International Customs

DURBAN:  The Cape Town Customs said that a Kenyan stowaway, who was caught while sneaking onto a tanker in Cape Town,...

Johannesburg: According to the currency trader at Rand Merchant Bank, the rand firmed to a new one-week high against the dollar...

CANBERRA: Fifty-five dead greyhounds have been found dumped in Australia and spent rifle cartridges seen nearby, police said, with the grisly...

TOKYO:  Japan's most powerful business lobby, Keidanren, agreed on Thursday to encourage companies to allow subcontractors to pass on higher...

AMMAN: The Committee Chairman Jamal Gammoh said the government increased prices of one litre of unleaded 90-octane gasoline in April...

LISBON: Portugal ‘s state owned water company EPAL stated that its net profit  increased around  €54 million in 2014.Following the...

MADRID: The Customs mounted a vigilance operation after the first package was detected. The Customs have arrested four British nationals,...

AMMAN: The Department of Statistics stated that the Kingdom’s olive oil production increased by 20 per cent in 2014.The Department of...

ATHENS: Greece failed to win support from creditors for proposals to cut spending and receive €7bn in bailout funds in return....

DOHA: Qatar continues to generate trade surplus, which totalled QR73.5bn in Q4, 2014, although imports have risen and exports fallen,...

TAIPEI:  Taiwan's manufacturing turnover rose by an annual 3.5 percent in 2014 to the highest annual level ever, but investment...

JAKARTA: State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II (AP II) said it had secured a loan of Rp 1.5 trillion...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka investment promotion agency, the Board of Investment (BOI) has extended its Green Channel facility to an additional...

KUWAIT CITY: Customs officers at Doha Port arrested an Iranian expatriate who tried to smuggle medical equipment belonging to the...

SEPANG: The Customs Department foiled an attempt to smuggle in drugs worth RM1.1mil and arrested a Pakistani woman at the...

TOKYO: Japan's ANA Holdings 9202.t has firmed up an order for seven Airbus (AIR.PA) A321 aircraft announced in January, in...

WASHINGTON: American Airlines plans to put its new Boeing 787 airplane on a third international route as of June 26....

ARIZONA:  A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 14 ½ years in prison for operating an organization that smuggled immigrants...

TEXAS:  Agents sent silver Volkswagen Jetta to secondary inspection after a K-9 smelled something suspicious, according to a federal criminal...

 NEW YORK: The last day of March netted US Customs and Border Protection officers more than $2 million of methamphetamines....