PERTH, Australia (AFP) - Leaders of the 54 Commonwealth nations on Sunday urged the G20 to put job creation and open trade at the heart of their drive to revitalise the global economy. The Group of 20, which represents 85 percent of the global economy, meet in France this week and have pledged to ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) Loved and loathed in equal measure, the drone of the vuvuzela will resonate in India for the first time at the Commonwealth Games in October. The plastic horn, which went on to become soccers World Cup soundtrack in South Africa this year, will be part of Delhis noisy ...

KARACHI - While no official delegation, at ministerial level, from Pakistan represented at the 17th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM), 26 civil society members and education professionals attended the stakeholders panels as well as the vice chancellor forums and got the ...

New Zealand welcomed Tuesday the Commonwealth's decision to readmit Pakistan, saying the South Asian nation has demonstrated its commitment to a return to democracy. Key ministers from the 53-member Commonwealth of Nations met in London on Monday and decided to readmit Pakistan following a ...

ISLAMABAD - Commonwealth, the 53-member group of former British colonies, is most likely to allow Pakistan's re-entry into its fold as its Ministerial Action Group is holding its meeting today in London to consider lifting Islamabad's suspension. The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) ...