The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced Wednesday that it has successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb explosion, the fourth nuclear test of the country. Following is a review of the country's previous nuclear tests.
The Islamist attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo made France the third deadliest country for journalists in 2015, just behind Syria and Iraq, media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday.
2015 will be remembered as a year in Nepal for shocking highs and miserable lows.
Australia has had three terrorist attacks over the past year and this month former prime minister Tony Abbott preached to the Muslim world that it must become “enlightened”. Yet the country sticks out from others fighting Islamist extremism as most of its population strongly support multiculturalism and legal immigration.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani urged the Muslim world on Sunday to unite against the dividing threats.
At the end of the first year of its transformation decade, the Afghan government still grappled with deteriorating security situations and the flagging economy amid intensified fighting and less international support, a senior UN official said here Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday criticized Europe for lack of independent foreign policy, saying it has partially transferred its sovereignty to the United States.
The conclusion of the NATO-led forces combat mission in Afghanistan in late 2014 and withdrawal of major parts of the more than 120,000-strong combat troops has negatively affected the economy of the foreign-aid dependent country.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Thursday formally approved Afghanistan's membership at its 10th ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
At the opening of the second World Internet Conference on Wednesday, China made sure its voice was heard: Every country has the right to create its own Internet governance model, and the cyber sovereignty of all nations should be respected.
About seven Afghan army soldiers have been killed in separate incidents since early Monday, the country's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
Two senior US officials on Tuesday praised the International Energy Agency's (IEA) inclusion of China as its association country at its recent minister-level meeting.
The insecurity is on its peak in Afghanistan and the future seems bleak as the lives, livelihood and security of the people are not guaranteed. The government has not been able to control the situation and with each passing day the situation is getting worse.
A total of 10,500 local and international observers have been in place to monitor Myanmar's Nov. 8 general election which has entered into a five-day countdown.
About 97 militants have been killed amid Afghan security forces' cleanup operations since early Sunday, the country's Defense Ministry said on Monday morning.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said late Sunday in his pre-departure statement before his official visit to the United States that relations between the two countries are "satisfactorily advancing on an upward trajectory."
The Philippine government has undertaken pre-emptive evacuation of 219 people from 72 families in northern province of Isabela as typhoon Koppu, locally named Lando, further intensified, the state disaster management agency said Saturday.
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