RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is curtailing renewable-power targets as the world’s biggest oil exporter plans to use more natural gas, backing...

RIYADH: Saudi Vision 2030 aims to boost the kingdom’s hospitality industry by more than half and attract 1.5 million tourists...

BERLIN: Germany’s leading insurer Allianz has completed a deal to acquire 51 percent of PNB Life Insurance Inc., allowing the...

ATHENS: The decline recorded by Greek exports in the first quarter of 2016 continued in April, according to the data...

MADRID: Ministers have set aside €68m to tackle the high unemployment rate among the over-50s and to make it more...

KATHMANDU: Traders will have to bear additional cost of Rs 3.6 billion as transportation and detention charges within a year...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia have joined hands to promoted Islamic finance in the region. During the recent visit of the...

LONDON: One of the world's most wanted people-smugglers has been arrested after an operation involving Britain's National Crime Agency and...

BANGKOK: Agricultural organizations will ask the Prime Minister to consider lowering the imports of wheat and corn gluten feed, which...

KARACHI: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has accepted request of a private solar power company to set up...

MADRID: Spanish companies Zara, Santander and BBVA have been ranked in Forbes’ 100 most valuable brands in the world. Fashion...

LAHORE: The cement dispatches in the country have increased by 10.55 per cent to 35.523 million tonnes in the July-May...

WASHINGTON: Pilbara Ports Authority has delivered a total monthly throughput of 53.6 million tonnes (Mt) for the month of May....

LAHORE: A cabinet committee, constituted on the direction of the chief minister, will regularly monitor arrangements for provision of quality...

COPENHAGEN: Members of a delegation of Danish businesses and other organisations have said that Jordanian markets offer “great opportunities” for...

WASHINGTON: The Port of Olympia on Tuesday hosted a public meeting on a proposed fuel dock for Swantown Marina —...

DOHA: Mannai Corporation set to acquire controlling stake (51 percent) in Gfi Informatique. Gfi Informatique (Gfi),  an IT conglomerate, has...

WASHINGTON: The Halifax Port Authority has grabbed top marks from Green Marine for its efforts to be friendly to the...

KUWAIT: On the first day of Ramadan, narcotics detectives arrested a citizen – who had a criminal record in liquor...

TAIPEI: The nation’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.24 percent last month from a year earlier, while easing from April’s...