Oil Meeting : No production freezing
Qatar: A meeting of oil-rich countries in Qatar that had been expected to boost crude prices by freezing production fell apart Sunday ...
Ecuador earthquake death toll hits 246
Rescuers pulled survivors from rubble Sunday after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled ...
Panama Papers : Spain’s industry minister quits
Spain’s industry minister became the latest casualty of the widening scandal triggered by the Panama Papers data leak when he ...
Pak, China launch joint air exercise
Islamabad: Air forces of Pakistan and China today began their fifth joint exercise, signalling increasing military cooperation ...
US patrols in South China Sea with Philippines
Manila : The US today disclosed for the first time that American ships have started conducting joint patrols with the Philippines in ...
Obama appoints MasterCard CEO to key administration post
Washington : Apr 14, 2016 : US President Barack Obama has appointed Indian-American MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga to a key administration ...
United Nations makes selection of its new chief more transparent
The United Nations took a historic step Tuesday to open up the usually secret process of selecting the next secretary-general, giving ...
French PM favours Muslim headscarf ban at universities
France’s prime minister says he’d favor a ban on Muslim headscarves in universities, prompting criticism from within his own ...
Papua New Guinea plane crash leaves 12 dead
Papua New Guinea : Twelve people, including an Australian, were killed when a light plane crashed just short of a landing strip in ...
PM hosts lunch for William, Kate
New Delhi, Apr 12 , 2016 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hosted British royal couple Prince William and Kate Middleton for lunch ...