Global trade tensions, continued uncertainty and rising prospects for a no-deal Brexit are sapping the strength of the world economy, which faces a "precarious" 2020, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday. Trade conflicts are undercutting investment and weakening manufacturing, and the IMF urged countries ...
Trump touches off storm in India with Kashmir mediation offer
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi never asked U.S. President Donald Trump to help mediate with Pakistan in their dispute over the Kashmir region, the government said on Tuesday, after Trump's comments set off a storm of criticism. Trump told reporters on Monday that Modi had ...
India denies asking Trump to mediate Kashmir row with Pakistan
India is disputing President Donald Trump's comment that it asked him to mediate the long-running dispute over Kashmir. India's Ministry of External Affairs says "no such request" has been made by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It said in a statement issued Monday on Twitter that ...
India successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon Monday, a week after aborting the mission because of a technical problem. Scientists at the mission control center burst into applause as the rocket lifted off in clear weather as scheduled at ...
Trump says U.S. working with Pakistan to find way out of Afghan war
President Donald Trump, speaking at a White House meeting with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, said on Monday the United States is working with Islamabad to find a way out of the war in Afghanistan. Trump held out the possibility of restoring U.S. aid ...
Will there be progress in the switch to a low-carbon society?
This is the fourth in a series of reports on Japan's energy policy. A searing heat wave in Europe, along with a severe drought in India and heavy rainstorms in Kyushu. These highlight the worry over how severe the problems of climate change have become. ...
'Stronger than ever' after aborted attempt, India spacecraft set for fresh moon launch
India will make a second attempt Monday to send a landmark spacecraft to the moon after an apparent fuel leak forced last week's launch to be aborted. The South Asian nation is bidding to become just the fourth nation — after Russia, the United States ...
Sheila Dikshit, New Delhi's longest-serving chief minister, dies
Sheila Dikshit, an Indian politician who was New Delhi's longest-serving chief minister, has died after a prolonged illness. She was 81. Dikshit died Saturday at a hospital in New Delhi, where she had been admitted for treatment for a heart ailment. A veteran leader of the ...
Trump's incoherent policy on India
The distance from hubris to delusion is short and the Trump administration is bent on covering it in a sprint in its India policy.
Pakistan arrests U.S.-wanted terror suspect in Mumbai attacks
Pakistan on Wednesday arrested a radical cleric and U.S.-wanted terror suspect implicated in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, officials said, just days ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's trip to Washington. Hafiz Saeed was taken into custody in Punjab province while traveling from the eastern city ...
Millions stranded in India as early monsoon downpours bring flood havoc
Millions of people are stranded by flooding in northeast India with concern growing about food and water supplies, and officials said on Wednesday that water levels of a major river were rising even further. At least 5.8 million people have been displaced — a million ...
India on Monday called off the launch of a rocket aiming to take a probe to the moon less than one hour before blast-off because of a "technical" problem. India had hoped that the Chandrayaan-2 — or Moon Chariot 2 — mission would make it ...
