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When the dollar fights the yuan, the real winner may be the euro.
The growing threat of a global currency war is spurring the unprecedented European bond rally in more ways than one.
While trade tensions are already sparking a flight of capital into of the region's safest assets, an escalation of the situation could see a rival emerge for the...
New survey from mobile tech company looks at urban wellbeing, livability and workforce happiness.
Work-related stress can be pernicious. Burnout affects even the most ambitious strivers. And many companies fail to help their employees balance out demanding jobs with life's joys.
In these trying times, a study released on Wednesday sheds new light on which cities in the United States and elsewhere offer...
Shipping giant's contract with the e-commerce behemoth not renewed, as it expires at the end of August.
FedEx Corp. is snipping another tie with Amazon.com Inc. as the e-commerce giant emerges as a competitor by building its own shipping network.
The ground-delivery contract with Amazon won't be renewed when it expires at the end of this month, FedEx said in an...
Officials and witnesses said explosion occurred about 9am local time in western part of Afghanistan's capital.
At least 14 people have been killed and more than 140 wounded after a Taliban suicide attack outside a police station in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul.
The blast occurred about 9am (04:30 GMT) in western Kabul on Wednesday, interior ministry spokesperson Nasrat Rahimi said...
Refugees in Pakistan-administered Kashmir voice concerns after communication lines blocked by India.
Refugees in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have voiced fears for relatives on the other side of the disputed Himalayan border after India revoked the Muslim-majority region's special autonomy, raising fears of fresh violence.
On Monday, the Indian government rushed through a presidential decree abolishing Article 370 of the constitution that gave a measure of autonomy to Indian-administered...
Poor urban planning, government mismanagement and resilience of some viral strands lead to the worst-ever outbreak.
Dhaka, Bangladesh - With hospitals packed with patients and an increasing tally of deaths and infections, Bangladesh is grappling with its worst dengue fever outbreak on record, according to official data.
The disease is endemic in the South Asian country, where heavy rains during the monsoon season have created the...
Critics denounce the move as illegal, fear it will allow the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party to flout Indian constitution.
New Delhi, India - Hundreds of people have rallied in the Indian capital to protest against the scrapping of a constitutional provision that granted special status to Indian-administered Kashmir.
In the lead-up to its controversial move on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government sent thousands of additional troops to...
Islamabad says it will also suspend trade with India and take up New Delhi's Kashmir move at the UN Security Council.
Pakistan has announced it will "downgrade" diplomatic relations and suspend bilateral trade with India after New Delhi stripped its portion of the contested Kashmir region of special status.
The decision on Wednesday was made at a meeting of Pakistan's National Security Committee, chaired...
Race to succeed late President Essebsi goes in high gear as more candidates declare their intention to run in September.
Tunisia's biggest political organisation, Ennahdha, has nominated its vice president Abdel Fattah Mourou as the party's candidate for president, pitting him against former President Moncef Marzouki, who is also seeking the post for a second time.
It is the first time that...
Experts, locals and activists deplore World Bank-funded dam project in Bisri Valley, rejecting council's assurances.
Beirut and Bisri, Lebanon - In early June, while leading a group of visitors to the ruins of a Roman temple in Lebanon's Bisri Valley, activist and architect Roland Nassour was attacked.
He said he was beaten by a group of men who had confronted him along...
Turkey has previously said it was contemplating military intervention in northern Syria against the Kurdish YPG.
The Turkish Minister of Defence Hulusi Akar has said talks with the United States about averting a military intervention in the north of Syria had been "positive".
"We witnessed with satisfaction that our partners grew closer to our position. The meetings were positive and quite constructive," Akar...
Agreement between NATO allies appears to avert, for now, a threatened Turkish operation into northern Syria.
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey and the United Stateshave agreed to establish a joint operations centre in order to coordinate and manage the setting up of a safe zone in northern Syria.
The agreement on Wednesday came after three days of intense negotiations between officials from the two NATO allies...
At least one person killed in clashes between presidential guards and UAE-backed southern separatists, witnesses say.
Clashes between southern separatists and presidential guards in Aden, the seat of Yemen's internationally recognised government, have killed at least one person and badly wounded two others, according to local officials and witnesses.
The violence, which prompted a United Nations call for de-escalation, highlighted a rift...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping soon to discuss a 2016 arbitration case over the South China Sea, an aide said yesterday, as domestic pressure builds for the firebrand leader to stand up to Beijing.
Duterte has a consistent approval rating of about 80% but the same surveys show people in the Philippines mistrust China and...
