LONDON: Two British men, aged 65 and 49, a British citizen of Kuwaiti origin, 42, and an Egyptian, 33, were...

MUMBAI: India, the world s biggest cotton producer, has contracted to import 20,000 bales from Pakistan for shipment this month...

WASHINGTON: Is India’s shipping ministry trying to pass the buck on finding a solution to the stress facing private cargo...

SINGAPORE: Singapore has been designated as the secretariat of the Port Authorities Roundtable (PAR), a new grouping bringing together port...

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s crude oil exports to China in May surged 35.1 percent from a year earlier to 1.45 million tons,...

SEOUL: Hyundai Merchant Marine Co, South Korea’s second-biggest container liner, is seeking to join the world’s largest shipping alliance. The...

MANILA: TY family-led Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) plans to raise as much as P20 billion from a new...

AMSTERDAM: Dutch health minister Edith Schippers said on Thursday she plans to increase the fine payable by pharmaceutical companies which...

COPENHAGEN: Denmark is the most expensive place in Europe to buy groceries, according to new figures from Eurostat. The Eurostat...

ATHENS: The Royal Bank of Scotland has received bids for its Greek ship finance business, banking and financial sources familiar...

BERLIN: The German football governing body has announced that TV revenues in Germany will jump by 85% from 2017-18 to...

BUDAPEST: Hungarian-US economic cooperation is “a real success story”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after talks with members of the...

KABUL: The prices of flour, sugar and fuel increased during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources said on...

DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) will strengthen and expand its cooperation with local institutions of higher studies, including leading universities and...

KUWAIT: Property experts predict that the domestic real-estate market will be stable in the second half of this year due...

JAKARTA: State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II (AP II) is seeking Rp 2 trillion (US$150 million) in state capital injection...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has run budget deficit of 6.1 percent of gross domestic product or 180 billion rupees in the...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs today detected a sea-bound cargo smuggling case and seized about 4 000 kilograms of suspected...

MOSCOW: Wealthy Russian families lost between 25 and 75 percent of their income in 2015, the Vedomosti business daily reported...

PARIS: Paris-based investment bank Rothschild & Co. (PIEJF) announced significantly stronger performance in both operating profit and revenue for the...