Maldives court jails two Supreme Court justices

In Maldives, a court has sentenced two Supreme Court justices to more than 19 months in prison on charges of influencing lower court decisions. T...

US President Donald Trump to meet King Jong-un on 12th June in Singapore

US President Donald Trump will meet North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12th of next month for the historic meeting. Trump said the highl...

SpaceX halts countdown of first commercial launch of updated Falcon 9 rocket in Florida

SpaceX has aborted the launch of its planned first commercial flight of an updated Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on a miss...

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd's Q4FY18 standalone net profit rises 4.27% yoy to Rs178.1cr

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited's standalone revenue for the quarter (adjusted for excise duty) came in at Rs9,788.1cr, registering 43.4% yoy in...

The $325,0000 Rolls-Royce Cullinan has arrived and it's the ultimate luxury SUV

On Thursday, the Rolls-Royce officially unveiled the first SUV in the company's 114-year history. Dubbed the Cullinan, after the largest diamond ever ...

Natural Gas Discovered in Morocco’s Ksar El Kebir

The discovery, the seventh since SDX Energy’s arrival in Morocco,, marks the ninth well drilled by the British oil company.After drilling to a depth o...

Egypt forces kill 21 terrorists in Sinai: army

CAIRO, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian armed forces together with police killed 21 terrorists in North and Central Sinai during anti-terrorist raids over ...

World Cup Selection Dilemma: Brazil's lack of quality right-backs beyond Alves

There were fears that Dani Alves would miss the World Cup after he limped off with a knee injury in PSG’s Coupe de France success on Tuesday night. Wh...

Flipkart deal wrapped, Walmart now eyeing deals in Brazil and Japan

The wheeling and dealing show how McMillon is focusing on high-potential markets like China and India, finding partners to help it battle online and c...

Police in Delhi parade ‘space suit’ scammers after NASA claims exposed

The alleged scam was out of this world but Indian police brought a father and son duo down to earth Wednesday when they paraded them in the fake space...

Vodafone agrees €18.4 bln takeover of Liberty Global assets in Germany, East Europe

Global Copper mine production advances on higher output in Chile

Global copper mine production is estimated to have increased by around 3.5% in January 2018, with concentrate production rising by 3.7% and solvent ex...

Walmart’s $16 Billion India Investment Hits Waltons' Fortune

The world’s wealthiest family has just bestowed billionaire status on two of India’s most feted tech entrepreneurs. And wiped more than $4 billion fro...

Former Malaysian PM Mahatir Mohamad registers historic victory in general elections

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has scored a historic victory in the country's general elections. The election commission said M...

Greek police rescued 50 migrants who held hostage in northern Greece

Greek police have rescued 50 migrants who had been held hostage in northern Greece, allegedly by two Pakistani men who were extorting their families f...

Putin says feels 'deep concern' at Trump Iran move

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday said he was seriously concerned by US President Donald Trump's abandoning the Iran nuclear deal.Put...

President Trump: North Korea releases 3 US detainees

Secretary of State Pompeo secures the release of 3 American hostages detained in North Korea ahead of the highly anticipated meeting with Kim Jong Un....

Top 10 Schengen countries for short-stay visa applications in 2017

France has once again topped the list of Schengen countries that received the highest number of applications for short-term visas in 2017 than any oth...

Employer loses Dh100,000 as UAE tour operator 'steals' clients to help wife's company

A tour and travel firm in Abu Dhabi has accused one of its employees with 'stealing' its clients for another company that is run by his wife. The empl...

Emirati tries to bribe officer to sneak wanted man out of Dubai

A 50-year-old Emirati man has been charged at a Dubai court after he allegedly offered a Dh15,000 bribe to an officer at the Hatta border point to hel...

UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain welcome Trump’s exit from Iran nuclear deal

The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain announced on Tuesday their support for US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, with Riyadh’s ambassador to Washing...

13-year-old Juwan youngest Bahraini girl to reach Everest Base Camp

A 13-year-old has become the youngest Bahraini girl to reach Everest Base Camp. Juwan Abdulkhaleq, an eighth grade student, held Bahrain's flag high w...

China prepares for first private sector rocket launch

China's government-run space agency has long tried to make a mark in the launch market for small satellites. But it has been unable to make any sort o...

Emirates Group confirmed bonuses to the Staff

Emirates Group confirmed on Wednesday that it is giving away bonuses to its thousands of employees.The news came following the announcement that the a...

Suicide bombers and gunmen launched attacks on two Kabul police stations

Suicide bombers and gunmen launched apparently coordinated attacks on two Kabul police stations on Wednesday, with officials saying at least one of th...

Indian girl bags Dh545,000 Google job

Indian girl, Madhumita Sharma, joined Google's Switzerland office on Monday as technical solution engineer with the annual package of Rs1 crore (Dh545...

5.5-magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit the Pakistan capital and parts of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and east Punjab provinces on Wednesday, the Met said.The epicentre of the qua...

Walmart Is Purchasing Flipkart, Says SoftBank CEO: Report

US-based Walmart is purchasing Flipkart, news agency Reuters cited Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japan-based SoftBank, as saying. The deal, likely to value Fl...

Saudi Arabia intercepts two Houthi missiles

Saudi Arabia's air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, state television saidColonel Turki Al Malki, the official spokesman for t...

Iran to remain in nuclear deal without US: Hassan Rouhani

Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Tehran will remain in the nuclear deal with other signatories of the deal without the US....