An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned former leaders of the country's now-defunct ruling party of deposed president Hosni Mubarak from running in any coming elections, state TV reported.
At least 18 people were killed and more than 60 others injured after a passenger train derailed in western Indian state of Maharashtra on Sunday, state Home Minister RR Patil said.
Voting for India's general elections in northern state of Punjab began Wednesday morning, officials said.
India's ruling Congress party Monday launched a scathing attack on the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, linking him to a businessman allegedly involved in money laundering.
Indonesia's anti-graft agency declared suspect status against the outgoing chief of Indonesian State Auditing Agency (BPK) Hadi Poernomo shortly after he retired from his post for his involvement in graft case that cost the state some 375 billion rupiah (about 32.4 million U.S. dollars).
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang will pay a state visit to Japan on March 16-19 at the invitation of Japanese Emperor Akihito, Vietnamese foreign ministry announced on Sunday.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a list of state-owned enterprises ( SOEs) to undergo the process of equitising and restructuring in 2014-15 as a set plan to help secure confidence from foreign investors.
Thousands of Israeli right-wing protesters, among them parliament members and ministers, gathered in the West Bank Thursday to encourage settlements construction and to protest against the ongoing peace talks, local media reported.
Five reporters including the chief executive officer of the local Myanmar private "Unity Journal" have been detained and interrogated in connection with an article of the journal charged with disclosing the state secret, state media reported Thursday.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday declared a state of emergency for all of New York State, effective immediately as a winter storm continues to bring heavy snow, ice, and freezing rain to communities in both the upstate and downstate regions.
With new heatwave conditions arriving in southeast Australia, South Australian (SA) fire department has declared fire bans across the state, forcing 11 schools to be closed on Tuesday.
With new heatwave conditions arriving in southeast Australia, South Australian (SA) fire department has declared fire bans across the state, forcing 11 schools to be closed on Tuesday.
Some nine people, including one woman, were charred to death in a major fire which broke out on an express train in the western Indian state of Maharashtra in the early hours of Wednesday, a senior police officer said.
Greek parliament rejected on Wednesday evening a proposal tabled by main opposition Radical Left SYRIZA party for an inquiry into the terms of a controversial agreement regarding the sale of Greece's Skaramangas shipyards three years ago and the subsequent purchase of submarines by the Greek state.
China finally agreed to the long-awaited tax deferral for corporate annuities, as authorities seek to address overwhelming pension demand through alternatives to the nation's mandatory pension fund.
The photograph of former President Nelson Mandela, purported to be of him lying in his casket at the Union Buildings, is a fake, the Department of State Security said on Thursday.
China finally agreed to the long-awaited tax deferral for corporate annuities, as authorities seek to address overwhelming pension demand through alternatives to the nation's mandatory pension fund.
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