World economy

04 Apr 2018

03 Apr 2018

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has said the Jewish people have a right to their ‘own land,’ as he sought an ally against the Ayatollah Khamenei-led Islamic Republic of Iran

02 Apr 2018

Escalating the trade dispute, China on Monday retaliated to US President Donald Trump’s duty on Chinese steel and aluminium by raising import duties on US pork, apples and other products worth an annual $3 billion

02 Apr 2018

31 Mar 2018

Russia has ordered the expulsion of more than 150 diplomats from two-dozen western nations in retaliation for similar action taken against its diplomats

31 Mar 2018

28 Mar 2018

27 Mar 2018

27 Mar 2018

The poisoning of a Russian double agent in London, allegedly by his former employees in Moscow, has led to a sudden spurt in tension between the West and the Vladimir Putin regime

26 Mar 2018

26 Mar 2018

26 Mar 2018

24 Mar 2018

24 Mar 2018

Diplomats and analysts worry that the Trump-Bolton combine could wreck US foreign policy, resulting in disastrous moves that could destabilise the delicate balance of power around the globe

23 Mar 2018

Trump blames China for the loss of six million jobs and the shutting down of 60,000 factories in the US as trade between the US and China has shot up from about $115 billion in 2000 to $635 billion today

22 Mar 2018

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy claims life has become living hell since allegations surfaced of his having taken illegal money from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

19 Mar 2018

19 Mar 2018

The Bangladesh Supreme Court has stayed the release of former prime minister Khaleda Zia on bail in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years in jail

19 Mar 2018

Vladmir Putin’s victory in the presidential election came as his most serious challenger was banned and amid reports of ballot-stuffing, but it gives him at least another six years in power amid increasingly strained relations with the West

17 Mar 2018

In a Kafkaesque situation, a court in Romania told Constanin Relieu he is officially dead – rejecting his claim that he is alive, though his personal appearance in court should have been evidence enough

14 Mar 2018

In a move that is bound to raise hackles in New Delhi, Iran has invited China and Pakistan to participate in the development of the strategic Chabahar port, which is being built by India for the purpose of bypassing Pakistan

14 Mar 2018

In a move that is bound to raise hackles in New Delhi, Iran has invited China and Pakistan to participate in the development of the strategic Chabahar port, which is being built by India for the purpose of bypassing Pakistan

13 Mar 2018

Trump announced the change in a tweet early Tuesday just four hours after Tillerson returned to Washington from a trip to Africa

12 Mar 2018

12 Mar 2018

China's rubber-stamp parliament, meeting in the Great Hall of the People for an annual session, made Xi the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong by scrapping term limits that would have forced him to step down after 2023