PESHAWAR / AP In a scathing indictment of Pakistan’s treatment of Afghan refugees, a human rights group charged on Monday that the country is forcing hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees back to their homeland, which is still beset by war and crushing poverty. It also said that a $400 stipend the United Nations refugee agency gives to refugees ...

  Reuters A slump in shares of Dubai’s Arabtec dragged Dubai’s stock market lower on Monday after the builder reported a larger fourth-quarter net loss, while other markets were mixed. Dubai’s index dropped 1.8 percent, its largest single-day decline since October 2015, after Arabtec plummeted by its 10 percent daily limit having reported a net loss of 2.95 billion dirhams ...

  Bloomberg Investors continued to add to reflation trades that were reinvigorated last week when President Donald Trump indicated details on his pro-growth policies were imminent. US stocks rose, the dollar strengthened and bonds retreated before data this week provide detail on the strength of US consumer prices. Speeches from a range of Federal Reserve officials will provide clues on ...