The U.S. Justice Department announced one of its largest-ever takedowns of a global cyber crime ring Wednesday, saying it had indicted 36 people accused of trafficking in stolen identities and causing more than $530 million in losses to consumers. The cyber crime network, known as...
Egypt Wednesday warned Turkey against any infringement of its economic rights in the eastern Mediterranean under a maritime border demarcation agreement signed in 2013 with Cyprus that allows exploration for gas in the area. The discovery of the massive Zohr gas field in 2015 has...
Asian stocks plunged Tuesday after a record-breaking loss on Wall Street, extending a global rout as panicked investors fret over rising U.S. borrowing costs and take profits after months of market euphoria. Tokyo led a collapse throughout the region, briefly diving almost seven...
Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday that profit after taxation almost tripled to just under $13 billion in 2017, energized by rising oil and gas prices. Net or bottom-line earnings for the full year compared with a figure of $4.6 billion in 2016, the Anglo-Dutch energy giant revealed...
