Wikileaks: US sends Clinton to Central Asia for damage control
Reuters: Amid a global uproar over WikiLeaks' release of sensitive US diplomatic cables, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins a trip to Central Asia and the Middle East on Monday, during which sh
Important revelations made by Wikileaks
The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks released thousands of sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables on Sunday that include candid views of foreign leaders and blunt assessments of nuclear and terrorist threa
Wikileaks: Saudi king urged US to destroy Iran's nuclear plans
Saudi King Abdullah has repeatedly urged the United States to attack Iran's nuclear program and China directed cyberattacks on the United States, according to a vast cache of diplomatic cables release
Iran’s nuke power plant fuelled up
Iran’s first nuclear power plant will become operational in the next two months, the country’s nuclear chief said on Saturday, just before possible talks with major powers over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
N Korea 'readies missiles', China steps in to ensure peace
Reuters: North Korea has placed surface-to-surface missiles on launch pads in the Yellow Sea, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, as the United States and South Korea began military exercises and C
Lavasa, JSP hit green hurdle
New Delhi, Nov. 26: India’s environment ministry is asking two high-profile projects about possible violations of regulations, continuing an assertiveness that has already held up or halted several b
Weak rupee mars gold sales
Mumbai, Nov. 26: Indian gold traders stayed away on Friday afternoon, as a weaker rupee made the dollar-quoted yellow metal expensive, dealers said.
“I have done minimal deals from morning as even th
Brazil crackdown on drugs begins
Reuters: Armoured cars rolled through smoke-filled streets in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday as police battled slum-based drug gangs for a fifth consecutive day in the city slated to host the 2016 Olympic
CBI brings 21 firms into bribery probe
The Central Bureau of Investigation has sent notices to 21 medium-to-large sized Indian companies regarding an ongoing probe into a financial bribery scandal, a senior CBI source told Reuters on Frida
Fact sheet: Firms linked to loans scandal
Reuters: The Central Bureau of Investigation said on Friday it was probing 21 companies for possible links to a bribes-for-loans scandal that has hit bank shares and hurt the country's image as an inv