.An Iraqi security chief said Saturday that US and Iraqi forces have killed the militant behind the attack on a revered Shia mosque that was widely seen as the trigger for Iraq's sectarian war.
.Iranian police arrested 230 people in a raid on an underground rock concert close to Tehran, amid a growing crackdown on behaviour deemed contrary to Islamic law, local officials said on Saturday.
State Bank of Pakistan said on Saturday it planned to raise 15 billion rupees ($248.34 million) through an auction of long-term government bonds this month. The State Bank of Pakistan said in a statement it planned to sell fresh issues of three-, five- an
State Bank of Pakistan said on Saturday it planned to raise 15 billion rupees ($248.34 million) through an auction of long-term government bonds this month. The State Bank of Pakistan said in a statement it planned to sell fresh issues of three-, five- an
State Bank of Pakistan said on Saturday it planned to raise 15 billion rupees ($248.34 million) through an auction of long-term government bonds this month. The State Bank of Pakistan said in a statement it planned to sell fresh issues of three-, five- an
State Bank of Pakistan said on Saturday it planned to raise 15 billion rupees ($248.34 million) through an auction of long-term government bonds this month. The State Bank of Pakistan said in a statement it planned to sell fresh issues of three-, five- an
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India may have just 1,300 to 1,500 tigers left - less than half of the number believed to exist five years ago - conservationists say. The final results of a state-by-state census are expected in December but at a conservation meeting during the week, a n
The bird flu epidemic appears to have stabilised as far as humans go but several developing nations have not been able to stem its spread amongst poultry and domesticated birds, experts said Friday.
Two children were missing Saturday after a typhoon that has battered Japan for two days cut across the northern tip of the main island of Honshu and swerved into the Pacific Ocean, officials said.
Foreign ministers said all the right things this week about human rights and cooperation in Southeast Asia, but analysts warn the gap is large between their promises and the reality ahead.
A planned summit of Iraq's political leaders will be "the moment of truth" for chances of a powersharing deal between Iraq's bitterly divided sects, a Western diplomat said on Saturday.
The UN's top official on climate change on Friday called on wealthy countries to emulate the European Union (EU) and Japan by offering to slash their carbon emissions at a conference to be hosted by the US next month.
US President George W. Bush on Saturday expressed sorrow at the loss of life when an eight-lane bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River and vowed to help rebuild it as quickly as possible.
Iran has arrested a major international drug trafficker, state television reported on Saturday, saying he had smuggled dozens of tonnes of narcotics into the Islamic state each year.
Darfur's myriad rebel groups sat at the same table for the first time in more than a year Saturday at a meeting in Tanzania, aiming to present a united front in future peace talks with Khartoum.
The families of 21 South Koreans held by Afghanistan's Taliban for more than two weeks on Saturday visited an Islamic mosque in Seoul to appeal to Muslims to help free the hostages. The family group, some of whom are Christians, delivered a letter to the
The United States is pressing Israeli and Palestinian leaders to find common ground on some key issues within four months, in time for a conference on creating a Palestinian state, officials said on Saturday.
Iran will not give up its atomic energy programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in remarks published on Saturday before a visit to fellow Opec-member Algeria. "Iran has not demanded more than its right to nuclear energy. We are not ready to give up
US economic growth should be stronger in the second half of the year than it was in the first, although the second quarter is likely to mark the strongest spot, a US Treasury Department official said on Friday.
There is no need to intervene against the strong euro, the Chairman of finance ministers of the eurozone Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday, snubbing French calls for a weaker single currency to help exports.
China has established a blacklist of companies that have violated rules on the quality of exports, the commerce ministry said Saturday amid growing global concern about the safety of China-made goods.
Washington Post Co posted a 13 percent fall in quarterly profit on Friday, but its shares rose 5 percent as slower US jobs growth was expected to boost demand for its Kaplan educational business.
Washington Post Co posted a 13 percent fall in quarterly profit on Friday, but its shares rose 5 percent as slower US jobs growth was expected to boost demand for its Kaplan educational business.
Libya said on Saturday it was looking at relaxing restrictions on foreign and domestic trade, part of investor-friendly reforms which long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi has said are inevitable in the modern world.
Oil at an all-time high near $80 a barrel has pushed top fuel consumer the United States into the economic danger zone - and Opec, too, is concerned. The 12 exporters are keeping a lid on supply for now given ample stocks of crude world-wide, but if price
Even if the credit boom ends and financial markets can no longer count on a cheap, plentiful supply of funding, Europe's economy looks set to continue performing strongly. The view of most economists is that consumption, investment and production should n
The federal government and all of Canada's provinces will post budget surpluses this year, overcoming hurdles like the US economic slowdown, a strong currency and higher interest rates, CIBC World Markets forecast on Friday.
The European Union is to ban British livestock and meat exports after the discovery of a case of foot and mouth disease in south-east England, government minister Ed Miliband told the BBC Saturday.
