The U.N. climate summit in Azerbaijan has cleared the for way aid to flow when lower-income countries are hit.

The fear of nuclear war forced nations to come together to stop the spread of atomic weapons. Could a similar idea curb the ...

In light of President-elect Donald Trump's commitment to trim US government expenditure, the World Bank, currently under ...

The World Bank is reportedly in chaos as officials grapple with fallout from revelations of $24 billion in unaccounted climate funds. The controversy has escalated fears of severe budget cuts from ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- It is important to press ahead with the reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and ...

China has been the largest exporter of goods in the world since 2009. Official estimates suggest the total value of its ...

Trillions of dollars are needed to make poorer nations more resilient to climate change, and studies have estimated that ...

Israeli air strikes overnight and into Sunday have killed scores in Gaza, according to local health officials, as police in ...

By Ioannis Sidiropoulos  The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, marked a monumental turning point in world history.

Witnesses said that the building had just begun expanding its underground business space on Friday (November 15), a day ...

Trump says he prefers a weaker dollar, but his proposed policies may have the opposite effect. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The world is in for a “very rocky period in global economic relations” with the incoming Trump presidency and the BRICS can serve as a hedge against that, says an analyst.