Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state, yesterday warned that Pakistan faced a "critical moment" in its recent history, one in which its leading institutions must...

Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state, yesterday warned that Pakistan faced a "critical moment" in its recent history, one in which its leading institutions must...

The US yesterday began to put strong pressure on the Pakistani government to give "absolute and total" co-operation to India in the hunt for the ... more

A senior police officer has been drafted to lead an 'urgent review' into the arrest of a Conservative frontbech MP as Scotland Yard conceded there ... more

Britain's construction sector suffered a further sharp contraction in November, while new orders also fell off sharply, with a drop in input prices the only ... more

UK games retailer Game Group reports a rise in sales despite the economic gloom, but says its pace of growth has slowed.

Norway's central bank said that it needed to implement additional measures to enhance the stability of the country's banking system and called for stronger links ... more

Germany lashed out at the European Commission for delaying approval of a €8.2bn government capital injection into Commerzbank, Germany's second biggest commercial bank

Creditor banks of Metrovacesa, the struggling Spanish property company, plan to take 54 per cent of the company in exchange for debts owed to them, ... more

Toyota Motor is to reduce year-end bonuses for thousands of managers by 10% as part of a cost-cutting drive in response to plummeting sales

India appeared to take a military strike in response to the attacks on Mumbai off the table after it served Pakistan with a request to ... more

The world's largest automaker is cutting bonuses for roughly 5,000 managers as the downturn keeps customers away from showrooms worldwide

The commitment follows an announcement that 12,000 sq km of forest land has been destroyed in the 12 months to the end of July – ... more

Venezuela's ruling government's United Socialist party took the first steps yesterday towards seeking a referendum to enable President Hugo Chávez's re-election...

Brazil vowed yesterday to cut the amount of deforestation in the Amazon over the next decade to less than half the current rate. The pledge ... more

Un peu A French court has ruled that foreign retailers must warn consumers to pay the country's so-called "iPod tax" copyright levy on MP3 players ... more

No place like home hub Nokia wants applications for its smart home box, but it's also sniffing around for companies interested in selling the Linux-based ... more

With old-fashioned liquor laws and complicated shipping procedures, selling or buying wine online has never been easy. But as CNET's Kara Tsuboi explains, it no ... more

The country's government was ousted Tuesday by the Constitutional Court, but following elections it may be back in a different form, sparking protests.

London equities recovered on Tuesday, after British Airways said it was in bid talks with the Australian airline Qantas.

Aston Martin is the latest - expect more cuts to come carmakers' way.

The RBS NatWest bank is planning to refund overdraft fees to customers "pro-actively" if it loses the current test case.

Finance company collapses over the last year have hit the property development industry, but it is vehicle dealerships that will suffer in the future with ... more

Shoppers are likely to get the benefit of lower VAT rates when buying big-ticket items, BBC research suggests.