OPINION

World Bank loan could encourage others to invest in Pakistan's creaking energy sector

The IMF chief denies that loans come in exchange for structural reform, but the Ukraine bailout shows she is wrong.

The Top Gear presenter has issued an apology for allegedly saying the N-word during filming.

The 81% taxpayer owned bank is still riddled with problems

Expat Cath Everett checks out the South African Derby Day at the Turffontein racetrack in Johannesburg.

Falafel Index offers alternative to the Big Mac Index for the Middle East

Assuming every male customer who steps on a plane is a potential child abuser is just stupid.

Former Omani air force chief Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi argues that world leaders should push Iranian nuclear talks to the top of the global agenda.

The agency at the heart of George Osborne's export strategy fails to deliver once again.

IBTimes UK examines a month of racism, resignation and controversy for Nigel Farage's UK Independence Party

Timeline of Nigerian government's feeble attempts to rein in Islamist extremists

The US remains in front of China when it comes to many important economic indicators

Jews can fight anti-semitism on their own, but they can't beat it without help.

William McAteer and Pat Whelan may have been escaped prison but their conviction is another blow to Ireland's flailing banking sector

Crisis in Russia and further lawsuits ensure British Petroleum unlikely to know stability for a while.

If we are serious about eliminating the Ukip threat, we must start engaging properly with their sympathisers.

Sanctions by Washington are highly personal attack on Russian president

Singapore has overtaken the British capital as the top overseas clearing centre for China's RMB.

Big companies have power to create lasting change - but they have simply turned their backs.

Vucic is the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and former Serbian deputy Prime Minister

Abbas claims the Holocaust was 'heinous', yet he and his regime continue to endorse it.

Buy-to-let investors force up house prices and rents, cashing in on everyone else's misery.

President Vladimir Putin thinks so, but how would it fare outside the global system?

Obama's even made Putin look humane - even Jimmy Carter wasn't this bad.

Matt Zarb-Cousin of the Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes on why he doubts William Hill closures.

Manchester United interim manager has decisions to make ahead of Norwich clash.

Don't be fooled by the Oxford Street demonstration over the 1,138 Bangladeshi factory workers which died

Xactly's CEO details how businesses can learn from David Moyes' 'unsurprising' Man U sacking

Expat Cath Everett decides to take in Joberg's D-Day festival, part of a global celebration of all things involving marijuana.