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Oil slips again as US stockpiles hit 8-year high
31 Mar 2016
Bangla court orders arrest of Khaleda Zia over bus fire-bomb
31 Mar 2016
A Dhaka court has charged former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 27 other leaders and officials of her Bangladesh Nationalist Party of instigating petrol bomb attacks in a bid to force the government of her rival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to resign
New era begins for Mynmar as Htin Kyaw sworn in
30 Mar 2016
PM to have rare interaction with Saudi women entrepreneurs
30 Mar 2016
Saudi Arabia, the world's most gender-segregated nation, is conferring this honour on Modi not only to show its changing face, but also to signal its readiness to cooperate in the area of anti-radicalisation
Brussels Attacks Tear at the Fabric of the European Union
23 Mar 2016
The atmosphere of fear and suspicion that is sure to follow the 22 March terrorist attacks in Brussels following those in Paris, have the potential to reignite anti-Muslim sentiments in Europe
2 Brussels bombers identified, linked to Paris attacks
23 Mar 2016
Belgian police have identified two brothers as the suicide bombers in Tuesday’s attack at Brussels airport, and they have been linked with top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam
Over 26 killed as blasts rip through Brussels airport, metro
22 Mar 2016
Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union, was in lockdown mode after multiple blasts rocked the airport and the subway station, leaving more than two dozen dead and over 130 others wounded
RBI’s Rajan calls for global pact to end ‘exchange rate rigging’
22 Mar 2016
Central banks in developed countries find various ways to justify their expansionist monetary policies, but fail to acknowledge the effect of their transmission through the exchange rate mechanism
President Obama lands in Cuba, creates history
21 Mar 2016
Barack Obama on Sunday became the first US president in 88 years to visit Cuba, touching down in Havana for a landmark trip aimed at ending decades of Cold War animosity
US Steel to cut 770 jobs, idle 3 US plants
21 Mar 2016
Tumultuous 2016 Republican campaign a phenomenon long in the making
21 Mar 2016
America's political polarization can be attributed to the widening policy differences between the parties, the lessening influence of those parties on the nomination process, and a fractured Republican base, Stanford researcher Tobias Konitzer, tells Clifton Parker
Lula can’t be minister, rules top Brazilian judge
19 Mar 2016
In a move likely to inflame tensions between the judiciary and Brazil's government, a Supreme Court judge said President Dilma Rousseff's decision to name Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva her chief of staff appeared designed to shelter him from charges of money laundering
Obama backs Clinton; Republicans say ‘no Trump’
18 Mar 2016
As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump surge forward in the US presidential race, President Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind Clinton
Trump warns of riots if denied Republican nomination
17 Mar 2016
US Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned on Wednesday of riots if he is denied the party's presidential nomination after a string of primary election victories, raising the temperature even further in a highly charged White House race
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