Global policy makers are stepping up their resolve to combat an isolationist backlash that threatens to undermine years of opening borders to trade and investment.
Two explosions targeting military personnel on a passenger train killed at least three people and wounded 13 others in Pakistan's troubled southwestern Balochistan province Friday, officials said.
China will become the world’s first trillion-dollar aviation market as its expanding middle class takes to the skies in ever greater numbers, US manufacturer Boeing predicted yesterday.
The Brics group of emerging economies need to soon set up a task force of officials to explore a mechanism for setting up arbitration centres for use by the grouping as well as by non-Brics countries, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said yesterday.
Bangladesh and India have reached a consensus to contain militancy and terrorism through exchanging authentic information.
Tough new security legislation came into force in Malaysia yesterday, with critics saying that the “draconian” law threatens democracy and could be used against opponents of the scandal-tainted premier.
The British journalist Matt Ridley is usually an insightful commenter on the philosophy and practice of science.
Russia called on Tuesday for a swift resumption of stalled Syrian peace talks, saying it was the only way to halt ‘massive violations’ of human rights perpetrated in the five-year-old conflict.
Tens of thousands of Sufis descended on the Bangladeshi capital yesterday in a defiant show of unity, following a spate of targeted killings of members of the Muslim minority by suspected Islamist militants.
Just in case you haven’t got the message that exercise is good for you, two huge research studies this month shout it louder than ever. Which is just as well, since almost one-third of adults are classified as “inactive”.
Manchester United have the glinting incentive of a Champions League place in their sights as they prepare for an emotion-charged Premier League contest at West Ham United today.
Taliban insurgents fired a barrage of rockets at Afghanistan’s newly built parliament complex in Kabul yesterday
