Senior Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri, a fierce critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, dies aged 87.

A US general in Iraq defends his decision to add pregnancy to reasons his soldiers can face a court martial.

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri holds talks in Syria with President Bashar Assad amid efforts to reduce tensions.

Pakistan's government says it will not resign following a ruling quashing an amnesty for politicians facing graft charges.

Two weeks ago this newspaper editorially urged that the candidates running for president be pinn..

Ben Bradshaw, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has raised eyebrows by taking a C..

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said that the international community should not take serio..

UPFA General Secretary and Education Minister Susil Premajayantha says most issues mentioned in Mahi..

Addressing the inaugural election propaganda rally of Opposition common Presidential candidate at K..

ANKARA, Turkey -- The government will redouble its efforts to implement reforms aimed at expanding the rights of the Kurdish minority, despite recent...

In my opinion, the eventual recognition of Armenian Genocide will help Turkish society break through," Armenian Premier said

More than 50 UN member states, including Armenia and Azerbaijan. became co-authors of the document.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Fernando Chui Sai On, the new chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), in Macao SAR of south China on Dec. 20, 2009. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)&$&$ Chinese President Hu Jintao Sunday met

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck Jidong County in China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province at 21:26 (Beijing time) Saturday, the China Earthquake Networks Center reported. The epicenter was at 45.2 degrees north latitude and 131.3 degrees east longitude

Young composer’s talent was highly appreciated by famous art critics like Kshishtof Penderetsky and Andrey Bitov.

An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck Hualien waters off the eastern coast of Taiwan island at 21:02 (Beijing time) Saturday, the China Earthquake Networks Center reported. The epicenter was at 23.8 degrees north latitude and 121.7 degrees

When a revised regulation on China's demolition seems to be definite, people are expressing worries that local government may rush in to enforce demolition projects before it comes into effect. In a signed commentary published by China Youth Daily on

A group of farmers from China's central Hubei province traveled thousands of miles to promote their navel oranges in Beijing Saturday. These farmers, who are immigrants from the Three Gorges Project, come from Zigui county, Hubei Province, where is known

An international conference devoted to gender equality in Armenia is scheduled for December 21-23.

The Chinese worker has been awarded by the TIME magazine as runners-up to Ben Bernanke in its Person of the Year 2009 list, but their jobs are not favored by majority, Guangzhou Daily reported Saturday. "It is ironic that the