UNITED NATIONS - An agreement on broader UN sanctions against North Korea over its recent nuclear test is being held up by differences among seven key powers over tougher cargo inspections and a tighter arms embargo, diplomats said Friday. They

THE HAGUE : Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, urged the international community Friday to make an independent assessment of the situation in the region and put pressure on China to end the "oppression". "Please, international community, judge whether there

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday called on Pyongyang to free the two American journalists on trial for what it previously said were "hostile acts" and illegally entering North Korea. "We call again on the North Korean

JAKARTA : Indonesian prosecutors Friday recommended four years in prison for a relative of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who allegedly embezzled millions of dollars from the country's central bank. Former Bank Indonesia (BI) deputy governor Aulia Pohan along with three

YANGON : Lawyers for Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi were to challenge a ruling over the witnesses who can testify on her behalf, a move that will likely further delay any verdict in her trial. The Nobel laureate's

The harassment of activists and lawyers continues and web sites like Hotmail and Twitter are shut down as censorship escalates.

Hundreds of civilians were killed and injured as a result of the crackdown and a number of people are still in prison for their involvement in the 1989 pro-democracy protests.

Vedanta Aluminium Limited has applied for environmental clearance for a six-fold expansion of its alumina refinery in the state of Orissa. The Government of India has to enforce laws against pollution and to prevent any pollution of water, air or

In April 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the Government of India granted an environmental clearance to establish the Lanjigarh bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri hills. In this open letter Amnesty International requests that the clearance be

Madhukar Sabnavis discusses the making of iconic advertising that gets talked about.

Why should promoters have an option to buy shares when other shareholders don't? Perhaps warrants can be done away with altogether since most promoters don't seem convinced about the value of their companies, says Shobhana Subramanian.

Nothing short of the death of old industrial policies of pre-climate crisis era and rebirth of enlightened policy making that takes into account intergenerational equity with regard to natural resources would be sufficient.

One reform that Malvinder couldn't do was that of the company's board of directors. For long, doctors and scientists have been inadequately represented on the Ranbaxy board. The new owner will have to address this problem.

Put the poor who have voted for this government at the centre of reforms, says Sunita Narain.

PHNOM PENH, A Khmer Rouge leaders defence lawyer at Cambodias UN-backed war crimes trial said Thur...

Seoul, North Korea on Friday agreed to hold talks with South Korea next week, Seoul officials said, ...

SEOUL, South Korea - North Koreas top court began hearing the case Thursday of two American journal...

SINGAPORE - The United States warned it would not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and reaffirmed...

Kathmandu, Stepping up his anti-India rhetoric, Maoist supremo Prachanda has accused it of backing a...

KOLHAPUR, India: Three directors of Ravi Co-operative Bank has been remanded to police custody till ...