All 50 people on board a Boeing 737 plane were killed when it crashed in a Russian city while landing…
Abdulla Yameen was sworn in as Maldives president on Sunday, a day after wining a closely contested runoff election, ending…
At least 100 people were killed in the latest clashes between Messiria and Salamat tribes in Sudan's Darfur region
Sri Lanka says there's no need for an international probe into its human rights record as proposed by British Prime…
China will optimise the size and structure of its army, adjust and improve the proportion between various troops, and reduce…
British Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a tough message to Sri Lanka in Colombo on Saturday, insisting that if the…
Pakistan's interior ministry has ordered a probe into the killing of senior Haqqani network leader Naseeruddin Haqqani, a media report…
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa insisted that common problems of the 53-country bloc should outshine the island's human rights record.
Sri Lanka formally assumed the chair of the Commonwealth as heads of governments of 53 member-countries of the former British…
Sixty-five Australians were among more than 300 people arrested worldwide after Toronto police smashed a Canadian-based child sex abuse ring
There is no need for Congress to add new sanctions on Iran if the US is serious about pursuing diplomatic…
The number of deaths in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Haiyan rose to 2,357, a government agency said
A new survey found that opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose to record levels this year, with a 36 percent…
The first new office tower at New York City's Ground Zero opened Wednesday, marking a rebirth of the Lower Manhattan…
The killing of senior Haqqani network leader Naseeruddin Haqqani has fuelled talks of a rift between Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services…
Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's foreign affairs advisor, on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and reaffirmed Islamabad's…
Pakistan on Wednesday said Afghanistan should not allow its soil to be used against it, days after the Pakistani Taliban…
The oil industry, a main lifeline for the Syrian economy, is at risk as the main oil fields in northeastern…
