Search For Keyword.

Search (data)

HSBC to cement lead in Saudi Arabia with $5 billion merger

HSBC Holdings PLC is set to reaffirm its position in Saudi Arabia with the takeover of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC’s local venture as lenders bet on the kingdom’s ambitious plans to transform its economy. In the country’s first bank merger in almost 20 years, HSBC affiliate Saudi...

Russian support gave Assad half of Syria: study

  Air strikes against Syrian rebels have gone up 150 percent since Russia intervened in the conflict in 2015, helping the regime triple the territory under its control, a report published on Tuesday showed. The analysis by IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC) also...

NKorea threatens to scrap Trump summit: Yonhap

North Korea threatened Wednesday to cancel a much-anticipated and unprecedented summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, the South's Yonhap news agency reported. Pyongyang also cancelled high-level talks due Wednesday with Seoul over the Max Thunder joint...