SEOUL, South Korea: A day before the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was to visit North Korea, Pyongyang withdrew the invitation it had...
KABUL, Afghanistan: Eleven Afghan policemen including senior officers were awarded one-year imprisonment by a court for failing to protect a woman who was burnt...
KATHMANDU, Nepal: Another earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale struck Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 42 persons and injuring more than 11,00...
RIYADH, Saudi Arab: The Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States Adel al-Jubeir has been appointed as the Kingdom’s new foreign minister while Muhammad...
KATHMANDU, Nepal: The Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has warned that the death toll from Saturday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake could reach 10,000, and also appealed...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The death toll from Saturday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal has risen to 3,218 while more than 6,500 persons have also been...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan: The 74-year-old Nursultan Nazarbayev has been re-elected as the President of Kazakhstan after he secured 97.7 percent votes in the presidential election...