The world has become slightly less peaceful in the past year, says a report compiled by the Sydney-based think tank Institute of Economics and Peace.The Global Peace Index 2011 notes that while......
Two Border Security Force personnel, who were part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, were killed on Tuesday during violent protests in the Central......
The 2021 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows us the impact of multiple crises like climate change, violent conflicts, and the COVID-19 pandemic, which led many countries to a grim hunger situation.......
In the latest annual ranking of Global Peace Index states that 500 million people live in countries at risk of instability and conflict. India has been ranked at 143rd position out of 162 countries......
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.......
Passengers were left stranded yet again on Wednesday as Jet Airways flights were cancelled for a second day in a row with the airline management and its pilots continuing a mass sick......
The British risk analysis firm Maplecroft recently released a 2011 scientific report ranking the top 10 countries at extreme risk for impacts from climate change. It's their Climate Change......
The income distribution has worsened in most parts of the world. Latin America has the largest income inequality, although it is more equitable than sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia in life......
India fared better than China and Russia in a ranking of economic freedom by the influential think tank Cato Institute, whose list showed some of the most successful economies of the world faring......
A young girl with her mother attend a religious mass. Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images About one-third of the world’s 'extremely poor' people live in India, according to......
Former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich's return to competitive action 12 years after his retirement lasted only 62 minutes on Tuesday, losing his doubles first round at the German Open. Stich,......
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo exits a plane after arriving with the rest of the team at Dublin Airport in Ireland on Monday. Real will play Shamrock Rovers next Monday in a pre-season...
FIFA announced its proposed slot allocation for the expanded 48-team World Cup on Thursday, including an automatic place for Oceania, 16 places for Europe -- up from 13 -- and a six-team......
Equatorial Guinea produced arguably the biggest ever upset in African Nations Cup finals on Wednesday by beating Senegal 2-1 to book a quarter-final place and send one of the favourites tumbling......
African Nations Cup will go ahead despite an attack by gunmen on the bus carrying the Togo team as the players entered the host country Angola for the tournament, the organisers CAF said on Friday.......