Rescue efforts resume in quake-stricken Beichuan, China, after fears of a flash flood spark panic.

Taliban militants freed Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan on Saturday...

Bihar's Transport Minister Ramanand Singh, who was inducted during the mid April cabinet reshuffle...

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory to all channels, asking them to pull off air two "objectionable" advertisements...

Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicentre on Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that infighting between Hindu and Muslim Tamils over..

Indiana Jones is back - and he'''s buff. Particularly so, for a 66-year-old. The film's namesake, Harrison Ford, was snapped sport

Pakistan''s new government on Saturday told leaders from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir that it is committed to a "just solution" to the Kashmir issue whic

Jaipur: Just about an hour before the Indian Premier League match between Jaipur and Bangalore was to begin, the first spectators -- two 15 year olds

New Delhi: solid partnership between Jayawardene and Pomersbach and rains helped Kings XI Punjab registering a valuable win over Delhi Dardevils

SICHUAN, China-On May 16, the Sichuan provincial government has confirmed that the death toll of the devastating earthquake has increased to 22,881. At a press conference, the governor of Sic...

From Xinhua:At least 14 people were killed in an explosion after a bus and a tractor collided in east China's Zhejiang Province Saturday afternoon, local police said.The collision happened at about 1:54 p.m. in Yongzhong town, Longwan District of Wenzhou

Peter Harmsen reports in the Age:Locals have a simple answer for why the four-storey Juyuan Middle School collapsed during the China quake, killing hundreds of children, while nearby buildings stayed standing: greed."Look at the building materials they used," said one

Sportswriter Simon Barnes writes in The Times:"If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed" -- Prince Philip, to Edinburgh University students in Beijing, 1986It seems that much of the Western world is united on the subject. The people

On May 22, in the Center of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Doctor Lynn Jones from Florida State University will present a report titled "Between Islam and Byzantium; Akhtamar ...

Spokesman of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, Colonel Seyran Shahsuvarian.On May 15, serviceman of the Armed forces of the Republic of Armenia, private Andranik Hayrapetian (born in 1989, drafted in 2007) ...

Representatives of the circles met with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian on May 15 in the government to discuss the strategy coming from the government business assistance program. The Prime Minister announced t...

According to May 13 publication of "Milliet" newspaper, a tourist resort for Armenians is to be constructed near the coast of Lake Van. This initiative roused a wave of indignation in Turkey. Most fiercely ...

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Sichuan province in China on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, five days after a massive tremor killed tens of thousands of people.USGS reported the latest earthquake, which follows scores of slightly less strong aftershocks during

Doha - Arab-sponsored inter-Lebanese dialogue opened in Qatar Saturday in a bid to end the long-running political crisis that drove the country to the brink of a new civil war after pro- and anti-government supporters fought bloody gunbattles