KANDAHAR CITY: Officials and residents of southern Kandahar province say power supply should not be cut during installation of a...

MOSCOW: Security forces in Moldova have recovered an "imposing" quantity of uranium from a smuggling ring involved in a growing...

COPENHAGEN: The Danish capital has been selected to host next year’s Africa Energy Forum, a major energy conference with about...

ISTANBUL: Hundreds of luxury watches and precious jewelry valued at$1 million dollars have been seized by police in an anti-smuggling...

OSLO: Norway is Europe’s second most expensive country for groceries and far and away the priciest country for booze and...

ATHENS: Stocks came under pressure in Greece from the start of trade on Friday, as was the case elsewhere in...

BUDAPEST: The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) has prepared for both outcomes of the British vote on European Union membership,...

ATHENS: Britain's vote to exit the European Union will have a limited impact on the Greek economy, central bank officials...

JAKARTA: Bank Indonesia (BI) expects the effect of Britain’s exit (Brexit) from the European Union on global financial markets, including...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said he aims to raise the tax on cigarettes to 90 percent as...

PARIS: France’s National Assembly has scrapped plans for an additional tax on palm oil, which had caused outcry among major...

OTTAWA: Thousands of employees at Canada’s tax agency have “strongly” rejected a controversial contract, putting them on the road to...

LONDON: Moody’s cut Britain’s credit rating outlook to “negative” Friday, saying the vote to pull out of the European Union...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Customs Department will be going after traders selling firecrackers online. When contacted yesterday, director-general Datuk Seri Khazali...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs detected two suspected cases of endangered species smuggling at the Air Mail Centre of Hong...

TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested a 60-year-old...

TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two men involved in separate attempts to smuggle a combined 26 pounds of...

MOSCOW: China and Russia on Friday pledged to further expand two-way investment cooperation to boost bilateral relations. The pledge came...

BEIJING: The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its Russian...

SINGAPORE: Singapore's manufacturing output increased 0.9 percent year-on-year in May, said the Economic Development Board (EDB) on Friday. The biomedical...