Watchdog warns of ‘high risk’ digital currency offers
PARIS Nov 14 (TNS): A European financial markets watchdog has warned of the risks to investors of putting money in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs),...
Oil steady near two-year highs, US supply increase caps rise
NEW YORK Nov 14 (TNS): Oil prices held steady in a tight range after briefly testing lower, with support from Middle East tensions and...
Taliban attack Afghan checkpoints, killing more than 20 policemen
KANDAHAR Nov 14 (TNS): The Afghan Taliban attacked more than a dozen checkpoints over six hours in the southern province of Kandahar, killing 22...
US asks Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws
GENEVA Nov 14 (TNS): The United States has urged Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws and also take steps including enacting a legislation to penalize...
Woman says George H.W. Bush groped her when she was 16
WASHINGTON Nov 14 (TNS): A woman has accused former US President George H.W. Bush of groping her during a photo session in 2003 when she...
World carbon emissions on the rise again: study
BONN Nov 14 (TNS): World carbon emissions are set to rise 2 percent this year to a new record, scientists say, dashing hopes that...
Contest between India, Britain for ICJ seat ends in stalemate
THE HAGUE Nov 14 (TNS): The contest between India and the UK to get their judges appointed to the world's top court in a...
China launches its space satellite- BeiDuo
BEIJING, Nov. 14 (TNS): China launched the first two of the BeiDou-3 satellites into space, indicating that its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System has begun...
Iran ends rescue operations, battles to shelter quake survivors
ANKARA Nov 14 (TNS): Iran said on Tuesday that rescue operations have ended in areas hit by a powerful weekend earthquake that killed at...
Lebanon’s president welcomes Hariri’s plans to return
BEIRUT Nov 14 (TNS): Lebanese President Michel Aoun — who has refused to accept Saad Hariri’s resignation as prime minister unless Hariri returns from...
