Rating Agencies Not Keen on Emerging Markets A number of global fund managers say they are buying emerging market assets for 2017 after the beating the...
IMF Board Reaffirms ‘Full Confidence’ in Lagarde The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday reaffirmed full confidence in its convicted Managing Director,...
Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey Assassinated in Ankara Russian ambassador to Turkey was assassinated on Monday in what leaders of both nations called a provocative terror attack...
Russian Plane Crashes, 39 Onboard A Russian plane, Il-18 aircraft with 32 passengers and seven crew members onboard, has crashed in the Bulunsky district of Siberia’s Yakutia,...
UN General Assembly Grants Observer Status to ICC The United Nations General Assembly has granted observer status to the International Chamber of Commerce. The decision, according...
Kosovo Gets UN Recognition in Phone Country Code of Its Own Kosovo has received an important mark of recognition eight years after declaring independence from Serbia:...
UN Urges Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Disturbed Rakhine State Amid Clashes The United Nations on Thursday, 8 December, has urged Myanmar to increase...
South Korea Parliament Votes to Impeach President Park Geun-hye SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Parliament voted on Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye, an aloof...
Indonesia Earthquake Kills Almost 100 in Aceh Province JAKARTA, Indonesia — Nearly 100 people were killed early Wednesday and more were feared dead after a powerful...
North Korea Sets 3 Days to Mourn Fidel North Korea is observing a three-day period of mourning for Fidel Castro, seen by the North as a...