The State Department on Friday urged Americans to admiration its warning against traveling to North Korea, saying in a cheeky Twitter message that there are not too several former U.S. presidents left accessible for ...

The number of Pakistani flood victims in need urgent humanitarian relief has risen from six million to eight million, the United Nations said on Thursday. “Since it’s an evolving situation, things are unfolding. ...

Indian Pm Manmohan Singh said that a recent resumption of dialogue would go nowhere unless Islamabad cracks down on militancy. In a wide-ranging conversation that addressed domestic issues of high inflation and religious tolerance, Singh ...

Bangladesh has ordered all schools and colleges to close for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to save electricity and ease traffic congestion, the education ministry said Thursday. Schools normally remain open in Muslim-majority Bangladesh ...

A Thai court began a trial on Monday into alleged funding irregularities by the ruling Democrat Party in a case that could complicate a long-running political crisis in Southeast Asia's second-largest ...

President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced a freeze in bonuses for federal employees who are political appointees, a symbolic signal during a period of high joblessness. Obama, who already froze salaries of senior White House ...

Four landslides triggered by serious rains in China have left 37 people dead and almost 40 others lost, an official and state media said Wednesday, as authorities brace for likely flooding. The landslides swept through ...

US voters' confidence in President Barack Obama's skill to get his job done well has slid to a new low, a Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Tuesday found. "Four months before midterm elections that ...

The Indian govt on Thursday appealed parents in Kashmir to keep their teenage sons indoors after the deaths of several innocent young men in protests over the last month. At least 15 innocent civilians have ...

Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Tuesday said India would discuss the issue of terror, Mumbai attacks and trade with Pakistan during his upcoming visit to Islamabad.“We would like to talk to Pakistan ...