The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note Friday, tracking gains in the major Asian markets.

At 9.36 a.m., the BSE Sensex was trading at 40,893.60, higher by 114.01 points or 0.28 per cent from the previous close of 40,779.59 points. It has so far touched an intra-day high of 40,952.13 and a low of 40,855.41 points.<

American ride-hailing giant Uber has disclosed that between January and December 2018, it received 235 complaints from people who claimed to have been raped while they were riding on some of their cars in the US.

The San Francisco-headquartered company on Thursday published its Safety Report in the US, which provides data compiled

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took offence at a reporter's question about whether she hates President Donald Trump, a situation that the president took advantage of to mock her response.

On Thursday, when Pelosi was just leaving her regular weekly press conference a reporter asked her if she hated the president and if that was th

Saudi Arabian state oil giant Saudi Aramco on Thursday priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the high end of the targeted range, a level that will allow the company to raise a record total of at least $25.6 billion.

The company plans to sell 3 billion shares, or 1.5 per cent of its total shares, at a price of 32 Saudi riyals

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj stressed that there will be no cease-fire in Libya without withdrawal of the rival eastern-based army from western Libya.

Serraj made his remarks during a meeting with the European Union Ambassador to Libya Alan Bugeja and German Ambassador to Libya Oliver Owcza, according to a sta

Chief of Staff of Iran Armed Forces Hossein Baqeri said that the Islamic republic has achieved self-sufficiency in building military equipment needed to defend the country.

Iran is becoming less dependent on foreigners in producing defence-related hardware thanks to its universities as well as knowledge-based companies, which are