BEIJING : China has issued an upbeat but vague promise to carry out a tariff cease-fire with Washington but gave no details that might help dispel confusion about what Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump agreed to in Argentina.
China has yet to confirm Trump’s claim Beijing promised to cut...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand :- A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the southern Pacific Ocean near New Caledonia on Wednesday, prompting authorities to warn of a tsunami threat to nearby islands.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said tsunami waves of between 1 and 3 meters (3 and 10 feet)...
Doha : Qatar is to leave OPEC next month in order for the Gulf state to focus on gas production, Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi announced on Monday. “Qatar has decided to withdraw its membership from OPEC effective January 2019,” Kaabi said at a Doha press conference.
He added that...
LONDON : Global stocks rose Monday, despite a war of words between Donald Trump’s vice president Mike Pence and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, dealers said.
Europe’s major markets climbed as traders shrugged off Brexit and Italy jitters, while Paris also gained despite a massive slump in...
BANGKOK : A batch of 73 Myanmar nationals who were victims of human trafficking in Thailand returned home on Monday.
The 73 Myanmar nationals, who had been illegally employed before being rescued by authorities in Thailand earlier this year, were welcomed home during a handover ceremony held in...
RIYADH : Saudi King Salman heaped praise on the kingdom’s judiciary Monday, in his first public remarks since critic Jamal Khashoggi’s murder tipped the country into one of its worst international crises.
The public prosecutor last week exonerated powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
BRUSSELS : Germany will bar 18 Saudis from entering its territory and Europe’s Schengen passport-free zone over their alleged links to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday.
Maas said the move was “coordinated very closely with” states France and...
NEW DELHI : At least 12 people were killed and 13 others injured on Sunday after a passenger bus skidded off the road and falls into a gorge in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, police said.
The accident took place near Damta in Uttarkashi district, about 100 km north of the capital city of...
NEW DELHI : The death toll from a cyclone that battered India’s eastern coast has reached 33, a disaster official said Sunday, as authorities assessed the damage caused by the powerful storm.
Cyclone Gaja, which packed winds of up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour, had barrelled into...
WASHINGTON : North Korea is operating at least 13 undeclared bases to hide mobile, nuclear-capable missiles, a new study asserted Monday, as progress stalls on US President Donald Trump’s signature foreign policy initiative.
Trump has hailed his June summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong...
