Pakistan remands militant accused of Mumbai attacks for 14 days
A court in Pakistan on Wednesday remanded to custody Hafiz Saeed, accused of masterminding a four-day attack on India’s financial capital in 2008, after a...
Portugal will listen to new UK government, priority is to avoid hard Brexit
Portugal will listen carefully to Britain’s new government under Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but the priority is to avoid a no deal Brexit, Foreign Minister...
AT&T beats quarterly phone subscriber estimates
AT&T Inc on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for net wireless subscribers who pay a monthly bill as it grounded out some growth in a...
Oil edges up on U.S. stock decline, Mideast tensions
Oil prices nudged higher on Wednesday, supported by a sharp fall in U.S. crude stocks and tensions over Iran....
Hilton quarterly profit beats on steady travel demand
U.S. hotel operator Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by a steady demand for its rooms in...
Factbox: Which U.S. House Democrats want to impeach Trump?
Ninety Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives as of early this week have said they support starting impeachment investigations against Republican President Donald Trump....
Trump’s new anti-asylum rule faces court test in California
A new U.S. rule aimed at slashing the number of asylum cases at the southern border with Mexico faces a court test on Wednesday when...
Anthem Inc reports 8% rise in quarterly profit
Anthem Inc reported an 8% rise in second-quarter profit on Wednesday as the U.S. health insurer benefited from higher sales of its government-backed health plans....
Hilton quarterly profit rises 20%
Hotel operator Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc reported an about 20% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, driven by an increase in room rates and occupancy....
More than 60 killed, hundreds of thousands displaced by flooding in Bangladesh
Severe flooding has killed at least 61 people, displaced nearly 800,000 and inundated thousands of homes across a third of Bangladesh, government officials said on...