KUALA LUMPUR:Palm oil futures rose for the first time in five sessions on Wed­­nesday, supported by rising export... Published Sep 21, 2017 06:51am

Silver was down 0.3pc at $17.27 an ounce, platinum lost 0.1pc to $947.50 and palladium was down 0.4pc at $904.50. Updated Sep 21, 2017 08:29am

Middle-order batsman Silva could be given the chance to make a late Test debut for his country at the age of 28. Updated Sep 21, 2017 09:00am

BERLIN: Colombia midfielder James Rodriguez celebrated his first Bundesliga start for Bayern Munich in style by... Published Sep 21, 2017 06:51am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand has changed the venue of its team’s second ODI against England in February to Bay Oval in... Published Sep 21, 2017 06:51am

BEIRUT: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday its campaign to capture Raqqa from IS was in... Published Sep 21, 2017 06:50am

BELARUS said on Wednesday the West had no reason to fear attack by its close ally Russia or that Moscow could leave... Published Sep 21, 2017 06:50am

SAN JUAN: Hurricane Maria caused “mind boggling damage”, ripping off roofs across the small island of Dominica... Published Sep 20, 2017 07:01am

War planes kill three Kurdish militants SIRNAK: Turkey escalated its opposition to a Kurdish independence... Published Sep 20, 2017 07:01am

NEW YORK: More than 40 million people were trapped as slaves last year in forced labour and forced marriages,... Published Sep 20, 2017 07:01am

CAIRO: Egypt’s Presi­dent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met for the... Published Sep 20, 2017 07:01am

Silver was up 0.1pc at $17.16 an ounce, while platinum was 0.7pc lower at $948.65 an ounce. Updated Sep 20, 2017 08:12am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell to their lowest in a week on Tuesday evening, a fourth straight ... Published Sep 20, 2017 07:00am

MONHEIM: German drugs and pesticides group Bayer said on Tuesday it was now likely to be early next year before it... Published Sep 20, 2017 07:00am

ST. LOUIS: More than 80 people were arrested on Sunday night as protests in St Louis over the acquittal of a white... Published Sep 19, 2017 07:01am

ST. LOUIS: More than 80 people were arrested on Sunday night as protests in St Louis over the acquittal of a white... Published Sep 19, 2017 07:01am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will train women to work as air traffic controllers, state media reported, as the conservative... Published Sep 19, 2017 07:01am

BRIDGETOWN: Hurricane Maria picked up strength and roared towards the Leeward Islands on Monday on a track that ... Published Sep 19, 2017 07:01am

KANDAHAR: A roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar killed at least six civilians travelling... Published Sep 19, 2017 07:01am

LONDON: Russian oil major Rosneft will invest in gas pipelines in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan, expanding its... Published Sep 19, 2017 07:01am