There are limits to the support offered by the Nehru-Gandhi family, and they have become only too evident in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament.

In the 1990s, Lufthansa's market share was plunging as were its revenues. Its turnaround strategy holds good lessons.

The challenge is making governments at the Centre and in the states start focusing on the needs of towns and cities

Global demand for certified wood has prompted Indian companies to get their logging vetted by monitoring agencies.

Not known if Aung San Suu Kyi will be among those released

British government has had to restate to British public why its forces are in Afghanistan in first place

Ban Ki-moon's visit to Burma widely seen as failure

Most migrants are escaping fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; surge has authorities worried

Among those killed was district police chief

Step taken in wake of worries that poor monsoon rains may adversely impact food production in India this year

British officials deny opposition claims that British troops are underequipped, putting them further in peril, as recent increase in British troop deaths raises concerns

Shooting happened in the provincial capital, Urumqi, a little more than a week after bloody clashes broke out there between Uighurs and members of China's ethnic Han majority

Police say at least 38 injured in Iraqi city blast

Iran says five detainees, who were held by US troops on suspicion of helping Shi'ite militants in Iraq, are diplomats

Palestinian spokesman describes Mr. Netanyahu's offer as a publicity stunt

Reporters Without Borders says it is concerned by what it calls growing repression of journalists and cyber-dissidents in Iran

Earlier, a series of bombings at Christian churches in Baghdad killed four people and wounded at least 18

Beirut - Despite losing the election 57 to 71 ( MPs in the parliament) the opposition does not seem to accept defeat. Youth and Sports Minister Talal Arslan who won his seat by default said Monday that there are "two

Beirut- Foreign interference in the formation of the Lebanese government specially by Syria remains a huge concern for the majority of the Lebanese , but yesterday Syrian President Bashar Assad ha

Beirut- Former Lebanese Prime Minister Amin al-Hafez, who served a turbulent two-month term in 1973 ( 25 April - 21 June ) before he was forced to resign, died on Monday. He was 83.