JERUSALEM: A powerful partner of Israel’s prime minister says sanctions and negotiations will not stop Iran from pursuing its disputed nuclear program. Former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says North Korea’s nuclear test was an
KATHMANDU: A Tibetan in monk’s robes immolated himself in Bouddha on Wednesday. Witnesses said a man dressed as a monk entered the Golden Eye Cafe in Boudhanath and asked to use the
NARATHIWAT, Thailand: Marines fending off a major militant assault on their base in Thailand’s violent south killed 16insurgents in an overnight shootout, authorities said Wednesday. It was the deadliest toll
KABUL, Afghanistan: A Kabul official has welcomed President Barack Obama’s decision to bring home half of the 66,000 American troops in Afghanistan with the next year, saying Afghan forces are
President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to prevent looming cuts to military and domestic programs scheduled to take place on March 1. Obama called the cuts—known in Washington as
KATHMANDU: As the opposition Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) as well as some lawyers were opposing the formation of the Chief Justice-led government, UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda
KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) on Tuesday have rejected the UCPN (Maoist)’s proposal to form an election government under the leadership of sitting Chief Justice. On Monday, major
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday raised prospects that Tehran may allow inspectors from the U.N. nuclear agency to visit a military site where the country is suspected of
SEOUL: North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of existing U.N. resolutions, angering the United States and Japan and prompting its only major ally, China, to
KATHMANDU: UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has said late Ghanashyam Dhakal has made a great contribution to Nepali progressive literature and social and political movements in the country. Speaking