Myanmar local parliaments have so far agreed to the appointment of chief ministers for 12 regions or states out of 14, according to local parliament sources on Wednesday.
The European Union (EU) pledged to enhance its collective ability to combat terrorism on Thursday in the wake of deadly Brussels attacks.
Myanmar President-elect U Htin Kyaw will submit a list of nominees for cabinet posts to the Union Parliament on Thursday for approval, the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) confirmed Monday.
Some 70 Japanese lawmakers visited the notorious war-linked Yasukuni shrine Tuesday, following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ritual offering and two ministers' visits.
Home affairs ministers from European Union (EU) member states on Thursday urged that increased return rates should act as a deterrent to irregular migration.
Australian government ministers on Friday played down rumors of a front bench reshuffle, which had been hinted as a solution to the prime minister's poor approval rating.
Sri Lankan president expresses confidence in new national gov't COLOMBO, Sept. 9 (Xinhua)-- Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday assured that his new national government would be in power for the next five years.
The Nepalese government on Thursday urged neighboring countries and the international community to support Nepal's ongoing constitution drafting process.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday swore in three ministers for his new cabinet after the ruling United National Party (UNP) won a parliamentary election last week.
Brazil and Germany Thursday signed cooperation accords on renewable energy and sustainable development, and issued a joint declaration on climate change.
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expressed satisfactions over the ASEAN community-building process, but called for accelerated actions to complete the remaining tasks, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said here Tuesday.
Foreign ministers from Asian and African countries have vowed to combat terrorism and drug trafficking ahead of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference.
Defense ministers from the 10 nations of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) agreed here Monday to cooperate in tackling the grave security threat from the Islamic State (IS).
The economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called for more efforts to fulfill the goal of deepening integration of the region at the end of a two-day meeting here Sunday.
The economic ministers from the 10 nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Sunday expressed confidence that the region's economy will grow 5.1 percent in 2015, above the 3.5 percent global growth projection.
Tourism ministers from the ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan and South Korea) said here on Monday that intra-APT travel remained the main source of tourism growth in the region.
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