7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Fiji
A major 7.8 magnitude quake struck off the Fiji coast, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, but no tsunami threat was issued. The epi...
Mass grave with 166 skulls found in Mexico
More than 100 human skulls have been found in a mass grave in the Mexican state of Veracruz.The 166 skulls are believed to have been buried at least t...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he wants denuclearisation of Korean peninsula before US President Donald Trump's 1st term in office
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said that he wants the de-nuclearisation of Korean peninsula before the end of US President Donald Trump's first t...
Burt Reynolds: Hollywood star dies, 82
"Well, so far, so good. I know I'm old, but I feel young. And there's one thing they can never take away: Nobody had more fun than I did."Up until his...
Cranberries singer O'Riordan died by drowning
he Cranberries front woman Dolores O'Riordan died by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, an inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court has heard.The sin...
BBC presenter Rachael Bland dies aged 40
BBC presenter Rachael Bland has died at the age of 40, almost two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer.Her family confirmed she died peacefu...
Biggest mergers and acquisitions of all time
In one of its biggest foreign investments, Walmart Inc. has acquired an initial 77 percent stake in Indian e-commerce company Flipkart. The deal is va...
Islamic State to lose all Syria territory by 2019: French army chief
The Islamic State group will have been driven from all the territory it once controlled as a self-declared "caliphate" before the end of the year, Fre...
Facebook and Twitter come under US pressure to make rules clearer
San Francisco/Washington: The more US lawmakers learn about how Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. work, the more they want to know.In the latest congress...
Huawei unveils major update to Android OS
Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has announced EMUI 9.0, the next major update to the Android-based operating system (OS) from Huawei at IFA 2018,...
Saudi Arabia will require 8,800 pilots by 2024, says expert
Saudi Arabia will require 8,800 pilots and 11,700 technicians by 2024, according to an official from the National Aviation Academy.Speaking at the Meb...
World's ultra-rich population jumps 12.9pc
The world’s ultra high net worth (UHNW) population – individuals with a net worth of $30 million or more – rose by 12.9 per cent to 255,810 in 2017, a...
Bahrain ranked best expat destination worldwide
Bahrain leads the list of the best destinations for expatriates for the second year thanks to great results for working abroad and the ease of settlin...
World’s largest offshore wind farm opens in Irish Sea
The world’s largest offshore wind farm opened on Thursday in the Irish Sea, covering an area equivalent to around 20,000 football pitches.The Walney E...
Pakistanis own properties worth $150bn in UAE
Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has told the Supreme Court on Monday that Pakistanis own assets and properties worth $150 billion in the...
South Korean delegation meets North Korean leader Kim to advance nuclear diplomacy
A South Korean delegation met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday in Pyongyang for talks on arranging a third inter-Korean summit planne...
6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan's northern island of Hokkaido
In Japan, a powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hit the northern island of Hokkaido early today. The United States Geological Survey said, relatively sh...
Two journalists among at least 20 killed in twin blasts in Kabul
In Afghanistan, at least 20 people including two Journalists were killed and 70 injured in twin blasts at a Kabul wrestling club on Wednesday. Po...
Dubai's Emirates named world's best airline, yet again
Emirates celebrated a double win this week at the Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Awards, after being named 'Best Business Airline' and 'Best Air...
Heavy rains in China: Over 9,000 air passengers stranded at airport
Beijing: Over 9,000 air passengers were stranded on Wednesday due to heavy rains in southwest China's Sichuan province, according to local authorities...
Chinese private company launches suborbital rocket
A Chinese private company launched a suborbital rocket carrying three miniature satellites, for two Chinese commercial companies, into space on Wednes...
NASA's FOXSI mission to search sun with X-ray vision
NASA's Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager, or FOXSI -- a sounding rocket mission -- is soon set to stare directly at the Sun and search for nanoflares...
Italy's Defence Ministe blames France for Libyan conflict
Italy's Defence Minister Elizabetta Trenta has blamed France for the deadly violence in Libya, claiming that when Paris pushed for military interventi...
US likely to slap tariffs on USD 200 billion of Chinese goods
The Donald Trump administration is eyeing another package of tariffs on Chinese products as the trade war between Washington and Beijing showed no sig...
Mike Pompeo arrives in Pakistan
Islamabad: United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday arrived in Islamabad to hold talks on various issues with the Pakistani leadershi...
At least 12 killed in Ethiopia landslide: state media
A landslide triggered by heavy rains in Ethiopia's rural southwest on Tuesday killed at least 12 people, state media reported.Four people were injured...
Typhoon kills 9, shuts down airport in Japan
Typhoon Jebi has killed at least nine people and left more than a million homes without power in western Japan. Called Jebi, this typhoon was a brief ...
Typhoon Jebi leaves trail of destruction across Japan
In Japan, at least nine people have been reported killed by Typhoon Jebi, the worst storm to hit the country in 25 years. Jebi has left a trail of des...
Qatar lifts exit visa system
Dubai: Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday to allow foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their employers, a provisio...
Saudi Arabia declares online satire punishable offence
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will punish online satire that “disrupts public order” with up to five years in prison, the public prosecutor said Tuesday, as th...
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