Kuwait plans toll for new bridgeKuwait's Ministry of Public Works has announced plans to impose a toll for using the new Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Bridge, which is expected to be inaugurated by the end of 2018. The causeway is considered one of the longest bridg More… |
Egypt plans to rework toll for vesselsEgypt is discussing with global shipping firms plans to rework the way it charges vessels to pass through the Suez Canal, offering discounts for advance payments as it seeks to raise much-needed hard currency from a struggling industry, said a r More… |
Death toll in Pakistani hospital bombing rises to 45A bomb at a hospital in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on Monday killed 45 people and wounded more than 50, the provincial health minister said, significantly raising the casualty toll from initial estimates. "The More… |
Baghdad bombing death toll rises to 281: Health ministerThe death toll from a massive suicide bombing in Baghdad over the weekend has reached 281, Iraq's Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The attack, claimed by the militant group Islamic State, which the government i More… |
Death toll in India flyover collapse rises to 23The death toll in the collapse of a flyover under construction in the Indian city of Kolkata rose to 23, after rescuers worked through the night with cranes and jackhammers to clear huge slabs of steel and concrete. More… |
VW cuts capex to $12bn next year as crisis takes tollVolkswagen said it would reduce its capital spending to no more than €12 billion ($12.8 billion) next year as it grapples with the multi-billion-euro costs of its emissions crisis. It will increase spendin More… |
Saudi haj disaster death toll at least 2,070: ReutersThe deadly crush that occurred at the haj near Makkah last month killed at least 2,070 people, nearly triple the number accounted for in a death toll maintained by Saudi authorities, a Reuters tally indicated on Thursday. More… |
Nepal earthquake death toll passes 6,200The death toll from Nepal's devastating earthquake rose steadily past 6,200 on Friday as fresh aftershocks and the stench of rotting bodies made it hard for nervous survivors to return to their homes. Disposal of the hundreds More… |
Death toll from Taiwan plane crash rises to 31The death toll from a TransAsia Airways plane that crashed into a Taipei river shortly after taking off has risen to 31, Taiwanese officials said, and could rise further with 12 people still missing. TransAsia Flight GE235, carryi More… |
Syria death toll tops 190,000 in 3 yearsMore than 191,000 people were killed in the first three years of Syria's civil war, a UN report said on Friday, and the world body's human rights envoy rebuked leading powers for failing to halt what she branded a "wholly avoidable More… |