PRAYAGRAJ: A pre-dawn stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering killed at least 15 people in India Wednesday, with ...

SEOUL: Seven people sustained mostly minor injuries in Tuesday’s airplane fire in South Korea, authorities said Wednesday, ...

BANGKOK: Healthcare centres serving tens of thousands of refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border have been ordered ...

TOKYO: Yields of long- and superlong-term Japanese government bonds (JGB) slid on Wednesday as US Treasury yields edged down, ...

DHAKA: Train services in Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday after railway workers ended their indefinite strike, which had ...

STOCKHOLM: Swedish truckmaker AB Volvo reported on Wednesday a larger drop than expected in fourth-quarter operating profit ...

GALLE: Australia skipper Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat in the opening match of the two-Test series against Sri ...

TOKYO: Sony Group President Hiroki Totoki will add the CEO role from April 1, while incumbent Chairman-CEO Kenichiro Yoshida ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive order on Wednesday that would prioritize federal funding ...

BANGKOK: The Thai baht strengthened against the US dollar on Wednesday. AT 0206 GMT, the baht was 0.21% higher at 33.77 ...

SYDNEY: The Australian dollar hit a one-week low on Wednesday as a surprisingly soft reading on domestic inflation stoked ...

Gold prices were little changed on Wednesday as market participants awaited the US interest rate verdict, while ...