Federal Reserve policymakers have backed away from the need for another round of monetary stimulus as the U.S. economy gradually improves.

Minutes of the central bank's meeting published on Tuesday s

The United States has attributed the inordinate delay in announcing a $10 million US bounty on Lashkar-i-Taiba chief Hafeez Saeed, alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, to its the long

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan would deliver a lecture at the prestigious Yale University as its Chubb Fellow, an honour which in the past has been bestowed on heads of states and Noble Prize winn

Hafiz Saeed's vision is 'destruction' of India, says US counter-terrorism expert Bruce Riedel, maintaining that the Pakistan-based LeT founder is an al-Qeada ally who was in close touch with Osama bin

Internet giant Yahoo is planning to axe up to 2,000 jobs as early as Thursday, it has been reported.

The layoffs will happen across the company and the report indicates that the company's product div

US President Barack Obama's uncle has received a hardship driver's licence, just a week after he lost his regular licence for 45 days in a drunken-driving case.

Onyango Obama, 67, was granted a hards

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday that the global economy is making some advances in digging itself out of a punishing recession, but that the recovery rem

The percentage of people living in extreme poverty declined from 52 per cent in 1981 to 22 per cent in 2008 thanks to strong economic growth in the emerging markets of India, Brazil and China, accordi

The US has sought from India that it relax norms on a wide range of 'technical barriers to trade' covering areas such as toys, cosmetics, wine and telecom equipment.

In its latest report, the United

In what the Obama administration is describing an attempt to increase access to the White House, US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle have announced to team up with the Google to create a