Asian markets rose on Monday as U.S. Treasury yields bounced higher after plunging last week.
Shares in mainland China led gains in the region as they surged on the day, with the Shanghai composite adding 2.1 percent to 2,883.10 and the Shenzhen (...)
The U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the United States and Russia abandoned this month, the Pentagon said.
The test off the coast of California on Sunday marked the (...)
Sudan's ruling military council and the main opposition coalition signed on Saturday a definitive power-sharing deal that paves the way for a transitional government, and eventually elections, following the ousting of long-time leader Omar (...)
Novak Djokovic acknowledged he had rarely faced the sort of barrage a resilient Daniil Medvedev used so effectively to shock the world number one 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the Cincinnati Masters semi-finals on Saturday.
After losing the first set, Medvedev (...)
Russia will not deploy new missiles as long as the United States shows similar restraint in Europe and Asia, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said on Sunday, after Washington's withdrawal from a Soviet-era arms pact.
The United States formally (...)
Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States' latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union (...)
Iran appears to be preparing another satellite launch after twice failing this year to put one in orbit, despite U.S. accusations that the Islamic Republic's program helps it develop ballistic missiles.
Satellite images of the Imam Khomeini Space (...)
توقفت الحركة بالعديد من المطارات بأمريكا، بعدما تعطّلت الأنظمة الإلكترونية لهيئة الجمارك، وهو ما أثر على عمل العديد من المطارات.
وكتبت إدارة مطار "لوس أنجلوس" عبر "تويتر": "أنظمة هيئة الجمارك وحماية الحدود تواجه مشكلة، يبدو أنّها تؤثّر على مطارات (...)
Gold prices dropped on Friday as stocks and the dollar firmed, but fears of a slowing global economy and lack of clarity on the U.S.-China trade war kept bullion on track for a third straight weekly gain.
Spot gold was down 0.5 percent at $1,514.70 (...)
The Los Angeles Opera has declined to release any details of its promised investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against opera legend Placido Domingo, the company's longtime general director, including whether it has already (...)
Christine Lagarde took over the top spot at the International Monetary Fund eight years ago in the midst of two crises. The first was an internal crisis of leadership: Her predecessor, Dominique Strauss-Khan, had just been forced to step down amid (...)
US President Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland, the world's largest island yet Greenland — which is home to about 56,000 people — has plainly stated it's not for sale.
Trump's plans have also been quickly dismissed by politicians in Denmark. “It (...)
The US justice department has issued a warrant to seize a detained Iranian oil tanker, a day after a judge in Gibraltar ordered it to be released.
The Grace 1 supertanker, which is carrying 2.1m barrels of oil, was detained on 4 July on suspicion of (...)
North Korea on Saturday said leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of an unspecified new weapon, seen as an attempt to pressure Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear negotiations and their joint military exercises.
Pyongyang's Korean (...)
The United States has issued a warrant to seize an Iranian oil tanker caught in the standoff between Tehran and the West in a last ditch effort to prevent the vessel from leaving Gibraltar.
The Grace 1 was seized by British Royal Marines at the (...)
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are looking to invest in infrastructure projects in Lebanon after ties have recovered, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said in comments from his office on Friday.
Hariri, on a visit to Washington, (...)
The autopsy into Multi-millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, found his neck had been broken in several places, according to a report by Washington Post.
Such injuries (...)
China on Thursday threatened retaliation if Washington steps up their war over trade and technology by going ahead with planned Sept. 1 tariff hikes on additional Chinese imports.
Beijing will take unspecified ``necessary countermeasures,'' the (...)
The US is delaying imposing tariffs on some imports from China until 15 December because of “health, safety, national security and other factors, Trump said that the delay was in part to avoid hitting US shoppers this Christmas.
The products include (...)
Most major Gulf stocks traded in positive territory on Wednesday after the Eid holiday, taking their cue from global equity markets which rose after Washington delayed tariffs on some Chinese imports.
President Donald Trump backed off his plan to (...)
European markets fell on Wednesday as Germany's economy went into reverse, reviving fears of global recession and tempering a rally for equities after Washington delayed tariffs on some Chinese imports.
Europe's biggest economy shrank 0.1 percent in (...)
Most Gulf markets traded on Wednesday after a three-day Eid holiday, while Saudi Arabia and Oman's bourses will resume trading on Sunday.
The markets reversed earlier gains as optimism over Washington delaying tariffs on some Chinese imports gave (...)
تعتزم شركة فيسبوك "Facebook"، إضافة ميزة جديدة إلى مستخدميها في الولايات المتحدة في وقت لاحق من العام الحالي لتحسين خدمة الأخبار.
وتجرى شركة فيسبوك "Facebook"، عدة محاولات لإطلاق تبويب أخبار "news" جديد عبر منصتها، خلال الأشهر القادمة.
وذكرت صحيفة (...)
تعتزم شركة فيسبوك "Facebook"، إضافة ميزة جديدة إلى مستخدميها في الولايات المتحدة في وقت لاحق من العام الحالي لتحسين خدمة الأخبار، حيث تجرى الشركة عدة محاولات لإطلاق تبويب أخبار "news" جديد عبر منصتها، خلال الأشهر القادمة.
وذكرت صحيفة "وول استريت (...)
China has denied a request for two U.S. Navy ships to visit Hong Kong in the coming weeks, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, as the political crisis in the former British colony deepened.
The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the (...)
