Russia seen as ‘direct threat’ in NATO’s new strategy, China a ‘challenge’ MADRID: NATO agreed a new strategic concept on Wednesday that describes Russia as “the most significant and direct... Published 29 Jun, 2022 07:22pm
Print G7 discussions with China, India on Russian oil price cap positive WASHINGTON: Group of Seven democracies have had positive and productive discussions with China and India about a ... Updated 29 Jun, 2022 09:58am
World Chinese, Ukrainian foreign ministers discuss Russia invasion BEIJING: China and Ukraine’s foreign ministers have spoken for the first time in over a month, with Beijing... Published 06 Apr, 2022 06:05am
Print Kremlin warns West: rouble-for-gas scheme is the ‘prototype’ LONDON: President Vladimir Putin’s rouble payment scheme for natural gas is the prototype that the world’s... Updated 04 Apr, 2022 09:36am
Print Pentagon commits extra $300m in security aid to Ukraine WASHINGTON: The US Defense Department announced Friday it is allotting $300 million in “security assistance” for... Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:34am
Markets India says no plans for now to buy Russian oil in rupees NEW DELHI: India is not considering buying oil from Russia or any other country using Indian rupees, the junior oil... Published 30 Mar, 2022 07:01am
Markets India leans toward continued import of Russian coking coal NEW DELHI: India is leaning toward continuing to import coking coal from Russia, the steel minister said on Sunday,... Published 28 Mar, 2022 07:31am
World ‘China to ‘dance’ between Russia, Western economic ties’ WASHINGTON: China is likely to offer some support to Russia’s economy amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but ... Published 26 Mar, 2022 04:13am
Opinion A brewing commodity crisis and developing countries The United Nations has warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukr-aine could trigger a global famine as Moscow’s Black... Published 25 Mar, 2022 05:47am
World Morocco announces over $200m in fuel aid for truckers RABAT: Morocco is to pay out some $206 million to help out truckers who staged a national strike over spiralling ... Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am
World UK PM under fire for Ukraine, Brexit comparisons LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson found himself under fire on Sunday, including from his own MPs, after... Published 21 Mar, 2022 07:26am
World Zelenskyy asks US Congress to ‘protect our sky’ against Russia WASHINGTON: Ukra-inian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged American lawmakers to do more to protect his country from... Published 17 Mar, 2022 04:53am
Markets Asia Distillates: Gasoil refining margins ease SINGAPORE: Asian refining margins for 10 ppm gasoil fell on Thursday, retreating from a record high touched in the... Published 11 Mar, 2022 05:12am
Business & Finance Euro rallies as commodity prices ease and investors embrace risk NEW YORK: The euro gained more than 1% against the dollar on Wednesday as risk appetite returned to financial ... Published 10 Mar, 2022 06:30am
World Kremlin tells United States to await response to "economic war" LONDON: The Kremlin accused the United States on Wednesday of declaring an economic war on Russia that was sowing... Published 10 Mar, 2022 12:38am
World Iran nuclear talks stumble over unresolved Russia demands VIENNA: Parties trying to revive the Iran nuclear deal scrambled on Wednesday to resolve last-minute Russian demands... Published 10 Mar, 2022 12:31am
Markets Oil plunges as much as 17% as UAE, Iraq set to boost output BENGALURU: Oil prices plunged as much as 17% after media reports said OPEC producers United Arab Emirates and Iraq... Published 10 Mar, 2022 12:21am
Markets China stainless steel futures jump by daily limit BEIJING/MANILA: China’s stainless steel futures soared by their daily limit of 12% to a record high on Tuesday, as... Published 09 Mar, 2022 06:44am
World UK to streamline sanctioning Russian oligarchs LONDON: Britain is to make it easier to penalise Russian oligarchs and align those sanctions with the European Union... Published 06 Mar, 2022 05:14am
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points