(John Lloyd co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, where he is senior research fellow. The opinions...
Beijing: An Iranian oil tanker that sank in the East China Sea has left two oil slicks covering a combined 109 square km (42 square miles), the Chinese...
Muscat: Travel between Oman and Pakistan may soon be a matter of hours by sea, if a fast ferry service between the two nations gets the green light.
Plans...
Tokyo: Japan sees little chance of the oil spill from a stricken Iranian tanker that sank on Sunday in the East China Sea reaching its shores, an official...
Beirut/Istanbul: Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to "strangle" a planned 30,000-strong US-backed force in Syria "before...
London: Iran has freed 440 people arrested in Tehran during anti-government protests, a judiciary official said, amid continuing uncertainty over how many...
Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday Moscow will not support attempts by Washington to modify the Iran nuclear deal, arguing such a...
London: Gold prices hit a four-month peak on Monday as the US dollar index slumped to its lowest in three years but analysts warned the greenback's...