Some 50 militants and three soldiers had been killed during military operations across Afghanistan within one day, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Australian authorities are undertaking a mass mosquito eradication program in the country's north after a man was tested positive for the Zika virus after returning from South America.
A missing aircraft of Tara Air has been found crashed in Myagdi district, some 300 km off the capital, killing all 23 people on board.
An aircraft of missing Tara Airlines with 23 people on board has been found crashed in Myagdi District in Nepal on Wednesday afternoon.
The Australian government has approved the sale of the nation's biggest dairy farming company to Chinese billionaire Lu Xianfeng.
Australia on Monday (Feb 22) said an asylum seeker baby whom doctors had refused to discharge from hospital is expected to be returned to a remote Pacific detention camp as a deterrent to people smugglers.
At least 10 people have been killed and 150 injured as protests by the Jat community in the northern Indian state Haryana demanding Other Backward Classes (OBC) status entered the eighth day on Sunday, said police.
"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." The adage from Jean-Jacques Rousseau should be made familiar to those impatient with China's economic transition.
Dozens of Australian cancer patients have reportedly received less than the recommended dosage of a chemotherapy drug over a three year period in one of the nation's most prestigious hospitals.
India's highest court said Thursday (Feb 18) it was concerned about law and order after a student leader whose arrest for sedition has sparked major protests was attacked, while journalists and lawyers were heckled in court.
As the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 nears its end, officials have admitted they might have to confront the idea the plane's disappearance was deliberately planned.
The UN-mediated Syria peace talks struggled to continue into its second day as United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura met again with the Syrian government delegation on Tuesday.
The New Zealand government on Tuesday said the World Health Organization (WHO) had taken the appropriate measure in declaring the Zika a public health emergency.
Preservation of the masterpiece of ancient Tibetan culture, The Epic of King Gesar, is facing challenges on two fronts: The region's wizened storytellers are taking their treasures to the grave even as the younger generation is focused on contemporary entertainment.
The Zika virus, a mosquito-borne virus which is suspected of causing birth defects, has reached Europe with reported cases found in Britain, Denmark and Portugal.
The cover-up of nude statues at Rome' s Capitoline Museums during a two-day visit by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has turned into a mysterious blame game in Italy.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura told press on Monday that intra-Syrian talks initially planned to start on Monday have been delayed until Jan. 29.
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