Fighting between Syrian security forces and rebels killed at least 13 people on Thursday as Arab leaders gathered at a summit in Baghdad to press Damascus for rapid implementation of a peace plan that

The rupee posted its biggest single session loss in more than 3 months on Thursday on the back of persistent dollar demand from oil importers, while negative local shares triggered foreign fund outflo

It's the end of a school day in the eastern Chinese city of Dongyang, and eager parents collect their children after a hectic day of primary school.

But that's just the start of busy times for dozens

The BRICS group of emerging world powerhouses - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - is expected to launch plans this week for a joint development bank and measures to bring their stock exc

India 'cannot just rupture' ties with Iran, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Wednesday, adding New Delhi will discuss oil imports from Tehran at a meeting of emerging world powerhouses.

India coul

State-run companies have won operating rights for almost half of the 16 blocks awarded under the country's ninth exploration licensing round, a government statement said, with foreign firms yet again

Telenor's Indian mobile phone joint venture said on Wednesday it has received notices from the country's tax office stating that Unitech Ltd's shares in the venture have been 'attached'.

The joint ve

For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free,

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has cut prices of some of its smartphone models in India by up to 27 per cent, in a move to boost sales in the world's second-biggest mobile phone market.

India is

Surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center on Tuesday detailed what they said was the world's most comprehensive face transplant - allowing a 37-year-old man to emerge from behind a mask