International Customs

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait airport customs arrested an Asian woman who tried to smuggle marijuana stuffed in a jar of honey....

Queensland Govt rules out major development of port in Cairns

CANBERRA: The Queensland government has ruled out major development of a port in Cairns that would jeopardise Australia’s pledge to...

Sri Lanka Customs nabs 2 culprits with foreign currency

COLOMBO: Two people were arrested by the customs department at the airport today with foreign currency valued at over Rs....

Hong Kong Customs arrests smuggler with 4kg drugs

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs seized about 4 kilograms of suspected drugs in Tsim Sha Tsui and arrested smuggler. The...

Polish PGE power reports over PLN 5bn loss in H1

WARSAW: Power group PGE posted a PLN 5.06 billion attributable net loss in the first half following a pre-announced impairment...

Prairie Mining plans WSE debut in coming days

WARSAW: Australia’s miner Prairie Mining Ltd. will dual list in Warsaw and London in the coming days, the firm said...

EU gives France 5M euros for new migrant camp in port of Calais

BRUSSELS: Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Wednesday that firmness must accompany humanity in dealing with Europe's ongoing migrant crisis as...

Toshiba pulls curtain back on its Satellite Radius 12 convertible

BERLIN: At the IFA trade show in Germany, Toshiba pulled the curtain back on its Satellite Radius 12 convertible, the...

Portugal’s car sales up 24% in August compares the same month a year ago

LISBON: The number of new cars leaving showroom floors in August was up 24 percent on the same month a...

Portugal’s Ryanair boss wants 2nd Lisbon airport

LISBON: The chairman of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary, said on Wednesday that a second Lisbon airport in Montijo on the south...

Jordan mulls building $140m facility to produce yellowcake in 2016

AMMAN: Jordan will start studies related to the water, power and infrastructure needs of a $140 million fa-cility for production...

Over 2,500 tourists visit Southern Mazar shrines in August

AMMAN: The number of visitors to the shrines and tombs of Prophet Mohammad’s companions in the Southern Mazar District, 140...

Abu Dhabi customs above 30,000 bottles of alcohol smuggling bid into Saudi Arabia

ABU DHABI: More than 30,000 bottles of alcohol hidden in crates marked ‘apples’ were found by custom officials in a...

Ukraine boosts oil transit to Europe by 5% in 2015

KIEV: The transportation of oil through the territory of Ukraine to the countries of Europe in January-June 2015 rose by...

S.Korea’s crude oil imports rises 1.1% from 2015 to 86.6 mln barrels

SEOUL: South Korea’s crude oil imports in August rose 1.1 percent from a year earlier to 86.6 million barrels, preliminary...

Evonik opens facility for C4 chemicals in Germany

BERLIN: Evonik Industries has commenced new manufacturing plants for C4-based products in the Marl Chemical Park, Germany. This expansion of...

Manila Customs official struggling to implement customs laws

MANILA: Manila customs commissioner argued that his bureau is only implementing the law if it starts opening balikbayan boxes. He...

Philippines banks cut GDP forecast to below 6% despite picking up in Q2

MANILA: Investment banks slashed the country’s economic growth forecast to below six percent despite picking up in the second quarter...

Dutch port operator APM terminals acquires Italy’s reefer terminal

AMSTERDAM: Netherlands port operator APM Terminals has completed the acquisition of Reefer Terminal from GF Group. Terms and price of...

Over 422,000 tourists visit Jordan in July 2015