Palash Ghosh

We have ceased all contact between the UK's financial system and the Iranian financial system,” Osborne said.

Nov 21, 2011

Complicating matters is the high exposure that major French banks have to the distressed debt of other Eurozone nations like Greece and Italy.

Nov 21, 2011

The buses were returning from the holy Islamic pilgrimage site of Mecca in Saudi Arabia and later arrived safely in Turkey.

Nov 21, 2011

The PP won 44.6 percent of the popular vote, versus only 28.7 percent for the Socialists.

Nov 21, 2011

However, the UK government appears committed to upgrading and expanding wind power.

Nov 19, 2011

Half of the country’s population is Christian, although some of them incorporate the practice of Vodun (voodoo) in their rituals.

Nov 19, 2011

The suspect, a 32-year old man, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody at a West London police station.

Nov 19, 2011

Rising sovereign yields in Europe added to negative pressure for global equities during the week

Nov 19, 2011

The group is also urging that governments and courts treat drug addiction as a “medical” problem, instead of a criminal violation.

Nov 19, 2011

The US is seeking to boost its influence in Southeast Asia, putting it at direct loggerheads with an ascendant China.

Nov 19, 2011

This is clearly an austerity budget, as most member states are in the midst of a serious financial crisis, said EU budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski.

Nov 19, 2011

In honor of D’Oliveira, South African and Australian cricketers stood in silence for one minute.

Nov 19, 2011

Unrest and anger run deep against the ruling leftist Socialist Workers Party, which is almost guaranteed to lose the election.

Nov 19, 2011

While German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron have tried to put a happy face on their Friday meeting in Berlin, the two prominent European leaders differ sharply on ways to resolve the Eurozone debt crisis.

Nov 18, 2011

Georgios Karatzaferis has repeatedly made derogatory comments about the Jews and denied the Holocaust.

Nov 18, 2011

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi also gave Monti tacit support.

Nov 18, 2011

Papademos’ government also promised that it will not have to enact any further austerity cuts.

Nov 18, 2011

The new austerity measures are expected to be opposed by the country’s powerful trade unions.

Nov 18, 2011

Monti has also already vowed to crack down on tax evasion and reform the country’s pension plans in an effort to ease Italy’s massive debt

Nov 18, 2011

There is controversy over the very existence of the memo.

Nov 17, 2011

The upper House of Parliament gave its endorsement to the new administration by a vote of 281 to 25.

Nov 17, 2011

Cassava is crucial to the health of Africans, providing much-needed carbohydrates for around 200 million people on the continent.

Nov 17, 2011

Guildford Shapo was later taken to WS Knobel Hospital where he died.

Nov 17, 2011

The job cull would slash the number of bankers to 16,000.

Nov 17, 2011

For over two decades, India has maintained hundreds of thousands of armed forces in this border state where a violent insurgency, partially fueled by training and funds from Pakistan, raged for several years.

Nov 17, 2011

Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping praised Mugabe as an old friend of China.

Nov 17, 2011

Monti has vowed to reduce debt, while seeking to maintain economic growth and social equity.

Nov 17, 2011

The Madrid government 3.56 billion euros of new bonds, short of the maximum target of four billion euros.

Nov 17, 2011

George Harrison inadvertently became the greatest promoter of Indian culture and Hinduism to the Western world during the 20th century.

Nov 17, 2011