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MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has opened a new front in his war on drugs, targeting fake over-the-counter medicines to...

BANGKOK: Thai Minister of Finance, Mr. Apisak Tantivorawong, said on Thursday that the government is preparing to announce the regulations...

CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s listeriosis outbreak has led to several countries banning exports of affected meat products from the country,...

MADRID: The Spanish Civil Guard, working in coordination with the European police agency EUROPOL, announced on Wednesday the arrest of...

BAGHDAD: Iraq could overtake Saudi Arabia as the biggest crude oil supplier to India in the current fiscal year ending...

KIEV: Ukrainian exporters supplied 4.01 MMT of barley to foreign markets in the first eight months of the current marketing...

BANGKOK: The Bank of Thailand’s (BoT) policy decision is due on Wednesday and market is expecting it to keep the...

TAIWAN: The domestic economy flashed a "green light" in February, pointing to stable growth as industrial production started a slow...

KABUL : Uzbekistanis all poised to launch work on a major project that will boost power exports to energy-deficient Afghanistan...

AMMAN: Exports by factories and industrial enterprises registered with the Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI), rose by JD57 million in...

HANOI: Vietnam’s economy is likely to expand by more than 7 percent in the first quarter of this year, the...

BAGHDAD: Iraq is studying the possibility of building crude oil storage facilities in South Korea and Japan as part of...

DOHA: Qatar’s trade balance showed a surplus of nearly QR 14.1bn, an increase of about QR 2.7bn or 23.7 percent...

KUWAIT CITY: In a ceremony today, a loan agreement over the amount of KWD 8 million (Kuwaiti Dinar) or around...

MUSCAT: The UK’s special relationship with Oman is blooming and business is booming, according to the new British ambassador. In...

WARSAW: In a September projection, the agency had forecast that the Polish economy would grow 3.5 percent in 2018. Moody's...

ATHENS: The Board of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) said the move followed Athens’ completion of a range...

MADRID: Spain’s government on Tuesday hiked its 2018 growth forecast to 2.7 percent from 2.3 percent previously as it unveiled...

KIEV: The Ukrainian government has increased “anti-dumping” tariffs on mineral fertilizer imports from Russia, the latest in controversial efforts to...

ROME :  Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, the largest party in parliament after this month’s election, should try to form a government...