Many people are in favour of reducing the deficit but they are less clear about where cuts should be made, a BBC poll suggests.

The Commonwealth Games were meant to showcase Delhi, but the Indian capital is struggling to be ready on time amid accusations of poor planning, reports the BBC’s Geeta Pandey.

The head of Afghanistan’s Central Bank tells the BBC he will not allow the country’s biggest commercial bank to collapse.

The UK should have addressed its public deficit back in 2005, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the BBC.

The BBC looks at what the affect of Cadbury’s only using Fairtrade cocoa to make its Dairy Milk bars has meant for cocoa farmers in Ghana.