VIENNA: In a defiant move ahead of nuclear talks, Iran has announced plans to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment, which can make both
PHNOM PENH: Thousands of mourners accompanied a gilded chariot carrying the body of former King Norodom Sihanouk — the dominant figure of modern Cambodia — in a funeral procession Friday
BEIJING: A truck carrying fireworks ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations exploded and destroyed part of an elevated highway Friday in central China, killing at least 26 people as it
BEIJING: Endless lines of slow-moving cars emerge like apparitions and then disappear again into the gloom of the thick smog that has shrouded Beijing this week and reduced its skyline
NEW DELHI: French President Francois Hollande will visit India next month, local media reported Thursday. The French president will be on a two-day visit to the Indian capital and Mumbai
PESHAWAR: A bomb Thursday killed two polio vaccination workers in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, officials said, the latest in a series of such attacks which have now killed 19 in
NEW DELHI: A rare collection of letters between Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi and a South African bodybuilder with whom he shared a close relationship went on display in New
CANBERRA, Australia: Prime Minister Julia Gillard surprised Australians on Wednesday by announcing that elections will be held Sept. 14, in a country where governments have traditionally given the opposition little
KUWAIT CITY: U.N. humanitarian officials led by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon are urging for a major boost in relief aid for Syria at an international conference in Kuwait that includes both
CAIRO: Following are the main players in Egypt’s latest political crisis, which began around the time of the second anniversary of the start of the uprising against Hosni Mubarak’s rule.