UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss the current situation in Yemen.
The extraordinary meeting of...
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran has called on Saudi Arabia to immediately cease its military aggression in neighboring Yemen, saying it will further escalate the tensions...
World Water Day 2015 : The Himalayan waters: complex challenges and regional solutions
By Santosh Nepal and Arun Bhakta Shrestha, ICIMOD
It is difficult to think...
MOSCOW, Russia: The Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov has been shot dead in Moscow, prompting a strong worldwide condemnation. Russian media is claiming that...
NEW DELHI, India: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal secured a landslide victory in the recent state assembly election...
BAGHDAD, Iraq: At least 18 persons were killed and about 35 others injured in a suicide blast that occurred in northern Baghdad’s Kadhimiya district...