South Korean rail workers, who have been on strike for fear of privatization of railway services, have decided to end their long-drawn-out walkouts, Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday.
The Bangladeshi government has assured its regional neighbors of more security for their diplomatic missions as well as nationals in the country.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Banh on Thursday warned main opposition against unlawful acts in its daily protests against Prime Minister Hun Sen's government.
A group of former Your Party members headed by its previous Secretary-General Kenji Eda launched a new political party Wednesday with 14 supporters united in creating a viable opposition force to counter Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's autocratic ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
Ukrainian protestors, ignoring President Viktor Yanukovych's plan for round table talks, refused to leave the capital's streets and staged around-clock protests into Tuesday morning.
A special Diet committee on Thursday approved a controversial state secrecy bill, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) coalition coming one step closer to having the bill enacted in the Upper House on Friday.
A massive power outage struck multiple states in Venezuela Monday night, and President Nicolas Maduro suggested it might be an act of sabotage by the opposition.
Japan's ruling coalition on Tuesday pushed a controversial secrecy bill through the lower house of parliament, despite staunch public and political opposition to the bill.
Russia has invited Syrian opposition groups to travel to Moscow for talks aimed at bridging their differences on the planned Geneva peace conference, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said Wednesday that the Syrian government will attend the Geneva II conference on Syria and will be open to all ideas.
While Damascus said it was ready to embark on negotiations with the opposition in the proposed peace conference in Geneva, the Western-backed opposition was still divided over its participation.
The treasury and opposition benches, in a rare unity, on Tuesday joined hands to condemn the recent U.S. drone attack which killed the Taliban chief and scuttled the proposed peace process.
UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said Tuesday that the tripartite meeting of the UN, Russia and the United States wasn't able to set a date for the long-delayed Syria peace talks, known as Geneva II.
The situation around the international conference on Syria, or the Geneva-II conference, requires immediate intervention of the players who exercise influence on the country's opposition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
A meeting of the "core" of the Friends of Syria has attempted to revise all key provisions of the Geneva communique adopted on June 30, 2012, and to distort the shape of the future Geneva-II conference, Moscow said Wednesday.
Thousands of supporters of the opposition in Cambodia on Thursday morning continued their protest against the disputed July's election by marching to the embassies of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France in order to submit petition.
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) launched Wednesday a three-day mass demonstration at the capital's Freedom Park to demand a review of election results that handed victory to Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party.
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