MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin and his wife,Lyudmila, told Russians on Thursday that their 30-year marriagewas over, confirming longstanding speculation that they had separated. In a
Afghanistan: Georgia says its defense minister has arrived in Afghanistan a day after seven Georgian soldiers died in a truck bomb at their base. Irakli Alasania cut short an official
SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea on Friday proposed working-level talks with South Korea to be held in a border city on Sunday as the rivals look to mend ties that
South Korea: Before they were detained in Laos and sent home, a group of young North Korean defectors smiled and teased each other as they told an activist how some
Venezuela: A U.S. filmmaker jailed for alleged espionage in Venezuela was expelled from the country and returned to the United States in a gesture that could signal a thaw in
WASHINGTON: Defying Republican critics, President Barack Obama named outspoken diplomat Susan Rice as his national security adviser Wednesday, giving her a larger voice in U.S. foreign policy despite accusations that
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament elected Nawaz Sharif as prime minister on Wednesday, marking a historic transfer of power in a country that has undergone three military coups. Now Sharif faces the
ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif will take office as prime minister of Pakistan for an unprecedented third term on Wednesday, setting the seal on the country´s first ever democratic transfer of power.
LONDON: The Queen will go back to the scene of her coronation on Tuesday to mark a reign that has weathered six decades of social transformation and the end of
Iran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged presidential candidates on Tuesday not to make concessions to appease the West, an implied rebuke to several of the candidatesrunning in June