New York: Wall Street equities ended with steep losses Friday following tough talk from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who warned of “pain” ahead for Americans in the battle against inflation, with the Dow losing more than 1,000 poi...

Paris: French energy firm TotalEnergies said Friday it was divesting its stake in a Russian gas field that was reported this week to be providing fuel that ends up in Russian fighter jets. The company said that it had signed a deal on Friday with its...

BUENOS AIRES: Argentine authorities seized 1.6 tons of cocaine hidden in animal feed destined for Dubai and detained 12 people, police said on Friday. The seizure, which took place overnight from Thursday to Friday in the central city of Rosario, hig...

NEW YORK: HBO announced Friday that the “House of the Dragon” fantasy drama would return for a second season, after the “Game of Thrones” prequel debuted to nearly 10 million US viewers. Set years earlier in the same universe ...

Kuwait: Kuwait Navy Force on Friday handed the Royal Bahrain Naval Force the command of the Combined Duty Force (CTF 152); one of the three task forces of Combined Maritime Forces. Bahrain took over the command in a ceremony attended by Commander of ...

Washington: Taming high US inflation will inflict “pain” on American families and businesses, but failure to wrestle prices down from their current 40-year high would be even more harmful, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday i...

Manila: A ferry caught fire off a port near the Philippine capital Manila on Friday, leaving nine people missing and one injured, the coast guard said. Emergency services rescued 73 of the 82 people who had been on board the MV Asia Philippines as it...

Sony’s PlayStation 5 is already notoriously difficult to find, and on Thursday the popular console’s manufacturer said that it will also become more expensive for gamers in many parts of the world. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has...

Algiers: French President Emmanuel Macron called for “truth and recognition” of the past on Friday, the second day of a visit to France’s former colony Algeria aimed at mending their often painful ties. The three-day trip follows mo...

The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. Although the exoplanet would neve...