Saudi Arabia plans to create a $2-trillion sovereign wealth fund for making investments in strategic financial and industrial assets across the world in a bid to shed its dependence on oil revenue

Chinese manufacturing expands in March for the first time in nine months

01 Apr 2016

Myanmar upper house okays special role for Suu Kyi

01 Apr 2016

China blocks India’s UN bid for ban on JeM chief Azhar

01 Apr 2016

Brazil’s Roussef stares at end as ally breaks away

01 Apr 2016

Opinion polls show Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s popularity down to just around 10 per cent – but what is remarkable is that vice president Michel Temer, who has withdrawn has support to Rousseff, is himself facing graft charges

Consumer confidence in UK down to lowest level in more than a year

31 Mar 2016

North Korea, Islamic State to dominate nuclear summit

31 Mar 2016

Oil slips again as US stockpiles hit 8-year high

31 Mar 2016

Bangla court orders arrest of Khaleda Zia over bus fire-bomb

31 Mar 2016

A Dhaka court has charged former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 27 other leaders and officials of her Bangladesh Nationalist Party of instigating petrol bomb attacks in a bid to force the government of her rival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to resign

New era begins for Mynmar as Htin Kyaw sworn in

30 Mar 2016

PM to have rare interaction with Saudi women entrepreneurs

30 Mar 2016

Saudi Arabia, the world's most gender-segregated nation, is conferring this honour on Modi not only to show its changing face, but also to signal its readiness to cooperate in the area of anti-radicalisation

Abe defends Japan’s new security laws amid protests

29 Mar 2016

Chinese companies cut capex, hiring amid continued economic slowdown

28 Mar 2016

Trump calls Nato obsolete, slams US military policy

28 Mar 2016

Brussels Attacks Tear at the Fabric of the European Union

23 Mar 2016

The atmosphere of fear and suspicion that is sure to follow the 22 March terrorist attacks in Brussels following those in Paris, have the potential to reignite anti-Muslim sentiments in Europe

2 Brussels bombers identified, linked to Paris attacks

23 Mar 2016

Belgian police have identified two brothers as the suicide bombers in Tuesday’s attack at Brussels airport, and they have been linked with top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam

Over 26 killed as blasts rip through Brussels airport, metro

22 Mar 2016

Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union, was in lockdown mode after multiple blasts rocked the airport and the subway station, leaving more than two dozen dead and over 130 others wounded