ISLAMABAD - The fragile Pakistan’s economy remains tottering during the five years constitutional tenure of the PPP-led coalition government, as the financial managers futilely attempted to bridge the yawning budget deficit year-after-year. However, they remained successful in doubling the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that Israel's unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was fragile and was being reassessed on minute by minute basis.

The situation in Iraq after five years of war is fragile and remains under threat from al Qaeda, possible meddling by Iran and unresolved political tensions, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said on Tuesday. Army General Ray Odierno said a series of elections next year, beginning with provincial ...

UNITED NATIONS-UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged member states to meet their financial obligations to the UN for 2008 in full and on time, warning of possible cash shortfalls if assessed contributions are not paid up in the remaining two months of this year. 'The financial position of ...

World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned that the international community must work harder to aid fragile states or risk them becoming safe havens for terrorists. In a conference of international security experts in Geneva Zoellick said such nations - from Afghanistan to East Timor - may become ...

GORI (Georgia)  - Moscow's military might was on display around Gori on Thursday as Georgian troops hoping to enter the strategically important town encountered formidable Russian firepower and had to retreat. Faced with Russian tanks and armoured vehicles, Georgian forces pulled back to ...

TBILISI (AFP) - Georgia and Russia accused each other of violating a truce which halted their five-day conflict but their guns remained silent even as Russia faced mounting criticism in the West for its military offensive. The United States cancelled war games with Russia due to start this week ...

WASHINGTON: - The subprime market crisis erupted in the United States has triggered financial market turmoil around the world and global financial markets continue to be "fragile" and systemic risks remain "elevated", the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Monday. ...

THE economy of Punjab has performed relatively well over the last two decades, with a growth rate about 0.5 percentage point above that for the country as a whole. During the 90s, the engine of growth of the regional economy was agriculture. In the last few years a loss of dynamism in this sector ...