GENEVA: Switzerland has become the 37th founding member of the newly created Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The Chinese-led body...

ISLAMABAD: The Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) has posted 83 per cent decline in its earnings during the first quarter of...

KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has got significant information of thirty major real estate builders and developers during a...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is expected to reach a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan...

OTTAWA: The Canada Revenue Agency has offered credit-protection services to several people after their private information — including social insurance...

LONDON: The City regulator has widened its inquiries into potential links between UK financial firms and the law company at...

STERLING: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO), at Washington Dulles International Airport arrested a Virginia...

SINGAPORE: Insurer Great Eastern reported uninspiring results for the first quarter, on the back of volatility in the global financial...

BRUSSELS: Mercosur, or the Southern Common Market, will exchange the first official trade deal offers ahead of formal negotiations for...

MUNICH: German manufacturers' expectations in export growth fell notably in April compared to last month, research group Ifo institute reported...

NEW DELHI: Shipping Company AP Moller-Maersk is keen on taking Indian ports on lease, but is waiting for a clear...

NEW YORK: Apple on Tuesday reported its first-ever drop in iPhone sales since launching the smartphone in 2007 as the...

BEIJING: The combined profits of China’s non-financial state-owned enterprises in the first quarter fell 13.8 percent year on year to...

BEIJING: Chinese Customs have been ramping up efforts to stop counterfeit goods from crossing its borders, with a three-year long...

MANILA: The Customs bureau will go ahead with a fuel-marking scheme as part of an initiative to curtail smuggling. Oil...

WASHINGTON: The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) workers are now using a digital entry system to enter data, thanks to...

ILOILO CITY: The government of the Republic of South Korea has approved an $8-million-grant to repair ports in three towns...

LIMERICK: Drugs, including large quantities of cocaine and heroin have been seized over the last two weeks by gardai in...

IPOH: Some 10kg of heroin pack­ed in 20 plastic bags was seized ​from a drug processing lab in Taiping near...

BRASÍLIA: Brazil's Ports Minister, Helder Barbalho, has resigned from the government of President Dilma Rousseff, who is currently under threat...