Nearly three dozen Nepal's opposition party activists were arrested and released in the strike on Tuesday afternoon around the country for vandalizing private and government vehicles.
Syria will exert all possible efforts to ensure a meeting in Moscow over the Syrian crisis a success, Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said on Tuesday.
After a protracted deadlock, Nepal's parties have temporarily removed the obstacles crippling the all-important tasks of constitution drafting, cross-party leaders said on Wednesday.
Official campaigning for Japan's general election kicked off Tuesday, with over 1,180 candidates running for the 475-seat House of Representatives, or the lower house, in the country's bicameral parliament, but the result may disappoint voters as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) may secure an unpopular victory due to a divided opposition camp and a twisted electoral system.
Sri Lankan election monitors on Wednesday voiced alarm at escalating violence in the run up to provincial elections next month with over 20 opposition party offices attacked this week.
United Nations rights envoy for Cambodia Surya Subedi on Wednesday urged all sides to immediately exercise utmost calm and restraint in the wake of alarming reports of violence following opposition protests in Phnom Penh on Tuesday.
Following the split of the country's second-largest opposition party, the Japan Restoration Party (JRP), with the two splinter factions led by former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto set to go their separate ways, concerns are rife among some opposition party contingents about their diminishing voice in the national government.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen reiterated Tuesday that there would be no reelection as demanded by the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party ( CNRP).
Japan's second-largest opposition party the Japan Restoration Party will split in two as its two leaders are at odds about the party's merger with the Unity Party (Yui no To), a top spokesperson said Wednesday.
The world's eyes were caught by the dramatic political changes in Ukraine in the past day, as the opposition-controlled parliament relieved President Viktor Yanukovych from his post and released his arch-rival Yulia Tymoshenko.
Syrian government and opposition delegates resume the second round of talks Monday morning.
The Syria-based opposition groups have agreed that the ill-representation of the Syrian opposition groups in the Geneva II peace talks was one of the main reasons behind the failure, saying that a broader representation could result in tangible results for a political settlement for the country's three-year-old conflict.
The annual Munich Security Conference concluded here on Sunday with several issues heatedly discussed, among which the crisis in Ukraine has been put in the spotlight.
Cambodian security forces fired smoke bombs to disperse protesters in the capital Monday morning, national military police spokesman Kheng Tito said.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday urged the Syrian opposition to attend a key peace conference which aims at bringing an end to the three-year conflict in Syria.
The Detective Branch of Bangladesh Police Monday night arrested a top leader of the country's main opposition party.Vice-Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, also a former foreign secretary, was arrested shortly after he came out of the residence of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia who virtually remained confined to her house since the opposition alliance launched "March for Democracy" program on Dec. 24.
The Cambodian opposition party' s daily protests have been destroying the country's economy and causing social instability, Dr. Ros Chantraboth, advisor to Prime Minister Hun Sen, said Monday.
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