A Sri Lankan minority Tamil political party on Sunday said that it is ready to work with the government to address issues in the Tamil-dominated north.
U.S. President Barack Obama and the House Republicans geared up for a budget fight on Friday as Washington faces a potential government shutdown.
The Philippine government downplayed Tuesday any possible impact of the Zamboanga standoff on the overall economy, saying the firefight was contained in the western portion in the south.
U.S. President Barack Obama defended on Monday the administration's handling of the 2008 financial crisis on the fifth anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse, touting an economic turnaround while warning against self-inflicted wounds from Washington's potential fiscal fight.
President Barack Obama said on Monday that while the United States has come a long way out of the financial crisis, the U.S. economy is still not yet where it needs to be.
U.S. President Barack Obama defended on Monday the administration's handling of the 2008 financial crisis on the fifth anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse, touting an economic turnaround while warning against self-inflicted wounds from Washington's potential fiscal fight.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday that he will not negotiate with his Republican rivals on raising the country's debt ceiling to avert a debt default of the world's largest economy.
The Japanese government on Sunday welcomed an agreement between the United States and Russia over the issue of Syrian chemical weapons, according to Japan's Foreign Ministry.
Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott has revealed his new cabinet line-up at a press conference in Parliament House of Canberra on Monday, nine days after the coalition's election win over Labor.
Pakistani Taliban Sunday called for the release of their prisoners and withdrawal of army from the tribal regions, which the group says could be major confidence building measures for the possible peace talks.
China needs less government intervention and should rely more on the invisible hand to boost consumption as the country moves away from an investment-led growth model, economists and business representatives proposed on Thursday.
China needs less government intervention and should rely more on the invisible hand to boost consumption as the country moves away from an investment-led growth model, economists and business representatives proposed on Thursday.
Although relieved of an imminent West strike, many Syrians still feel insecure as the West is only putting on hold its plan of a punitive strike on Damascus for its alleged use of chemical weapons.
The Syrian government has accepted a Russian proposal to put its chemical weapons under international control to "stave off" a possible U.S. aggression, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Tuesday.
Although the government has not yet given out details or set out a timeline for the newly established pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in Shanghai, the move has caused quite a stir in the world's second-largest economy.
National Day visitors to Tian'anmen Square, the Chinese capital landmark, will see smaller and simpler parterres than in previous years.
The pre-dawn Monday attack in Zamboanga City in Southern Philippines by some 300 armed followers of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), which has left six dead and scores injured, could derail the ongoing peace process in Mindanao.
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