Tag: Asia

A seven member delegation of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) led by Mir Waiz Umer Farooq called on Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar at the Foreign Office today. Welcoming the ...

Some Chinese commentators are suggesting that Beijing is actually quite happy that the Liberal Democrats (LDP) are back in power in Tokyo. The argument goes something like this - dealing ...

Afghan women victims of violence are still being failed by the justice system, according to a new UN report. Although there had been some progress in implementing a 2009 anti-violence ...

 An epidemic of bullets and death is gripping the volatile North Caucasus region of Daghestan. And it's an epidemic Khadizhat Nasibova knows better than most.  In late August, the 54-year-old ...

Allegations by Afghanistan's president that the recent suicide attack on the country’s spy chief was planned in neighboring Pakistan have raised bilateral tensions before key talks between the presidents of ...

A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan has killed a senior al-Qaida leader who was considered one of the group's most powerful figures in the region. Statements posted on several ...

South Korean rapper Psy, whose song Gangnam Style became an internet sensation, has apologised for taking part in anti-US protests several years ago. He issued a statement after US media ...

Chinese firms have invested some two billion dollars in Iranian projects, Iranian ambassador to China said at the sidelines of the 4th China Overseas Investment Fair. It is while the ...

Two opposition movements and dozens of media outlets critical of the government are under threat of being shut down in Kazakhstan. Kazakh prosecutors have requested that some 30 newspapers, Internet ...

The mangled wrecks of cars being carried out of Japan's Sasago Tunnel suggest there was little motorists could do to escape the sudden collapse of the ceiling above them. A ...