The Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hunt down Osama bin Laden started a hunger strike in his jail cell this week to protest against his living conditions, prison

The Obama administration said on Tuesday that China's currency remained 'significantly undervalued', but stopped short of labeling the world's second-biggest economy a currency manipulator.

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Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied on Tuesday against President Mohamed Mursi in one of the biggest outpourings of protest since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, accusing the Islamist leader of seeking

India’s main indexes ended higher on Monday, led by gains in export-driven technology shares such as Infosys due to rupee’s weakness versus dollar, while reports of a stake sale to Etihad Airways buoy

UBS was fined 30 million pounds ($48 million) by Britain’s financial watchdog and put under extra scrutiny by its Swiss counterpart over failings that allowed a rogue trader to lose $2.3 billion.

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The rupee slid for a fifth day on Monday and hit its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half months, weighed down by heavy dollar buying by oil refiners, with gains in the euro failing to offer much

India raised 8.1 billion rupees by selling shares of state-run Hindustan Copper Ltd.(HCPR.NS) on Friday, kick-starting a stalled divestment programme that is crucial to reining in a ballooning fiscal

The body of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday, eight years after his death, in an investigation to establish if he was murdered, a Palestinian official said on Saturday.

Aston Martin stands at the centre of an international takeover battle after Mahindra and Mahindra trumped an Italian bid for half of the British luxury car maker.

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Pakistan's Taliban movement threatened on Thursday to attack Indian targets to avenge the country's execution of Mohammad Ajmal Kasab , the lone survivor of the militant squad responsible for a rampag