Hong Kong / AFP Shares in Chinese telecoms giant ZTE plunged 16 percent on Thursday as it resumed trading after the US announced a probe over alleged violations of trade sanctions against Iran, which the firm admitted could lead to civil and criminal liabilities. Washington slapped restrictions on ZTE and three linked companies last month after an investigation alleged the ...

Kathmandu / DPA International air passenger traffic through Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) dropped for the first time in 13 years as travellers stayed away due to the April earthquake last year and a jet fuel shortage caused by an Indian trade embargo. According to TIA, the number of travellers passing through the country’s sole international airport plunged 8.37 per cent ...

Bloomberg Dutch voters rejected a treaty between the European Union and Ukraine by a resounding margin, in a referendum that exposed the extent of anti-EU sentiment in one of the bloc’s founding members. British campaigners to leave the bloc hailed the news from the Netherlands, as did the leader of France’s anti-EU National Front, Marine Le Pen, and Russian Prime ...