Maldives President Mohamed Waheed on Friday stepped down as president as the country was prepared to hold the second round of the presidential elections.
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.
Philippine Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda Tuesday assured that all the victims of typhoon Haiyan would be assisted by government, denying that some areas are being neglected as resources are being focused only in the Tacloban City and Leyte Province. This came after his president Aquino III's "But you did not die" provocative question to a
The Communist Party of China (CPC) unveiled a new reform blueprint on Tuesday to push forward the development of the world's second largest economy.
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) criticized a Japanese government-submitted bill to impose tougher penalties on national secret leakers on Monday, local media reported.
The contentious amnesty bill has proven to be the worst move made by Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government in its two-year tenure, further dimming her brother Thaksin's chance of returning home.
Death toll from super typhoon " Haiyan," locally named "Yolanda," climbed to 255 with affected individuals ballooning to 9.7 million, a senior government official said Monday.
Pakistani Taliban's decision to appoint most hard-liner commander Mullah Fazalullah as their new chief is seen as a serious setback for the proposed peace talks with the government.
As a young company, China's largest private shipbuilder, Rongsheng Heavy Industries, which just celebrated its 8th birthday last week, did not expect to brace the winter of its industry so soon.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday called for putting an end to the anti- amnesty protests that have escalated to sweep Bangkok.
Pakistani Taliban Thursday appointed Mullah Fazalullah as new chief six days after their chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a U.S. drone strike.
The German government will look for ways to question whistleblower Edward Snowden in Russia on U.S. spying that included alleged monitoring of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said Wednesday.
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.
Brazil published a decree on Tuesday, ordering all federal government agencies to use a new encrypted email system to shun spying.
Government omnipotence, which has become an obstacle to efficiency after powering China's staggering growth in past decades, is expected to be addressed in reforms outlined by the country's new leadership for the next decade.
Thousands of people gathered Monday on major streets in the heart of the Thai capital in protest of the government's legislation to grant "blanket amnesty" to those involved in previous unrests and bloodsheds.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday told cabinet ministers that his government will pursue talks with the Taliban despite the killing of Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a recent U.S. drone strike.
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