BUDAPEST: The European Commission on Thursday said it stepped up an infringement procedure against Hungary for restrictions on farmland. “Hungary...

KABUL: The price of the Arabian gold has decreased while that of flour increased during the outgoing week in capital...

DOHA: Property insurance in Qatar is expected to remain the largest in the non-life insurance sector over the next couple...

KUWAIT: Global Investment House Company announced yesterday it gained net profit of KD 243,000 for Q1 2016 period, ending on...

GENEVA: Despite a focused international crackdown lasting several years, the BSI bank scandal shows that the dirty stains of money...

PARIS: Executives at Credit Agricole and BNP Paribas sought on Wednesday to convince lawmakers they were taking sufficient steps to...

DUBLIN: The liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation intend to make a interim payment to unsecured creditors this year, which...

LAHORE: The mango growers are expecting 1.7 million tonnes mango production this year mainly due to good weather. However, Progressive...

ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation for the week ended on May 26 for the combined income group witnessed decrease of 0.14...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s diversified John Keells Holdings group net profits fell 13 percent to 4.5 billion rupees in the March...

SINGAPORE: Growth at hospitals across markets and new hospital acquisitions were some of the reasons behind strong first-quarter earnings for...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs detected a suspected case of smuggling illicit cigarettes at Man Kam To Control Point yesterday....

MOSCOW: The Kremlin policy of capital amnesty has started to pay off, as recent data from the Central Bank shows...

SAN CLEMENTE: San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents on Interstate 5 arrested a man yesterday who had cocaine stashed under...

MADRID: Spanish acting Minister of Economy and Competitiveness Luis de Guindos expects the country's economy to grow up to 3...

BEIJING: China continued to see a deficit in foreign service trade in April but it narrowed, data from the State...

BEIJING: Chinese listed property companies' investment in real estate in 2015 registered the slowest growth in 17 years, according to...

BEIJING: Apple and Samsung supplier Foxconn has cut employees in one of its factories from 110,000 to 50,000. The company...

LONDON: A gauge of UK consumer confidence rose for the first time since January, but remained below zero as the...

SAN FRANCISCO: A US jury on Thursday handed Google a major victory in a long-running copyright battle with Oracle Corp...