Australia has been put on a nationwide alert on Monday for possible terror threats after an armed man suspected of being related to radical Islamists took up to 40 hostages in central Sydney and forced part of the city into lockdown.
Hong Kong authorities cleared occupy sites in Admiralty on Thursday and got the traffic in front of the government headquarters moving again before midnight.
Indian Congress party President Sonia Gandhi Wednesday praised Kashmiri people for participating in huge numbers in the ongoing local elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Japan's largely unpopular and highly controversial Special Secrecy Law came into effect Wednesday granting the government wider powers to declare and designate state secrets and impose harsher penalties on those charged with leaking them.
An Indian court has banned the import and sale of Chinese smartphone Xiaomi over alleged patent infringement, said local media Thursday.
An Indian court has banned the import and sale of Chinese smartphone Xiaomi over alleged patent infringement, said local media Thursday.
Australian Attorney General George Brandis has hit back following David Hicks'heckling at a public ceremony in Sydney, labeling the former Guantanamo Bay detainee as a"terrorist."
Korea Air Lines, South Korea's top flagship carrier, has been under mounting criticism as Chairman Cho Yang Ho's daughter ordered to deplane a crew member in violation of aviation law, local media reported on Wednesday.
Japan's controversial Special Secrecy Law took effect on Wednesday, with 55 categories of information over diplomacy, defense, anti-terrorism and counterespionage being defined as state secrets, amid strong public opposition.
"Shirtfront" has been named Australia's 2014 word of the year, the Australian National University announced on Wednesday on behalf of the Australian National Dictionary Center.
Nepal's Constituent Assembly has taken up key contentious issues of the new constitution after major parties failed to forge consensus for voting on contentious issues, the constitution drafting body said on Wednesday.
Myanmar will get 688 million euro ( 900 million U.S. dollars) in aid from the European Union (EU) for the next seven years from 2014 to 2020, a semi-official media reported Wednesday.
Russian president Vladimir Putin is due to arrive Wednesday for a high profile two-day visit to India, during which he will discuss with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the strengthening of cooperation in nuclear energy, defense and oil explorations.
Adoption rates across Australia have fallen to their"lowest annual number on record", according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The Malaysian government has decided to seek input from the public on the education system, particularly in the higher education sector, in preparing the Malaysia Education Blueprint for Higher Education 2015-2025, an official said here Tuesday.
Many women, particularly working professionals, in the Indian capital use radio cabs every day after dark, be it returning from the office, a party or the airport.
Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un (3rd L) inspecting the Korean People's Army (KPA) Air and Anti-Air Force Unit 458. Kim Jong Un went around the on-foot flight training ground, desktop flight training lecture room and piloting training lecture room of the unit, and learned in detail about its ongoing combat and political drills for the new year on Dec. 8, 2014.
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