As hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal employees started returning to work, President Barack Obama said the 16-day government shutdown…
India has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery -- estimated at…
Proceeds of drug trafficking are likely to be used by extremist groups in east and west Africa to band-roll terrorist…
Hours before a looming midnight deadline, the Senate voted to reopen the government and raise the US debt ceiling, closing…
All 14 occupants of a small plane that went missing in northwestern Mexico were killed, Communications and Transportation Secretary Gerardo…
More than a fortnight after the government shutdown in the US, Republican and Democrat leaders of the Senate on Wednesday…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed his firm resolve to overcome the challenges of terrorism, extremism and energy…
The US government shutdown, now in its 16th day, has forced hundreds of thousands of federal workers to stay home…
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday placed the 'AAA' credit rating of the US on rating watch negative (RWN), saying that delays…
At least 99 people have been confirmed dead in the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in central Philippines, the country's disaster relief…
The figure of hungry people has fallen in India with its score on the Global Hunger Index recovering to 63rd…
Fighting is preventing access to chemical sites in some rebel-held areas in Syria and short-term cease-fires can help UN-appointed chemical…
India has learnt its lesson and improved its disaster management capabilities unlike Pakistan, where the situation has seen little improvement,…
The governor of the eastern Afghan province of Logar, Arsala Jamal was killed and at least 15 civilians were wounded…
US President Barack Obama postponed a planned meeting with lawmakers to discuss the government shutdown and the debt ceiling amid…
The partial shutdown of the US government has forced the furlough of more than 800,000 federal workers, including 97 percent…
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to US economists Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller.
A US special envoy on Monday opened talks with Pakistani officials in Islamabad to discuss the reconciliation process in Afghanistan…