Mufti of Hong Kong of the People's Republic of China, Sheikh Mohammed Arshad, called on the wise people of Qatar to Prevent abusive reports being committed by Qatari Media against the religion scholars in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, pointing out that (...)
Asian and European stocks slid Tuesday as further weakness in oil prices and the slumping Russian ruble helped extend the global market rout, according to AP.
European stocks edged lower in early trading. France's CAC 40 was down 0.5 percent to (...)
World stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors remained cautious ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting that's expected to update forecasts for the world's No. 1 economy, AP reported.
The economic growth outlook for the U.S. became cloudier (...)
A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Seoul has made an emergency landing in Hong Kong after a generator failed, AP reported.
Hong Kong's airport says firefighters were put on standby for the arrival of the Airbus A330-300, which landed (...)
Hong Kong has confirmed its second case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, days after the first, as the virus spreads beyond mainland China, authorities said on Friday night, Reuters reported.
The victim, an 80-year-old man from the neighbouring Chinese (...)
Two more people infected with a rare strain of bird flu in China died over the weekend, as the number of human cases of H7N9 climbed to 60, state media reported Sunday.
The two deaths, both in Shanghai, takes the death toll to 13, the Xinhua news (...)
North Korea said Tuesday that it had conducted a new, more powerful underground nuclear test using more sophisticated technology, jolting the already fragile security situation in Northeast Asia and drawing condemnation from around the globe.
It is (...)
Oil prices rose sharply Wednesday after U.S. lawmakers passed legislation to avoid a 'fiscal cliff' that would have push the world's biggest economy into recession.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted near midnight to send the bill to President (...)
In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops from Sydney to Tokyo to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone, AP reported.
Eager buyers formed long lines Friday at Apple Inc. stores in Australia and Japan to be the first to get their (...)