Economy & Business
US to impose steel, aluminum tariffs on EU, Canada, Mexico
The United States said Thursday it will impose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada, Mexico, reviving ...Hundreds of flights canceled in Germany as airports hit by strikes
Thousands of passengers were left stranded at German airports on Tuesday as more than 60,000 ground staff and other public sector workers ...2,500 job losses as UK cigarette supplier collapses
Britain\'s biggest cigarette wholesaler, Palmer & Harvey (P&H), collapsed into administration on Tuesday, with around 2,500 staff facing redundancy, its administrator PwC ...EU readies sanctions on Venezuela, approves arms embargo
European Union foreign ministers approved economic sanctions including an arms embargo on Venezuela on Monday, blaming regional elections last month for deepening ...Scores more Saudis detained in $100 billion corruption sweep
Dozens more people have been taken into custody by Saudi authorities, the kingdom said Thursday, bringing to 201 the number detained in ...EU pushes for tax blacklist after Paradise Papers leak
The EU pushed on Tuesday for Europe to draw up a blacklist of tax havens after the "Paradise Papers" revealed loopholes used ...Saudi mass arrests jolt markets but many see overdue swoop on corruption
All major Gulf stock markets slid on Tuesday on jitters about Saudi Arabia\'s sweeping anti-graft purge, a campaign seen by critics as ...Nissan recalls 1.2 million Japan vehicles for re-inspections
Nissan is recalling 1.2 million vehicles in Japan that were produced between October 2014 and September this year to re-inspect them because ...Deadly rocket fire hits near Damascus trade fair
Six people were reported dead on Sunday when a rocket hit near an international trade fair in Syria\'s capital Damascus being held ...Dutch police make arrests in contaminated eggs case
Dutch police arrested two suspects on Thursday as part of an investigation into the illegal use of a potentially harmful insecticide in ...