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ANF foils bid to smuggle heroin, arrests Nigerian citizen
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotic Force (ANF) has foiled an attempt to smuggle heroin to Nigeria at Banazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad and...
Saudi-French Business Opportunities Forum being held in Riyadh
RIYADH: High-profile government officials from the Kingdom and France will attend the 2nd Saudi-French Business Opportunities Forum being held in...
Dhaka Air Customs seizes 45kg gold from 3 Malaysians
DHAKA: Customs officials at the Dhaka airport have seized 45 kg gold from three Malaysian nationals. The three landed in...
Russia exports 12.072m m3 of logs during last six months
MOSCOW: In the first 8 month of 2015 Russia exported less logs and more sawn timber than in the respective...
Chinese police seize 804kg of ivory along with rhino horn, bear paws
BEIJING: Authorities announced Monday the arrests of 16 suspected members of a smuggling ring and the seizure of hundreds of...
Iranian firms participating in Panarmenian Expo 2015
TEHRAN: 28 Iranian firms participated in the Panarmenian Expo 2015, which was held from October 8 to 11 in the...
China weaker yuan to help boost exports
BEIJING: China's weakening yuan is expected to help boost the nation's exports, which declined 1.1% from a year earlier in...
China foreign trade drops 8.8% to $352bn in Sept
BEIJING: China's foreign trade dropped 8.8 percent year on year to 2.22 trillion yuan ($352 billion) in September, less severe...
China’s FDI surges 7.1% to $9.56bn in Sept
BEIJING: Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose 7.1 percent year on year to 59.5 billion yuan ($9.56...
Azerbaijan, Iran railway lines to connect next year
TEHRAN: Azerbaijan’s and Iran’s railway lines will be connected by the end of 2016, Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak...
China sees 10,000 new firms every day: official
GUANGZHOU: China sees more than 10,000 firms born every day amid government support for entrepreneurship, a vice minister said here...
Russia’s Gazprom receives payment of $234m from Ukraine
MOSCOW: Russia’s Gazprom resumed gas supplies to Ukraine after receiving prepayment of US$234 million from Kiev, assuaging European fears about...
Ford to invest $2b on R&D in China
BEIJING: US auto giant Ford will invest nearly US$2 billion on research and development in China, despite falling sales in...
Volkswagen to recall 1,950 imported cars from China
BEIJING: Volkswagen said it was recalling 1,950 imported vehicles in China as part of its global recall of over 11...
China’s imports slump by nearly 18% YOY in September
BEIJING: China's imports slumped by nearly 18 percent year-on-year in September, the General Administration of Customs said on Tuesday (Oct...
China imports, exports slips for third month in row
BEIJING: China's trade performance has weakened again, with both import and exports falling last month. While the 1.1 per cent...
Russian currency fall to 1.69 against Azerbaijani: Customs data
MOSCOW: The bi-currency basket, revived by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, does not describe fully the disposition of currencies of...
40 American firms to visit Iran next month to explore business opportunities
TEHRAN: A delegation of 40 top Armenian companies are scheduled to visit Iran on November 9 to explore new business...
Asian shipping lines cut fees voluntarily
BEIJING: Asian shipping lines including Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) and China Shipping Container Lines have voluntarily lowered shipping...
Russian wood pulp exports rise 12.9% to 1.35mt: Customs data
MOSCOW: For the first eight months of 2015 total volume of wood pulp exports from Russia increased by 12.9%, to...
