Both UK indexes were set for weekly gains, with FTSE 100 on track to rise 0.7% and the midcap index to gain 1.3%, buoyed by hopes for a turnaround in the Chinese economy after policymakers this week ...

Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally in Washington ...

KANPUR: India fast bowler Akash Deep sent back both Bangladesh’s openers inside the first hour of play as the tourists took ...

JAKARTA: At least 15 people died in the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Indonesia’s province of West Sumatra, following a ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will address on Friday the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New ...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s rand was steady against the dollar on Friday, as the local currency held onto recent gains amid ...

Haiti has seen nearly 13 people killed on average each day this year, according to data from a United Nations report on ...

FRANKFURT: A meeting between bankers from Commerzbank and UniCredit will be held virtually on Friday morning, a person with ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has restored an online visa application platform to encourage tourism after its top court suspended a ...

NEW DELHI: India will not buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced from Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project, which is sanctioned by ...

Euro zone government bond yields dropped on Friday after inflation data from France and Spain, with investors awaiting ...

LONDON: Europe’s STOXX 600 rose 0.2% to a record high of 526.72 points on Friday, eclipsing late August’s all-time peak.