Drug maker Lupin Ltd (LUPN.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it acquired the worldwide rights for AllerNaze, a branded steroid nasal spray, from Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and developing nations called Friday during a swine flu summit here for measures to ensure poorer countries have access to a future A(H1N1) vaccine...

Poly Medicure Ltd, manufacturer of medical devices and disposables, has received the US regulatory approval for selling a range of its products...

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Friday said it has got the approval for its Abbreviated New Drug (ANDA) for the generic version of Quinapril Hydrochloride...

Chinese metals company MCC, already involved in producing copper in Pakistan's Balochistan province, may invest more than US$2 billion in modernizing the country's only integrated steel-making company. - Syed Fazl-e-Haider

After years of war, destruction, invasion and internal strife, Iraq may be starting to face its true destiny - a gas pump for the rest of the world. If so, the timing could hardly be better. - Michael T Klare

Extensive use of mobile phones helped to bring Iranians onto the streets to protest against the result of the recent presidential election. Now citizens in Tehran and elsewhere are shunning Nokia-made phones, claiming the company's software helped in the subsequent

Iran has for too long turned westwards for leadership in developing its economy, while to the east countries ranging from Japan to China to South Korea, with far fewer resources, have learned how to move to the front rank of

Taking a cue from protests in Iran, where new media tools ensured the story was broadcast to the world, Beijing was eager to put its own version of the July 5 riots in Xinjiang out as quickly as possible. This

The rally in US financial stocks is associated with more optimistic assumptions about home prices, consumer defaults, and so forth. But the misery in the household sector doesn't justify a sustained rally. - David Goldman

A series of events and statements strongly indicates possible behind-the-scenes diplomacy by United States Vice President Joe Biden led to the indefinite postponement of a referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan's draft constitution. The delay of the controversial charter comes as Biden

Whether one views it as a spiritual saga of love and loyalty or a wholly material struggle of greed and gall, the court drama playing out in Hong Kong has a very lucrative prize - more than US$4 billion. This

Thailand and Cambodia remain entrenched in a military standoff over the ancient Preah Vihear temple, despite a recent flurry of bilateral diplomatic overtures. Sources say the Thais have doubled their troop level to 4,000, while there are claims Cambodia has

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech preceding her departure on Friday for a five-day trip to India and Thailand spelled out the State Department's role in US foreign policy - a role that has been overshadowed by President

The jihad waged by Pakistani militants in divided Kashmir and the Taliban-backed jihad in Afghanistan against foreign troops have always been two sides of the same coin. The Taliban have established roots in Pakistan's Swat Valley, which lies between the

The few terror attacks or attempted plots China has experienced are only a minute sample of what will hit the Asian giant if United States efforts collapse in Afghanistan and Pakistan's government crumbles under the Taliban. This calls for a

Ruben Meghrabyan: upcoming political battles will be a solidity test for the Armenian state system.

Larisa Alaverdyan: Liberated territories are initially Armenian, so ceding them is out of question.

Ambassadors of Iran, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Lebanon, Kazakhstan ad well as UN Resident Coordinator Consuelo Vidal left their signatures in the Book of condolences.

Stepan Grigoryan: Yerevan should take its best efforts for NKR to return to negotiations.