- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:27:41 GMT
Spanish police kill five Barcelona terror suspects
Spanish police shot dead five suspects who were carrying bomb belts. The incident happened a few hours after the Islamist militant drove a van into crowds killing 14 people.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:12:55 GMT
Police says Catalonia's attacks planned for some time
On Friday, the Spanish police reported that the three deadly attacks in Catalonia had been prepared for some time by terrorists operating out of the town of Alcanar.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:51:28 GMT
Switzerland bars new Porsche Cayenne registrations
The Swiss road agency imposed a ban on new registrations of the Porsche Cayenne vehicles equipped with the management software of diesel engine.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:27:31 GMT
Brazilian police prolong Car Wash graft probe
The police of Brazil announced on Friday two new phases more of their anti-corruption probe into Car Wash alleged graft, money laundering and misappropriation of funds.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:08:52 GMT
German government irrelevant to Air Berlin talks
The German Economy Ministry's spokesman stated on Friday that the country's government was not involved in negotiations over sale of the struggling airline Air Berlin's assets.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:33:50 GMT
Another suspect arrested over Barcelona attacks
The fourth suspect was detained on Friday over alleged links to the attacks in Catalan city of Barcelona that left 14 dead and 130 wounded.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:20:20 GMT
Erdogan calls Germany's Turks to vote against Merkel
On Friday, the President Tayyip Erdogan urged Turkish voters living in Germany to vote against the Chancellor Angela Merkel and her allies, calling them enemies of Turkey.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:20:04 GMT
Russia discusses North Korea crisis with Germany on phone
On Friday, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Germany's counterpart Sigmar Gabriel were holding talks by phone over the North Korea's issue.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:19:56 GMT
Ukraine may face new cyber-attack similar to NotPetya malware
The Ukraine central bank warned government-owned and private lenders on Friday about a new malware appearance that might be as destructive as June's cyber-attack NotPetya.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:48:17 GMT
Spanish government reacts to recent terrorist attack
The government of Spain has started an effective anti-terrorism operation, which has resulted in already killing five confirmed planners of attacks.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:47:05 GMT
Afghan governor faces accusations
The governor of province of Balkh Atta Mohammad Noor has been accused of detaining and assaulting a political rival.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:21:12 GMT
Malaysia's Q2 GDP grows 5.8%, beating forecasts
According to the DOSM data released on Friday, Malaysia's gross domestic product expanded at a 5.8% rate in the Q2, topping economists' expectations for a 5.4% expansion pace.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:04:32 GMT
Spain arrests third suspect linked to Barcelona attack
Another suspect was arrested over links to the alleged Islamic State militant attack on tourists in the centre of Barcelona, enlarging the number of people in detention to three.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 08:00:43 GMT
Infosys shares drop 8% after CEO Sikka resigns
Shares of the second-biggest India's IT services company Infosys plunged almost 8% after the firm's CEO Vishal Sikka unexpectedly resigned from his post on Friday.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:59:33 GMT
Venezuela aims to jail violent protest leaders
Venezuela's new chief prosecutor vowed on Thursday to hunt down and imprison leaders of deadly protests, one day before a new hate crimes law was set to be approved.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:27:29 GMT
Ex-Uber CEO sees investor's lawsuit as public and personal attack
The former CEO of Uber Tech Travis Kalanick called the senior investor's lawsuit filed against him a "personal and public attack" without merit.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 06:35:01 GMT
Sixth Australia's politician Nash declares dual citizenship
The Australian Senator and the National Party leader Fiona Nash became the sixth politician who turned out to have a dual citizenship, which makes Australians ineligible for the Parliament.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 06:17:38 GMT
Philippines drug war death toll climbs to 80
According to the media, the latest week's death toll in the Philippines reached 80 in the country's capital Manila on Friday as the President Rodrigo Duterte's war on crimes and drugs intensified.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:53:44 GMT
Chinese new home prices growth slows in July
China's new home prices continued to grow at a weaker pace in July, fuelling expectations for a further slowdown in following months.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:53:36 GMT
Lenovo more assured of achieving mobile turnaround goal
Lenovo said it was more confident that the company could manage to achieve its turnaround target for mobile business in the H2 of fiscal 2018.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:09:03 GMT
Pence says US aims to increase trade and investment with Latin America
Mike Pence, the US Vice President, stated that Washington wants to increase investments and trade with Latin America, pulling back Trump's isolationist agenda.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:06:45 GMT
China to strengthen online job advertisements regulation
China is set to strengthen regulations concerning the accuracy of information, which job search webpages provide, the country's Human Resources Ministry stated.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 02:54:51 GMT
Japan, US step up defence partnership against North Korea
Japan and the United States are set to improve defence cooperation to be ready to deal with the threat of nuclear bomb fires from North Korea.
- Fri, 18 Aug 2017 02:54:26 GMT
Lenovo reports loss in fiscal Q1 amid higher costs
Lenovo, the China's personal computer producer, posted a loss totalling $72M in the June quarter, due to higher costs and muted consumption in the PC market.