFURT: The auto sector in Germany witnessed 8 per cent increase in December, marking a strong year as a whole...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is likely to save $7 billion a year mainly due to hike in energy price in a...

TOKYO:  Japan's aluminium premiums for January-March shipments were set at $110 per ton, up 22 percent from the previous quarter,...

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakthunkhkwa Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Wednesday warned the authorities concerned against the delay in development projects in...

TOKYO: Japanese refiner Cosmo Oil is looking at the possibility of buying more crude from Iran once sanctions on the...

HANOI: Viet Nam's wood industry is expected to gain a total export value of wood and wooden products of US$7.7...

HANOI: The beverage industry contributed VND30 trillion (US$1.3 billion) to the State budget last year, according to the Viet Nam...

KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) issued the following shipping report for the last 24 hours, ending 0700 hours on...

KARACHI: Following were the movements of ships at Karachi Port during the last 24 hours, ending at 0700 hours on...

HANOI: The Viet Nam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) anticipates a turnover of VND110 trillion (US$4.8 billion) this...