International Customs

SAN JUAN: Puerto Rico's government says it has appealed a court ruling that effectively means it must repay $230 million...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s currency (rand) slipped to a two week low against the US dollar on Friday, tracking a weaker...

JOHANNESBURG: Ethiopia’s energy output is set to double as a $1.8 billion dam project, which has been under construction for...

SAO PAULO: Banco do Brasil Spanish, the nation's largest bank by assets, said on it received approval from the central...

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Customs officers have seized prohibited items and nabbed a Filipino housemaid who carried all this items at...

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir police has seized 35 kg of poppy straw and arrested a person, an official said here...

TOKYO: Japanese annual core consumer inflation slowed for a fourth straight month due largely to sliding oil prices, highlighting the...

COPHEN HAGEN: 11 Danish shipping companies and subsidiaries have sent 18 ships to be scrapped at the notorious scrap yards...

DOHA: The long-awaited Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) customs union became fully operational from January 1.The move signifies a qualitative leap...

TOKYO: Japan police arrested three Indians for allegedly gang raping a 22-year-old Japanese research scholar near a Buddhist pilgrimage center...

SEOUL:  Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and arch-rival Airbus have teamed up with local partner Korean Airlines to bid on development...

ANKARA: Turkish exports hit USD 157.7 billion in 2014, marking a rise of 4.09 percent compared to 2013, according to...

DUBLIN: Euro police has busted a major heroin-smuggling network based in Macedonia, including distribution hubs in Austria and Germany, with...

BERLIN:  The high number of refugees drowned last year when trying to flee North Africa to get to Europe, President...

WASHINGTON:  The forecast for United States beef imports was raised to 2.848 billion pounds in 2014, according to the December...

NEW YORK:  Customs and Border Protection agents have the authority to stop and conduct searches on vehicles within 100 air...

MUSCAT: Saudi investors have showed their full interest in setting up operations in the Special Economic Zone of Duqm in...

BRASILIA: A Brazilian national has been charged with attempting to import 3kg of cocaine through Sydney Airport on New Year’s...

KABUL: Twenty one projects of the National Solidarity Program of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD/NSP) has recently...

KUALA LUMPUR: The smuggling of petrol and diesel has risen in 2014 and it becomes most popular smuggled or hoarded...