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SEOUL: Samsung Electronics, which is losing ground to Apple’s iPhone 6, has decided to release the Galaxy Note 5 next...

CARACAS: Japan’s government-backed export insurance agency said it has stopped writing insurance for trade and investment in Venezuela after facing...

KUWAIT CITY: Commercial Bank of Kuwait announced net profit of KD 16.7 million up by 26 percent for the six...

WASHINGTON: The outlook for commodities remains grim for this year, except that oil will fall a bit less than previously...

KABUL: An Afghan national has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle in gold worth Rs 40 lakh at Indira...

BAGHDAD: Iraq became South Korea’s third-largest source of oil in the first half of this year, boosting shipments to the...

MUSCAT: Doubling of the natural gas price from January this year has substantially pulled down the net profit of Oman...

TEHRAN: Italian Economic Development Minister Federica Guidi, heading a delegation of 300 traders and businessmen, is scheduled to travel to...

MOSCOW: A man attempting to enter Moscow from Poland was stopped by Russian customs control while carrying a half-ton of...

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan navy arrested four Indian fishermen and seized 165kg of ganja from them in the wee hours...

OTTAWA: Canada’s wholesale trade declined in May, after two straight months of gains, led by a drop in the value...

ABUJA: President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate ban of 113 crude oil vessels from doing business in any of...

TOMS RIVER: Township police arrested three people after a surveillance team observed what they called "suspicious short-term traffic" coming in...

SINGAPORE: The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) seized 900g of cannabis at the Woodlands Checkpoint. The drugs were found wrapped...

DETROIT: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit seized what they believe are several fake...

LONDON: A shipment of cocaine worth almost half a million pounds has been seized from a yacht moored at Brighton...

WELLINGTON: A coordinated regional crackdown on the scourge of crystal meth - in which China and Hong Kong play a...

HAVANA: In addition to the opening of embassies in Washington and Havana, the U.S. and Cuba officially established a banking...

BRASILIA: Brazil reported a total of 282.45 million active mobile lines at the end of June, down 0.6 percent from...

BRASILIA: Brazil will drastically slash its key fiscal savings goal for this year due to falling tax revenues but plans...