Fresh juice fraud, hygiene lapses and delivery uniform violations also targeted Saudi Arabia tightens food safety rules with sweeping new penalties. Illustrative image. AFP Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Municipalities and Housing has announced new ...
Drought in Iraq unearths more than 2,000 years old tombs
Archaeologists in drought-hit Iraq have discovered 40 ancient tombs after water levels in the country’s largest reservoir declined, according to an antiquities official. The tombs, believed to be more ...
US forces begin withdrawal from Ain al Asad airbase as US presence in Iraq transitions
Iraqi and American officials announced that the US-led counter-Islamic State operation in Iraq began its transition to a bilateral security agreement. US forces have begun moving from Iraqi bases as ...
South Korea factory activity shrinks for 7th month on higher US tariffs, PMI shows
South Korea's factory activity weakened for the seventh consecutive month in August, as overseas demand dropped on U.S. President Donald Trump's higher tariffs, a business survey showed on Monday.The ...
Women’s Rugby World Cup: Sorensen-McGee hat-trick as NZ overwhelm Japan – reaction
New Zealand qualify for quarter-finals with 10-try win at Exeter's Sandy Park. Full-back Braxton Sorensen-McGee scores hat-trick of tries. Portia Woodman-Wickliffe becomes New Zea ...
Heat Wave Persists In Japan After Record Breaking Summer
On July 30, the country hit the highest temperature ever recorded, measuring 106.16 degrees in Samba city, south of Tokyo. That new record did not last a full week. On August 5, the Gunma region north ...
Indonesia president makes concessions after days of deadly protests forced him to scrap China summit trip
Indonesian political parties have agreed to cut lawmakers’ benefits, President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday, in a bid to calm anti-government protests that have killed at least five people in the country’s worst violence in decades.
Indonesia, Thai market outlooks buffeted by political risk
Intensifying protests in Indonesia and the latest leadership upheaval in Thailand are ratcheting up political risk in the two largest emerging markets in Southeast Asia. Indonesia’s equity benchmark slid 1.5% on Friday, the biggest decline in the world ...
Cyprus on track to exit rescue program in March – Fox News
Cyprus' finance minister says the east Mediterranean island nation is on track to conclude its multibillion euro rescue program on time this March, almost exactly three years after receiving the ...
Cyprus’ finance minister rejects financial transaction tax as part of …
Cyprus' finance minister is ruling out a tax on financial transactions as part of a rescue package for the country, one of the 17 European Union nations that uses the euro.