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
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.
WASHINGTON: Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday cast doubt on speculation she might run for the White House in 2016. In an interview taped for National Public
SEOUL: South Korea launched its first space rocket carrying a science satellite on Wednesday amid heightened regional tensions, caused in part, by North Korea’s successful launch of its own rocket
BANEPA: Nepal’s UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who was declared a terrorist during the state of emergency by the NC and UML government in the insurgency period, has termed
WASHINGTON: Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public support behind his proposals for giving millions of illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship,
ALMATY, Kazakhstan: A passenger plane crashed Tuesday near Kazakhstan’s principal city,Almaty, likely killing all 20 on board, Kazakhstan airline SCAT said. Almaty and surrounding areas have been shrouded in fog
JANAKPURDHAM: UCPN (Maoist) leader and Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Top Bahadur Rayamajhi has ruled out the chances of holding the fresh elections by mid-June were slim due to oppositions’
MYAGDI: Vice President of Nepali Congress (NC), Ramchandra Paudel, said that the CA election could be ensured only under NC-led government. Talking at a press meeting organized by Nepal Press