A Brazilian congressional committee voted on Monday to recommend impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff, but pro-government lawmakers believe a two-thirds majority can hardly be secured in the full lower house for the process to move ahead.
The FBI may be allowed to withhold information about how it broke into an iPhone belonging to a gunman in the December San Bernardino shootings, despite a U.S. government policy of disclosing technology security flaws discovered by federal agencies.
The Afghan Taliban has refused to take part in direct peace negotiations with the Afghan government, but diplomatic efforts are underway to start the process.
Aung San Suu Kyi, chairperson of Myanmar's election-winning National League for Democracy (NLD), Thursday pledged to strive for fully meeting the aspiration of the people as much as possible.
Pakistan has been entrusted with a task to bring 10 Taliban leaders to table for the next phase of Afghanistan reconciliation process.
The fourth round of the key Quadrilateral meeting on the Afghan peace process and drafting of a roadmap to find a political solution to the lingering security crisis was held in Kabul on Tuesday.
A quadrilateral meeting on peace in Afghanistan on Monday issued a joint statement, calling for immediate talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
China's Foreign Ministry said Monday it is willing to support and assist the restarting of the peace process in Afghanistan.
Senior Afghan, Pakistani, U.S. and Chinese officials are scheduled to meet in coming days to explore ways for the revival of stalled peace dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban, a top Pakistani adviser has said.
A"process of consultations will begin in the coming days" to discuss strategy for the resumption of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, said officials and diplomatic sources late Friday night.
Nepal's Constituent Assembly ( CA) on Sunday officially started a voting process on the promulgation of a much-awaited new constitution.
Increased attacks have been reported against Turkish police and military targets by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), with reports pilling up as Turkey heightens security measures.
At least 1,500 families have been displaced in southern province of Maguindanao following the bloody clash between police force and Muslim rebels last week, the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Wednesday.
The internationalization process of China's currency has made a new stride forward during the ongoing World Economic Forum annual meeting, with Beijing and Bern inking a deal to expand financial cooperation.
Turkey's two years long peace process to settle the country's Kurdish problem has hit a roadblock over violence in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast.
There are some doubts raised by some quarters here as to whether the new Afghan president can be sworn in on Sept. 2 as earlier announced by outgoing President Hamid Karzai.
There are some doubts raised by some quarters here as to whether the new Afghan president can be sworn in on Sept. 2 as earlier announced by outgoing President Hamid Karzai.
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