Global oil prices are unlikely to attain any semblance of stability in the near future, in spite of forecasts and estimates, as geo-strategic political compulsions and fears of losing market share continue to drive decisions on...

A new study has asked the Federal Reserve to keep the interest rates low until full employment is achieved as those graduating from schools and colleges in 2016 confront lackluster growth in wages due in part...

Armed conflicts around the world are taking a heavy toll on children leaving them unimmunized against infectious diseases as health facilities. Almost two-thirds of children without even basic vaccines live in countries that are either partially...

President Barak Obama was in Europe this week to give a push to negotiations for a trade deal with Europe that aims to promoting trade and multilateral economic growth. Into last months of his presidency, the...

The World Press Freedom Index released this week comes as yet another reminder of restrictions journalists around the world face in covering events, particularly those exposing wrong doings by the powerful and the influential. Finland, Netherland,...

Global action is required to combat malnutrition that kills millions of children every year and robs millions more of the opportunity to reach their full potential, says a latest report by the World Bank that has...

The global oil market is likely to remain in yet another phase of uncertainty at least until June after geopolitical tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran prevented major oil producing countries to agree on an output...

U.S. prosecutors, worried over anti-Muslim backlash after the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, Brussels and Paris, have launched a nationwide drive to combat religious discrimination, saying intolerance has no place in the United States. The move...

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed in a contentious debate to sell their messages ahead of critical New York Primary next week that may well determine the future of the two Democratic presidential nomination race. Senator...

After making it harder for U.S. companies to avoid taxes through foreign merger, the Obama administration is preparing to unveil a new plan that will expose people using cover of shell companies to hide wealth and...