Myanmar's Union Election Commission announced here Sunday cancellation of the upcoming second by- election originally scheduled for the end of this year.
Japan's House of Councilors on Friday passed a bill to revise the referendum law as part of effort to achieve Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal to amend the pacifist Constitution, local media reported.
The White House said on Tuesday that it has launched a probe into how the name of the Central Intelligence Agency's top officer in Afghanistan was inadvertently revealed during President Barack Obama's weekend trip to the Asian country.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Tuesday to provide economic assistance to Ukraine, sending the bill to President Barack Obama for final signature.
Japan will hand over "hundreds of kilograms of sensitive nuclear material" to the United States for destruction as part of the efforts to "help prevent unauthorized actors, criminals, or terrorists from acquiring such materials," the White House said Monday.
The official soundtrack of Sydney' s winter 2014 has been announced -- with some degree of fanfare -- to the glitterati of Sydney's arts and media scene, when they collectively descended on Sydney harbor Tuesday, for their first taste of the now celebrated Sydney Vivid Festival.
U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on March 17, the White House said Thursday.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a one-trillion-dollar spending bill in which a document is attached calling for Secretary of State John Kerry to encourage Japan to address the issue of "comfort women."
The White House on Wednesday continued to defend Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama amid an escalating controversy over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called Chilean President-elect Michelle Bachelet, congratulating her for her victory and voicing the hope for better ties between the two countries.
Executives of leading tech companies on Tuesday pressed U.S. President Barack Obama to "move aggressively" to scale back the National Security Agency's electronic surveillance practice.
U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a two-year budget plan crafted by bipartisan negotiators, a further step toward removing the threat of a government shutdown early next year.
Thailand's anti-government protester leaders said on Monday that they will proceed mass street demonstration as planned despite the dissolution of House of Representatives.
The White House Thursday urged lawmakers to extend unemployment benefits for millions of unemployed Americans before Christmas, with national unemployment rate still hovering at an "unacceptably high" level.
U.S. President Barack Obama, together with former President Bill Clinton, laid a wreath at John F. Kennedy's grave on Wednesday to honor the slain president's legacy, two days before the 50th anniversary of his assassination.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called his Philippine counterpart Benigno Aquino III to affirm U.S. support for his country's relief efforts in the wake of a devastating attack by Super Typhoon Haiyan.
The 44th Parliament of Australia started on Tuesday morning with a Welcome to Country and indigenous smoking ceremony in the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra.