South Asia & International

Obama and Romney spar in final days before election

US economy adds 171,000 new jobs

Syrian rebels attack key military air base

U.S. East Coast staggers to recover from monster storm

US clean-up begins after Sandy havoc

Electrical fire at Saudi wedding kills 25

Two Nato soldiers killed by Afghan ‘policeman’

Swiss bank UBS to shed 10,000 jobs worldwide

Silvio Berlusconi sentenced to four years for tax fraud

Iranian lawyer and filmmaker win EU’s Sakharov Prize

Hurricane Sandy kills 41 in Caribbean, targets US

Clash violates Syria Eid al-Adha truce

President Obama votes early in Chicago

Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Jamaica

US Presidential candidates clash over foreign policy

Clashes erupt in Beirut after security chief’s funeral

Syria blamed for Lebanon car bomb

EU reaches compromise on banking supervision

FARC and Colombian government launch peace talks

Anger flares as Obama, Romney clash in second debate

Vikram Pandit resigns as Citigroup chief

Karadzic opens defence in Hague war crimes trial

Romney raises $170 million in September

Pakistan sends girl shot by Taliban to Britain for care