Energy firms sank in Asian trade yesterday as oil prices extended the previous day’s sharp losses due to profit-taking after a recent rally and fresh worries about a global oversupply.
Global rating agency Moody’s has revised Damaan Islamic Insurance Company, Beema’s outlook to positive from stable, reflecting its continued strong profitability and improved market position.
Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, plans to discuss energy cooperation agreements with China and Japan, the Saudi cabinet said yesterday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to support Myanmar’s peace process yesterday as he met with the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Beijing ahead of historic talks with armed groups near the countries’ troubled joint border.
Trent Boult led an impressive New Zealand bowling effort as South Africa struggled on the first day of the first Test against South Africa at Kingsmead yesterday.
The haunting image of Omran, a little boy mutely caked in blood and dust following an air strike, has become the latest symbol of Syria’s war and its devastating impact on children.
Two Syrian girls aged eight months and five years drowned along with four other people when a wooden boat carrying war refugees trying to make it to Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, a humanitarian rescue group said on Friday.
The world's oldest underground rail network takes a big step forward this weekend when the "tube" starts all-night Friday and Saturday services after years of obstruction and delay.
More than 40 days of clashes between protesters and security forces have overwhelmed the main hospital in Indian-administered Kashmir, where some patients with severe injuries said they had been beaten in their homes by troops.
A Philippine court on Thursday released on bail a former branch manager of a Manila bank in a perjury case linked to the world's largest known cyber bank heist, police said.
Palestinian political parties began registering candidates for municipal elections yesterday, the first step in years towards a democratic vote.
Bangladesh and India have reached a consensus to contain militancy and terrorism through exchanging authentic information.
