Members of the BRICS trade bloc Russia, India, and China have decided to connect their financial messaging systems to bypass the SWIFT international money transfer network. Russia's financial messaging system SPFS will be linked with the Chinese cross-border interbank payment system CIPS. While India does not have a domestic financial messaging system yet, it plans...
Members of the European Parliament met on Monday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of a visit to disputed Kashmir, where India has imposed security restrictions, AP said. Modi told the group that their visit “should give them a clear view of the development and governance priorities of the region.” The MPs are to...
Lebanese soldiers have forcibly removed anti-government protesters from a highway linking the southern city of Sidon to the capital, Beirut.
Fire chiefs have made an urgent public appeal for a high-rise cherry picker to help rescue a man stuck upside down 270ft up a chimney.
Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has called India's prime minister Narendra Modi his elder brother, though such bonds are easily forged when big money is in the air. Saudi Arabia has plans to invest $100 billion in India in the next two years and the latter is licking its lips at some $500...
Northern Ireland trucker Mo Robinson was accused of being part of "a global ring" when he appeared in court over the alleged manslaughter of 39 migrants who were found dead in a trailer in Essex.
The driver of a truck in which 39 people were found dead appeared in a British court via video link on Monday charged with manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people.
