These 16 nations have been a total failure!

The Foreign Policy magazine has released its annual 'Failed States Index'. The average score on the 2013 index, prepared in collaboration between the Foreign Policy and Fund For Peace, has remained......

Metastasis of Al-qaeda? Pan-African terrorism

In a televised broadcast on December 31,2011, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in parts of the country following anti-Christian violence by a jihadi group called......

PM arrives in Ethiopia for India-Africa summit

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday arrived in Addis Ababa on a six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania where, among other things, he will take part in the second India-Africa summit. The......

Pakistan 10th in failed nations index

The world is no more a safe place to live in. The number of nations -- plagued with economic crisis, natural disasters, terrorism, internal strife and political instability -- is on the rise.......

Bharti Airtel to invest $600 mn in Nigeria

India's largest cellular service company Bharti Airtel will invest $600 million in Nigeria's mobile market following its take over of Zain Telecom's African business for around SUD 10.7 billion.......

Zain has accepted Bharti offer for African assets

The Zain Telecom board met in Kuwait today and is said to have unanimously accepted a $10.7-11 billion (around Rs 51,000 crore) offer from Bharti Airtel to buy its African assets, according to......

BSNL, MTNL offered majority in Zain SPV

The race for control of Kuwait-headquartered Zain Telecom has quickened with the Indian consortium led by Delhi-based Vavasi group saying it is willing to give a majority stake in the consortium to......

UN's biggest ever humanitarian appeal

Launching its largest ever humanitarian appeal, the UN has sought $7 billion in urgent aid for 30 million people in 31 countries, to tide over the hunger crisis that has been compounded by the......

PIX: Ledecky takes record but Australia win 4x200 freestyle

Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Thursday. IMAGE: Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus celebrate after......

Swimmers McKeon, Le Clos make Commonwealth Games history

Le Clos's medal haul from four Commonwealth Games includes seven gold, four silver and seven bronze. His trophy case also contains four Olympic (one gold, three silver) and seven World Championship......

Locked-down athletes face mental health challenge

'Unknowns are quite challenging, especially for athletes whose days are mapped out from the minute they wake up to the minute they go to sleep.' IMAGE: Fear does not come easily to 21-year-old......

Fear of the unknown: Locked-down athletes face mental health challenge

IMAGE:  Many athletes are putting a brave face on the lockdown, converting garages and bedrooms into home gymnasiums and posting cheerful videos. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images When......

Sun Yang was a dirty swimmer, says Le Clos

'He failed two drug tests in 2014. We’ve all known that he’s a dirty swimmer' 'It’s not just me who knows this, it’s the whole swimming community. Finally, he’s being......