Britain moved swiftly on Saturday to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease after the first case since 2001 appeared on a farm in southern England, prompting fears of mass slaughter and devastation to tourism and farming.
A Chinese-Sudanese consortium has won a contract to build a 620-million-dollar railway through southern Mauritania that will facilitate phosphate mining, the country's AMI news agency reported Saturday.
World Bank president Robert Zoellick arrived in Cambodia on Saturday for talks expected to focus on nation-wide corruption and bank-supported projects hit by graft scandals. Zoellick, who took office in July, is to meet with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun S
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday high oil prices have yet to dent economic growth in Asia and it would be raising its economic growth forecast for the region.
Indonesian crude palm oil saw no deals reported on Friday, while olein prices rose amid slim supplies and high demand ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan.
Spring wheat futures on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange settled higher on Friday, following as the Chicago and Kansas City markets rose on export optimism amid tight world supplies, traders said.
US copper futures settled at a one-month low on Friday as investors liquidated holdings in the industrial metal after economic data raised concerns of a growth slowdown in the world's largest economy, analysts said.
Indian sugar futures rose on Friday on short covering after four straight sessions of losses. However, the gains are likely to be short lived in the absence of fresh market triggers, analysts said. At 1.55 pm (0825 GMT) the August contract was up 0.32 per
Australia's wheat growers are deep in discussion over exactly how much of a watering down of full-service operations they will accept in running the country's controversial wheat export monopoly.
Chicago Board of Trade rough rice fell on Friday as the market continued to setback from Wednesday's rally when it hit a seven-week top, traders said. Technical selling escalated late when sell-stop orders were hit in September around $10.50 and in Novemb
Soyabean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closer higher on Friday amid weather uncertainty and slipover strength from the soyameal market, traders said.
A sharply lower dollar after a weaker-than-expected jobs report and preweekend buying drove US gold futures to a one-week high on Friday, but central bank gold sales could put a damper on the rally, traders said.
The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) said its eastern market indicator (EMI) rose 6 cents to 874c a kg clean at sales on Thursday. AWEX said its northern indicator at sales in Sydney rose 6 cents to 894c/kg, the southern indicator at sales in Melbourne ros
US cocoa ended at a seven-week low on Friday, after a choppy session on continued fund liquidation, traders said. "With the (September) option expiry today, some people were trying to defend $1,900, so they didn't get stuck with being short the market und
The price of New York oil surged last week to a historic peak above 78 dollars per barrel, propelled by falling crude reserves in key energy consumer the United States, analysts said.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange canola futures settled mainly lower on Friday in routine trade with position-evening a feature ahead of market holiday on Monday, traders said. Canola ended $1.90 per tonne lower to $3.50 per tonne higher, with November down 60
Modest trading was seen on the cottonseed oilcake market on Saturday as higher trend in the prices kept them on the sidelines, dealers said. The December vaida was unchanged at Rs 502.00 and market closed at the same rate, they said.
Active trading was seen on the cotton market on Saturday as most of the mills covered the near-term needs, dealers said. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) official spot rate maintained its overnight levels at Rs 3000, they added. In the ready business
Downward trend was seen on the grain market on Saturday as leading buyers were on the sidelines in the process of trading, dealers said. On the cereal side masoor Canada lost Rs 200 to Rs 3900. Wheat old and new with Bardana shed Rs 5 to Rs 1260 and 1275,
Spot basis bids for corn and soyabeans fell at river terminals around the US Midwest on Friday as rising shipping costs left grain dealers with less money to offer farmers for their crops.
Singapore bunker prices rebounded on Friday, but the differential to cargo values stayed in deep discounts on thin demand. The discount was widened as suppliers, who are seen taking positions that first-half August is stronger than the second half, slashe
The lineup of vessels waiting to load sugar in Brazilian ports fell to 39 ships, from 46 last week, shipping agent Williams said on Thursday. In a weekly report, Williams said 32 vessels were lined up in the southern port of Santos, compared with 38 last
The Karachi Port handled 104,680 tonnes cargo including 82,887 tonnes import, 21,793 tonnes export cargo and 2,685 containers (TEUs) during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Saturday.
Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed mostly higher on Friday, following strength in European wheat markets amid global supply concerns, traders said. In Paris, milling wheat futures rose on harvest delays due to more rain in northern France,
Dry freight rates for major Asian routes reversed a 2-week slide, rebounding as Asian utility demand and slow to ease congestions at key coal terminals in Australia kept tonnage supply tight.
Currency speculators cut their bets against the dollar for the first time since mid June and slashed their bets against the low-yielding yen and Swiss franc, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed on Friday.
Peru's central bank on Thursday kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.75 percent, after raising it in July in a surprise move to tame inflation. Eleven economists polled by Reuters had unanimously forecast the rate would be held steady.
Currency traders will likely focus next week on the Federal Reserve's statement following its policy meeting on Tuesday, looking for signs the central bank's concern about inflation has changed due to concerns about credit quality in US markets.