Merkel, Singh bolster economic ties

Indian premier Manmohan Singh said Thursday the eurozone crisis was hurting the world economy, as German leader Angela Merkel pledged robust efforts to ensure it was not a drag on global growth. Singh and the German chancellor were speaking after a ...

Afghan defense officials on Monday said that Taliban militants have deployed a large number of fighters to Afghanistan after closing its religious Madrasas in Pakistan. KABUL, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai left on Monday ...

EFE News Service Death toll from Oklahoma tornado rises to 91 Washington (EFE).- At least 91 people, including 20 children, died in the tornado that hit an Oklahoma City suburb, U.S. media reported. The death toll from Monday's twister could rise as ...

Public officials in Sri Lanka, especially the counter-intelligence establishment, will probably need to be spending a lot of time in analysing the background to the expulsion by Russia last week, of an American CIA officer operating under diplomatic ...

Pakistan's first democratic transfer of power should have been a moment of hope and triumph. But, as it stands, widespread violence has marred the historic elections and all but halted the public campaigning by several prominent parties outside of ...

One may call it a nearly Augustan Dutch treat. Except for what may appear to be a relatively minor investment of Dutch capital in the Philippines and the presence of 18,456 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the Netherlands, nothing really connects ...

According to a recent report by a US Government commission, Myanmar is among the worst countries when it comes to religious freedom. However, there seems to be no debate on the issue and even the international community is treating it as an internal ...

TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH PETER VAN ONSELEN, AUSTRALIAN AGENDA TRANSCRIPTION: PROOF COPY E & OE TOPICS: 2013 Defence White Paper; Federal Elections. PETER VAN ONSELEN: And as mentioned off the top we are joined now by the Defence Minister who has ...

Germany today pressed India to hike the foreign equity cap in the insurance sector and reduce tariffs on import of automobiles as a prelude to the much- awaited India-EU Free Trade Agreement even as the two countries signed six pacts including one ...