Reuters

Parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir are usually marked by the country's lowest turn-out and heavy militant violence.

However, unsecured consumer credit lending is picking up strongly, growing at an annual rate of nearly 3 percent.

Indian firms are investing billions to develop Nepal's hydropower potential.

The authorities have reportedly given banks under investigation until mid-December to turn over related information.

On the downside, equipment investment tumbled by 2.3 percent, while gross capital and construction investment also fell.

Hundreds of police stood guard as authorities enforced the court order to reopen Argyle Street to free up traffic.

The German economy has been hit by a slowdown in key euro zone trading partners.

India is a big importer of crude oil that is refined to make diesel and petrol.

The death toll among Ukrainian soldiers since the ceasefire came into force now stands at about 150, according to Kiev's military.

Fund managers are divided over whether OPEC will reach an agreement on cutting output.

The students, who were likely murdered, were abducted by rogue Mexican police in league with gangs in September.

Talks between Iran and six powers are expected to fail to reach a deal to lift sanctions by a deadline on Monday.

Chinese stock markets rallied, with a key index at its highest level in around one-and-a-half years.

Economic growth has slowed to 7.3 percent in the third quarter and policymakers feared it was on the verge of dipping below 7 percent.

Beji Caid Essebsi's secularist Nidaa Tounes party claimed he was ahead in Sunday's election by at least 10 percentage points.

At least 50 were wounded in the attack, with most of the casualties civilians.

Alarm bells are ringing around the world despite the major central banks' highly accommodative monetary policies.

The arrest follows Indian security officials' exposure of a plot last month targeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

A report from an Iranian news agency, suggested that the country would be open to discussing an extension of the talks.

The man was detained after photographing the base and selling the images to a foreigner, according to Chinese state media.

The couple, both in their 70s reported had chop wounds, according to a television report cited by Reuters.

Bahrain has been shaken by low-level unrest since the February 2011 demonstrations.

The official results defied an exit poll that suggested the largest opposition party Law and Justice grabbed its first nationwide victory in years.

An official said the quake destroyed five houses in Hakuba village, host to ski jumping and other events in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games.

Washington has contributed more than $3 billion to Syrian Civil War victims since the conflict started in 2011.

China’s midsize banks are already suffering from higher rates of bad loans and a slowdown in profit growth.

Islamic State group militants continue to encroach on a province near Iraq's capital.

The former Socialist prime minister and three others, were arrested on allegations of tax fraud, corruption and money laundering.

Cuban migrants commonly stop in the Cayman Islands, which does not grant asylum, and either repatriates them or sends them back to sea.