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.
Workers in online retailer Amazon's warehouses in Germany started a three-day strike on Monday, asking for higher payment and better working conditions.
The Spanish students union on Wednesday called for a fresh two-day strike in March to protest against education reform adopted by the ruling Popular Party (PP).
Negotiations collapsed on Friday between South Korea's state-run rail operator Korea Railroad Corp. KORAIL and its labor union as both sides failed to narrow differences over KORAIL's plan to operate the Suseo-dong High Speed Railway.
Subway stations in Portugal's capital Lisbon were closed on Thursday as metro workers in the city started a 24-hour strike against the government's new austerity measures enshrined in the 2014 state budget.
Spanish students began a three-day strike on Tuesday against cutbacks in the state education system and a government's project which forces pupils to choose earlier either an academic or a vocational path.
Pakistan on Sunday condemned American drone strike in the country's tribal region and said these attacks badly affect bilateral relations.
At least three people were killed and four others injured in a U.S. drone strike launched early Monday morning in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local media.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday testified in a House of Representatives hearing about Syria, striving to sell President Barack Obama's plan for a punitive strike against the government of Bashar al-Assad for alleged use of chemical weapons.
Syrians are getting jittery about their destiny and the future of their homeland as the possibility of a U.S. strike on Syria seems to be growing minute by minute.
At least four people were killed and four others injured in a U.S. drone strike launched early Wednesday morning in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local state-run media PTV.
Hong Kong dockers ended their 40-day long strike on Monday, with the acceptance of 9.8 percent pay rise by their employers, as local medias report.
Dockworkers' strike could negatively affect Hong Kong's reputation as an international shipping center, despite that the strike would not deal a heavy blow to the concerned conglomerate itself, an analyst said Tuesday.
The fourth round of negotiation between the Union of Kong Kong Dockers and the contractor is set to begin Thursday afternoon in a bid to end the strike that is in its 34th day, local media reported.
Greek workers are launching on Wednesday the first general strike of 2013 to renew their protest over the government-prescribed austerity measures.
Four Chinese bus drivers charged for their roles in a rare strike in Singapore have been asked to decide whether to plead guilty or claim trial by next week.
An important Taliban commander was among the 16 people kill in Sunday's U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of South Waziristan, local media reported.