New Delhi: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan being welcomed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Ceremonial Reception, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Feb. 11, 2016….
Jerusalem, Feb 11 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the parliament on Wednesday that the situation is not yet right for a two-state solution aimed at ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a statement from his…
Jerusalem, Feb 11 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara mistreated household staff, a labour court has found, in a case brought by a former caretaker. The court accepted Meni Naftali’s claim that he…
(151103) — PYONGYANG, Nov. 3, 2015 (Xinhua) — Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Nov. 3, 2015 shows top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un (L,…
Payongayong, Feb 11 (IANS) North Korea has executed its army chief Ri Yong-gil, according to unconfirmed South Korean media reports. Senior officials in North Korea have previously been absent from view for long periods only…
Kathmandu, Feb 10 (IANS) Lifting of the almost six-month-old blockade of the Nepal-India border by Madhesi protestors and high-level bilateral visits have paved the way for a much-awaited visit to India by Nepal Prime Minister…
French President Francois Hollande (Xinhua/Marc El Chombier) Paris, Feb 9 (IANS) France’s National Assembly, the lower house of the country’s parliament, has approved the government’s constitutional reform aimed at giving the green light to a…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi/Kathmandu, Feb 9 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will lead an all-party delegation from India for the funeral of former Nepal prime minister Sushil Koirala…
By Vishal Gulati Yangon, Feb 9 (IANS) A Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, Myanmar is home to bustling precious stone markets and one of the most impressive Buddhist sites. But as…
Bangladesh is now at the crossroads. The war crimes tribunals, set up to punish those who had committed crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s liberation war of 1971, have already sent to gallows three leading lights…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The current turmoil in the Middle East is due as much to sectarianism as the legacies of colonial rule, and the situation is quite like the Indian subcontinent in the…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry  (Xinhua/Bao Dandan) Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday reaffirmed the “ironclad” US commitment to the security and defence of Japan and South Korea,…
Seoul, Feb 7 (IANS) The military forces of South Korea and the US plan to stage their largest ever joint annual war games that are scheduled to kick off in early March, mobilising a nuclear-powered…
Seoul, Feb 7 (IANS) South Korea’s defence ministry on Sunday said Seoul and Washington have agreed to launch official negotiations on the deployment of an advanced US missile defence system, called Terminal High Altitude Area…
SEOUL, Feb. 7, 2016 (Xinhua) — A video grab taken on Feb. 7, 2016 from South Korean TV shows the news report on the launch of a long-range rocket by the Democratic People’s Republic of…
SEOUL, Feb. 7, 2016 (Xinhua) — A video grab taken on Feb. 7, 2016, from South Korean TV shows the news report on the launch of a long-range rocket by the Democratic People’s Republic of…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (File Photo: IANS) Tokyo, Feb 7 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed on Sunday morning that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) had launched a rocket from a…
(160203) — PYONGYANG, Feb. 3, 2016 (Xinhua) — A model of Unha-3 rocket is displayed at the Sci-Tech Complex in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Feb. 3, 2016. (Xinhua/Lu Rui)…
Tokyo, Feb 7 (IANS) The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will bring forward its planned rocket launch to as early as Sunday, Japanese officials said on Saturday, adding in a press briefing that necessary…
(160203) — PYONGYANG, Feb. 3, 2016 (Xinhua) — A model of Unha-3 rocket is displayed at the Sci-Tech Complex in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Feb. 3, 2016. (Xinhua/Lu Rui)…