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MUSCAT: Customs officials at the Wadi Al Jizi border post foiled an attempt to smuggle illegal cigarettes into the Sultanate....

DHAKA: From Anisur Rahman  Dhaka, Bangladesh today asked police and border guards to keep a sharp vigil on its porous...

BEIJING: The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi (yuan) on Tuesday strengthened by 141 basis points to 6.3752...

NEW YORK: In July 2015, the world witnessed the beauty of blue moon but now it is the time to...

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Tuesday gained value against the US dollar in interbank and remained firm in open market. According...

PERTH: The Australian dollar fell to 5-day lows of 85.67 against the yen and 1.5870 against the euro, from yesterday's...

CANADA: According to reports, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has a new target after its flyby of Pluto. Its new target...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Post generated Rs156,711.33m during the last five years (2009-14) through its insurance cover for customers. Pakistan Post is...

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee was on Tuesday trading marginally higher against the US dollar tracking gains in Asian currencies market....

EUROPE: Pluto may contain a subsurface ocean warm enough to host life, according to English physicist Brian Cox who also...

GEORGE TOWN: A 30-year-old Thai woman was sentenced to death by a High Court here the other day for smuggling...

LAHORE: The country’s biggest cement manufacturer is set to acquire a mine permit to extract limestone in Punjab. According to...

BELGIUM: A joint customs task team between France and Belgium seized a total of 1.6 tons of cocaine, worth a...

NEW YORK: Researchers have developed a miniature gas sensor that can be connected to smartphones to monitor air quality and...

HONG KONG: Dragged down by poor performance in exports of services, Macao's gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter...

ISLAMABAD: With the aim to resolve water issues in the country, Federal Minister Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal has...

LAHORE: The 14th International Textile Asia Exhibition has successfully secured$300 million orders in just three days. The exhibition is being...

TOKYO: The first road-going product of Hyundai’s N Performance Division has been unveiled in the form of the i20 N...

HONG KONG: The CSIRO is warning 99 per cent of the world's seabirds species will be ingesting plastic by 2050...

TOKYO: The first undisguised look at Toyota’s fourth-generation Prius has leaked online ahead of the car’s Frankfurt Motor Show debut....