SEOUL – Samsung Electronics has topped Africa’s smartphone market for the first time since entering the region in 1995, helped by payment plans that let customers pay for their phones by the day or ...

Board of Investment Minister Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh highlighted Karachi as Pakistan’s main industrial and commercial hub, noting that its port and financial infrastructure offer prime opportunities for ...

NEW DELHI – Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday urged the leadership of the Tata Group to resolve their differences through discussions behind closed doors, saying the dispute between Tata ...

DHAKA – Sirajganj has a way of welcoming visitors through its food. From fresh fish from the Jamuna River and rich beef curries to warm pantuas and traditional pituli, the district offers a taste of ...

ISLAMABAD – The government said on Monday that oil refineries would bear a burden of approximately Rs15 billion each month, which would allow petrol to be sold Rs15 cheaper than what it was in the ...

HONG KONG – Financial industry practitioners are advocating a regulatory framework for data sharing, the use of agentic artificial intelligence, and tokenization, measures that would position Hong ...

JAKARTA – A 48-year-old Indonesian male recruited into the Russian military was killed in a battle in Ukraine in May, according to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), adding to reports of ...

Israeli officials are hailing Aguirre as a hero for showing courage when she refused to abandon her 70-year-old patient at a time when she had a choice to leave and save her own… ...

MANILA – We always love a K-pop comeback, but this season, it’s also quite charming to hear our favorite idols take on beloved holiday hits—or better yet, make their own. A lot of our favorite groups ...

SEOUL – A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Buan-gun, North Jeolla Province, Wednesday morning, marking the strongest earthquake in South Korea’s southwestern region’s history and the most powerful ...

MANILA – The Philippine peso extended its losses at the start of a busy trading week, edging closer to 64 per dollar on Monday as investors braced for a series of major central bank decisions amid ...

BEIJING – China and Russia have agreed to foster new drivers of development in frontier areas such as artificial intelligence ...