Can Xi help resolve Trump-Kim dispute?

Ahead of the G-20 summit in Osaka this week, Xi has reasserted China's role as a global player, points out Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un......

US slaps sanctions on N Korea in response to Sony cyber attack

US President Barack Obama imposed fresh financial sanctions on North Korea and its senior officials in America's first public retaliation against the "provocative" cyber-attack on Sony Pictures.......

Planet Earth's most brutal ruler

Whom will North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un kill next, and how? Image: North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un watches a drill by the Korean People's Army. Photograph: Reuters Tales of Kim Jong-un's......

G-20 meet kicks off in China

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday opened the seventh G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting with a call to respect diversity of development models to promote the......

The world's youngest billionaires

Ah, to be young and rich. The average age of the world's 946 billionaires is 62, close to retirement, but a handful get to enjoy the trappings of wealth well before crow's-feet set in. Thirty-three......

Satwik-Chirag storm into semis; Sindhu knocked out

IMAGE: India's PV lost to Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in a gripping contest that lasted over an hour. Photograph: ANI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's valiant fight ended in......

Satwik, Chirag doubles pair bows out of China Masters semis

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in action.Photograph: BAI/X The Indian men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out in the semifinals of the China......

Usual suspects advance on mixed day for Indian shuttlers

IMAGE: PV Sindhu in action during her win over world No. 24 Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei at the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photograph: Kind courtesy BAI......

China Masters: Satwik-Chirag storm into semis; Lakshya ousted

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in action during the China Masters tournament in Shenzhen, China, on Friday. Photograph: BAI Media/X Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj......

Sindhu, Prannoy advance; Srikanth out of Asia Championships

IMAGE: P V Sindhu took just 33 minutes to get the better of China's Han Yue in Dubai on Thursday. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Getty Images Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu sailed into the......