Brunei launched on Monday the White Paper for Land Transport in line with the national development plan "VISION 2035" and the Ministry of Communication's vision of a Smart Society and Excellence in Communications by 2017 in conjunction with the National Seminar on Road Safety.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that as the U.S. "human rights racket" gets more intense against the country, the "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will completely lose its meaning."
Survivors of a deadly landslide in Indonesia's Central Java province on Monday tearfully recalled the moment when they had to part from their loved ones after such a tragic event.
A senior Pakistani politician, Imran Khan, Monday led an anti-gov't rally in the eastern city of Lahore to push for his demand for investigation into what he called fraud in last year's parliamentary polls.
Hong Kong police on Monday cleared the last occupy site to put an end to the Occupy Movement which lasted for more than two months.
Australia's Muslim-friendly 'I'll Ride With You' campaign goes viralAn Australian social media campaign "I'll Ride with You" which urges Australians to embrace the local Muslim population has become the No.1 trending topic on Twitter in the wake of Sydney's dramatic siege.
Sydney's terror siege ended in tragedy early Tuesday morning with three dead - including the lone gunman - as police stormed the cafe.
Australia's heavily armed police raided a Sydney cafe under siege after a police sniper witnessed the gunman shoot a hostage, local media reported on Tuesday.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein will attend the 5th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit in the Thai capital of Bangkok, said an official announcement Tuesday.
Australia's birth rate has risen for the first time in five years, according to research from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Roundup: Afghan government to have new cabinet within days KABUL, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, after assuming office on Sept. 29, announced to form a new cabinet within 45 days but it has yet to be achieved as all the ministries are run by acting ministers.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he will make a quick decision on the lineup of his new cabinet after Sunday's election, which saw a landslide victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its small Komeito partner.
A gunman, who held an unknown number of people hostage in a downtown Sydney cafe on Monday, has been identified after five hostages managed to flee the hours-long siege.
Five hostages have been released from a Sydney cafe, which has been held siege by an armed man showing Islamic flags on Monday.
Some 22 Taliban militants have been killed and 28 wounded as the Afghan security forces pressed ahead with offensives in restive provinces, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
Banri Kaieda, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), decided on Monday to quit over the party's failure in Sunday's general election.
The younger brother of South Korean President Park Geun-hye appeared at prosecutors' office on Monday for questioning about whether he was involved in the leakage of a presidential document.
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