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
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
KATHMANDU: Just a day after political parties agreed on formation of an election government under the leadership of sitting Chief Justice (CJ), the opposition CPN (UML) challenged such decision and
SIRAHA: Vice-chairperson of UML’s Youth Association of Nepal Satya Narayan Yadav has outright opposed the idea of ‘One Madhesh, One Province as floated by other Madhesi leaders. The Madhesi leader
KATHMANDU: Some eight months down the party split, the two Maoist parties—UCPN (Maoist) and CPN—Maoist are marking the 18th anniversary of the decade long People´s War on their own by