Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday (April 18) vowed to press for greater autonomy for the nation's ethnic minorities, in an early move to soothe the rebellions roiling the country after her party's ascent to power.
Myanmar's New Year, which fell on Sunday, was highlighted by pledges of both President U Htin Kyaw and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi to build the country with a high level of political and economic development.
The European Union here on Thursday said it believed the appointment of a new government in Ukraine would provide new momentum to the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed Moscow's willingness to develop friendly relationship with other countries.
Although there are growing calls for President Jacob Zuma to resigin, an anti-apartheid stalwarts foundation on Thursday said it will not join the call.
India Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday chaired a high-level meeting in the national capital on Pakistan's stand on the bilateral peace process and the ongoing probe into the terror attck on the Pathankot air base in January this year, sources said.
China has vowed to improve standards and quality in equipment manufacturing.
All schools in Fiji were directed to close on Wednesday as Tropical Cyclone Zena was approaching and the Pacific island country's low-lying areas were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
Multiple economic and political challenges are awaiting the Egyptian new government that has just undergone a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday including 10 new ministers a few days ahead of submitting the cabinet's new program to the newly elected parliament for approval.
The Economist Intelligence Unit warned the world that China was set for a hard landing in its latest global risk analysis report, but closer inspection shows it to be a false alarm.
The Sri Lankan government on Thursday divulged that there was a serious threat to the country's power and energy system which had led to military deployment to protect all power installations and substations in the country.
Five years after massive anti-government protests across Syria, the country is still mired in a prolonged civil war that could trace its origin to the intervention by the U.S.-led West.
At least 49 people were killed and 80 others injured in separate accidents caused by the current spell of torrential rains in Pakistan over the last four days, the authorities said Monday.
The Syria crisis, which is going to brace for its 5th anniversary on Tuesday, has become the most lasting and influential hotspot in the second decade of this century, bringing catastrophic consequences to the country and its people and profoundly affecting the surrounding areas and the wider world.
Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un said his country's nuclear warheads "have been standardized to be fit for ballistic missiles" through miniaturization, the official KCNA news agency reported Wednesday.
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