Tag: Asia

At least seven people are missing and several cars remain trapped after parts of a major road tunnel collapsed in central Japan. Two people were injured when the roof caved ...

Is it an anti-graft campaign? A purge of the elite? Or the start of a clan war?  When police raided and searched the home of Rostelekom CEO Aleksandr Provotorov last week, it ...

Afghanistan has closed down three major public universities in the capital, Kabul, for more than a week after sectarian clashes left one student dead and nearly 30 others wounded.  Interior ...

An attack on a Shia Muslim procession in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi has left 23 people dead, police say. Officials said a suicide bomber targeted the procession as it ...

Burma is on a "remarkable journey" of reform that has much further to go, Barack Obama said as he made the first visit to the South East Asian nation by ...

On one side we have the country that is being talked about all over the world, Syria.  On the other side, Turkey, which is also being watched all over the world ...

Japan's lawmakers have approved a crucial bill that will ensure that the government does not run out of money at the end of this month. It will allow the government ...

Pakistan today won the election of United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), by securing 171 votes.  Pakistan is elected for this important UN body for the third time. Pakistan secured ...

Since the death of Leonid Brezhnev, three decades ago this weekend, a series of Soviet and Russian leaders have struggled with the same riddle: How do you modernize without jeopardizing ...

About 100 countries have commemorated United Nations Malala Day to honor 14-year-old Pakistani peace activist Malala Yousafzai. On Saturday, events were held in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, the United States, Britain, ...