INDIA

Madagascar records an average of 500 cases of The “Black Death” annually.

Olivia Culpo could face up to two years after Indian police filed a case against her for an unauthorized photo shoot at the Taj Mahal.

Investors hope for respite from the debt ceiling impasse as lawmakers consider a short-term solution.

Credit Suisse says that while wealth is growing, and mostly in the U.S., many countries have big problems with sharing the wealth.

Apple will launch its iPhone 5s and 5c in dozens of countries by November, due to slowing Chinese demand.

Emerging markets are stagnating, as businesses neither expand nor contract, according to the latest reading of the index.

Since it was launched in the country, voice calls have grown 3,200 percent and message volume has grown by 700 percent.

News of Janet Yellen's nomination for the Fed leadership has offset anxiety over the shutdown and the debt ceiling crisis.

Detroit has become the poster child for post-war American urban decay.

The reduction in the trade deficit after imports fell to a four-year low provided some respite to the domestic currency.

Wal-Mart and Bharti have decided to part ways and will operate independently in India's retail sector.

The only known egg of an endangered bird from India was found at the University of Aberdeen in the U.K.

Assuming the U.S. avoids a default, the next big challenge will be for the Fed to start paring its monthly bond purchases.

A once-booming industry has been laid low by a slowing economy, rising interest rates and fuel prices.

The continuing Washington gridlock over the federal budget and the debt ceiling is keeping markets subdued.

Widows have long suffered immense hardship in India – a society where women, at least up until now, were defined completely by the men in her life.

Investors are becoming increasing concerned that the US government will default on its debt, due to DC gridlock.

The move is expected to attract more tourists and their dollars, and help the country's ailing domestic currency and deficit situation.

Reports from northeast areas of China are saying that the number of the almost-extinct Siberian tiger has doubled.

In the next three years, remittances to developing countries will rise by $140 billion as global migration soars.

Reports about the House Speaker being open to working with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling could push U.S. stocks up.