ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has defended the conversion of the national-flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), into a...

SHANGHAI: Chinese iron ore imports surged 22 per cent in November from a year earlier, customs data showed, as big...

SEOUL: South Korean stocks traded 0.37 percent lower late Tuesday morning as investors remained cautious after crude prices plunged to...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong and mainland China markets suffered deepening losses as the morning session progressed on Tuesday, tracking weakness...

KERALA: In a raid carried out by a team from the Kollam excise circle office at the Paripally public market...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday morning, with investor sentiment stifled by declines in U.S. equities overnight amid plunging oil prices,...

SPRINGFIELD: Pounds of marijuana and guns were among items seized in an undercover drug investigation. Clark County sheriff’s deputies on...

BEIJING: Weak demand at home and overseas dented Chinese imports and exports alike last month, reflecting ongoing weakness in the...

ST ANN: The Area Two Narcotics Police are reporting the seizure of nearly 900 pounds of ganja in Maamee Bay,...

SHANGHAI: China stocks ended Tuesday morning sharply lower, as disappointing China trade data and slumping oil prices unnerved investors already...

HONG KONG: A team of Japanese astronomers has used the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to...

LONDON: More than £500,000 worth of counterfeit goods - including teddy bears, football shirts and illegal condoms - were seized...

SERBIA: Two people were arrested Sunday when Serbian police found more than 16 kilograms of heroin hidden in a truck...

LONDON: The yen rose on Tuesday in Asia after an upward revision to the Japanese growth rate lessened speculation for...

CANADA: An algorithm inspired by a popular song-matching app is helping Stanford scientists find previously overlooked earthquakes in large databases...

HONG KONG: Researchers at Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have discovered that increasing levels of CO2...

NEW YORK: The Division of Customs of the Department of Finance has intercepted another shipment of ice from China, this...

MUTARE: A man from Chikanga has been caught trying to smuggle 72 diamonds out of the country in his underwear....

NEW YORK: The US dollar strengthened against the euro, pound and yen Monday as US Treasury yields pushed higher on...

WELLINGTON: The Australian and New Zealand dollars were nursing heavy losses on Tuesday after a tumble in oil prices hit...