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Condemning senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s comment against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a Pakistani news channel, Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla on Tuesday said it was simply baffling to see the grand old party begging a neighbouring nation to...

These concerns were raised by Democratic rival and Bernie Sanders during Saturday night’s debate. Given that his own campaign is funded by small donations from individual supporters, the Vermont senator has been a leading advocate for campaign finance reform. And they...

AAA predicts 46.9 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving, the highest number seen in eight years. Air travel is expected to decrease by 1.2 percent, with 6,320 South Dakotans flying to their holiday destinations.

Actor Charlie Sheen will sit down with NBC’s Matt Lauer to talk about a “revealing personal announcement” on Tuesday morning’s TODAY show.

The attacks on Friday evening, which claimed the lives of 129 people, are believed to have been carried out by Islamic State militants.

Wal-Mart Stores also updated its Q4 guidance to $1.40-1.55 EPS.

Industrial production – a broad measure of everything made by American factories, mines and utilities – fell a seasonally adjusted 0.2 per cent in October from a month earlier, the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday.

Super Eagles striker, Obafemi Martins and defender, Efe Ambrose, are confident that the team will advance to the group phase of qualifiers for the 2018 Federation Internationale de Football Association World Cup.

Figures released by consumer research firm Kantar Worldpanel show that in the 12 weeks up to November 8, Lidl increased its market share to 4.4%, while Aldi managed to maintain 5.6% of the market for the fifth month running.

Marriott global has agreed to buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide for $12.2bn (£8bn), in a move that will create the world’s largest hotels chain with 1.1 million rooms.

Ahead of Tuesday’s quarterly report, there is little reason to think shares of the world’s largest retailer are poised for a swift rebound.

Analysts polled by Reuters expected the company to post earnings per share of $1.32 on revenue of $21.82 billion. The company’s revenue was up 16.9% on a year-over-year basis.

Last week, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) warned that property would become “even more unaffordable” over the next five years, unless more houses were built.

Brent, the global benchmark, recently traded down 35 cents, or 0.8%, to $44.12 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.

Samarco is owned by Australia’s BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, and Brazil’s Vale, the largest iron ore miner.