rupee firmed to 86.54/59 to the dollar

Security problems and chronic power shortages in the country put off long-term investors.

“Focus has to start moving towards next year"

Nine Yemenis, including five protesters, were killed in a new upsurge in violence in the capital Sanaa.

US Congress said an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador should be taken very seriously.

Martine Aubry conceded defeat in the French Socialist Party’s presidential primary.

Pakistan repeatedly urged Afghanistan and US-led forces to go after notorious Taliban cleric Maulvi Fazlullah.

The Arab League plans to bring together Syria’s government and opposition groups to seek ways to end the violence.

The US said it had uncovered a plot by Iran's security forces to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US.

Two other officials were reprimanded and fined by Fifa's ethics committee.