Asian shares drifted lower on Wednesday, after rallying the previous session on hopes for further stimulus from the Federal Reserve, as investors waited for more clues on the state of the U.S. economy

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director Rajat Gupta lost his bid to suppress wiretap evidence at his upcoming criminal trial on charges that he leaked boardroom secrets to hedge fund founder Raj Rajar

More than two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling high gasoline prices, although most do not blame him for them, according to a Reuters/Ipsos online poll relea

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'.

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The union government plans to raise 3.7 trillion rupees through bond sales during April-September, in line with market expectations, but dealers expect yields to rise on back of heavy weekly supplies.

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.

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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

Dubai's top security official accused supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday of using social media to stir up opposition to the Gulf's ruling elite.

Dubai police

Russian police have arrested a man who admitted killing at least six people before eating their hearts and livers, media said.

Dubbed the ‘cannibal serial killer’, Alexander Bychkov wrote in a diary