Oil prices rose on Wednesday back toward five-month highs hit the previous day as OPEC production cuts and U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela continued to tighten supply, although economic worries increased. International benchmark Brent futures were at $70.92 per barrel at 0900 GMT, up...

Muslims are calling for action from the British government after a nearly 600% rise in Islamophobic hate crimes in the U.K. following last month's New Zealand terrorist attacks. “The issue of Islamophobia isn't an body_abstract issue anymore,” said Mohamed Mahmoud, the imam of the East...

U.S. submarine cable company SubCom said on Thursday it would lay an internet link from Australia to Hong Kong through Papua New Guinea, deepening its involvement in a region where China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has sought to expand. The route is the most direct internet link yet...

Japan’s telcos were formally allocated 5G spectrum by regulators on Wednesday, a major milestone ahead of the launch of high-speed wireless services next spring. The three big carriers - NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank Corp - along with new entrant Rakuten Inc, received spectrum from the...