Macron asks shipping lines to shun arctic route 

French President Emmanuel Macron is calling on container lines to avoid using a new Arctic shipping…

EU countries agree to share out Ocean Viking migrants

  Six European Union countries have agreed to take in the 356 migrants stranded at sea…

Four dead, 33 missing after Indonesia ferry fire

At least four people died and nearly three dozen were missing after a passenger ferry went…

China strikes back in trade dispute with U.S. with new tariffs

China unveiled on Friday retaliatory tariffs against about $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, putting an…

Workers begin strike at Barcelona airport

  Spain’s largest airline, Vueling, has canceled 112 flights scheduled for Saturday and Sunday because of…

Malaysia seizes $161m cocaine, meph in sacks

Malaysian authorities on Friday said they had seized nearly 3.7 tonnes of ketamine and cocaine worth…

Australia slams criminal cartel charges on Norwegian shipping firm

  Norway-based shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean (WWO) has been charged with criminal cartel conduct in…

Vietnam, Australia express concern over South China Sea tensions

  New allies Vietnam and Australia expressed concern on Friday about China’s activities in the South…

Nigeria produced 692m barrels of crude oil in 2017 – NEITI

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says that 692 million barrels of crude oil were…

Kenyan hired by Nigerian swallows 68 packs of cocaine

A Kenyan man was stopped at Bangkok’s airport for allegedly trying to smuggle more than 60…

Rescue ship captain rejects Paris’ highest award

  The German captain of rescue ships that saved hundreds of migrants’ lives in the Mediterranean…

Chinese ports handle 22.77m TEUS in one month 

  Chinese ports handled 22.77 million TEUs of containers in July, swelling 6.9% from a year…