HONG KONG: Hong Kong shares rallied 2.23 percent in the first few minutes of trade Monday after officials announced a start date for a trading link with the Shanghai stock exchange. The benchmark Hang Seng Index jumped 524.61 points to … read more
BEIJING: US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing Monday for a regional summit, his first stop on a week-long Asian diplomatic tour. Obama is due to meet new Indonesian President Joko Widodo during the morning, and then address an Asia-Pacific … read more
KARACHI: Two policemen were killed and four others injured as a polic van plunged into a ravine near in Hub on Monday. Rescue sources said that the accident took place near Gaddani Morh. The dead and injured were taken to … read more
ABU DHABI: Pakistan seamer Mohammad Aamer, banned and jailed for spot fixing in one of cricket´s darkest episodes, is set to be handed a dramatic return to the sport. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is expected to revise its anti-corruption … read more
NEW DELHI: The Indian army has admitted it made a mistake in shooting dead two teenagers in restive Indian-occupied Kashmir this week, a rare public admission of fault by the military. The teenagers died after soldiers fired at a car … read more