Nepal's former prime minister Surya Bahadur Thapa passed away at a hospital in the Indian Capital New Delhi Wednesday night at the age of 87, his grandson Siddartha Thapa said Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday mourned the death of former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, calling him a "remarkable" man.
Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of Singapore, died at 3:18 am on Monday at the age of 91, according to a statement released by the Prime Minister's Office ( PMO) on Monday.
Australia's Defense Minister Kevin Andrews has dampened hopes that an Australian company might yet win the contract to build Australia's next generation of submarines.
Myanmar's ethnic Kachin Independence Army has ambushed a convoy of Kachin state transport minister on a highway in northern Kachin state, official sources said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Maithripala Sirisena swore in a 27-member cabinet along with nine deputy ministers here on Monday.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to seek the cooperation of India's neighbors to adopt a tough stand against terrorism at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit this week in Kathmandu, said official sources here Monday.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday announced his cabinet lineup with over half of its posts filled by technocrats, and Widodo himself called the cabinet " Working Cabinet."
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's newly launched cabinet on Monday was jolted by resignations of two female ministers over their political funds scandal, with the prime minister seeing the appointments of the two resigning officials as his responsibilities.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday accepted Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi's resignation filed early Monday at Abe's official residence, Japan's Kyodo News reported.
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Senior officials of Iceland defended the country's whaling policy Tuesday, responding to a recent international demarche issued by some 30 countries against Iceland's whaling.
Since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office and launched his cabinet in December 2012, his lineup has remained unchanged for about 20 months, creating a record for a postwar prime minister.
A royal command appointing Thailand's interim cabinet headed by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- ocha was announced Sunday, with five deputy prime ministers included in the 32-member lineup.
Pakistani government Sunday announced to hold talks with two opposition political leaders who are leading thousands of their supporters in sit-ins in Islamabad and demanding resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Friday reshuffled her cabinet to regain public confidence lost after the ferry sinking disaster.
Egyptian interim president Adli Mansour ordered formation of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in accordance with the new constitution, official MENA news agency reported Thursday.
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