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Jerome Favre | Bloomberg | Getty Images Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys Infosys founder Narayana Murthy on Tuesday defended his role in a months-long war of words with the company’s board that led to changes at the top, saying his actions were in the interest of shareholders. Speaking to investors …

KCNA | Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides a target-striking contest of the special operation forces of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) to occupy islands in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on August 25, 2017. He said the United States’ allies do not have the …

YASSER AL-ZAYYAT | AFP | Getty Images Qatar’s central bank governor Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud al-Thani attends a meeting with other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) central bank chiefs in Kuwait City on March 24, 2010. GCC central bank chiefs are meeting to discuss progress towards regional monetary union. Qatar’s lenders …

Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) talks to Chinese President Xi Jingping during the BRICS meeting in Goa, India, on October 16, 2016. India’s prime minister has confirmed he will visit China next week for a summit of the world’s leading emerging market …

CHRISTOF STACHE | AFP | Getty Images The logo of German television group ProSiebenSat1 is seen at the company’s headquarters in Unterfoehring near Munich, southern Germany, on March 9, 2016. “The company will enter discussions with interested third parties regarding a potential co-investment in or business combinations with its content …

Chung Sung-Jun | Getty Images A North Korea Scud-B missile is displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum on August 26, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. The top U.S. and South Korean military officers agreed to make a strong response to North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch on Tuesday, including …

Getty Images Nikki Haley, United States ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council at United Nations headquarters, July 5, 2017 in New York City. The United States requested an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after North Korea tested an intercontinental …

Agoes Rudianto | Reuters Dian Yulia Novi (2nd L), stands trial along with her husband Muhammad Nur Solihin (2nd R) and co-defendants Ika Puspita Sari (L), Agus Supriyadi (R) in a court in Jakarta, Indonesia June 21, 2017. A Jakarta court has sentenced a female would-be suicide bomber to seven …

Tim De Waele | Corbis | Getty Images The skyline of Doha, Qatar. Qatar’s government may reduce its capital spending on economic projects and infrastructure if damage to its economy from sanctions intensifies, Fitch Ratings said on Monday as it cut the country’s credit rating. Fitch lowered Qatar by one …

MONEY SHARMA | AFP | Getty Images Indian activists of Natinal Panthers Party shout anti Chinese slogans during a protest near the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on July 7, 2017. Indian and Chinese troops have been confronting each other at the Doklam plateau near the borders of India, its …