US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell held meeting with the Myanmar premier Thein Sein and the opposition leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi. He is the first US official of high ranking to visit Myanmar in 14 years.
 
US Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel and Campbell met the ...

According to the US, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has been declared as the winner in the elections, is the legitimate leader of the nation.
 
"President Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghan election and will head the next government of Afghanistan," White House ...

Welcoming the UN Security Council resolution 1887 which calls for nuclear disarmament, the United Arab Emirates has mentioned that the process s an essential one.
 
Ali Ahmed Al-Shehhi, a member of the UAE delegation to the United Nations, while talking at the UN First Committee on ...

According to media reports, explosions and gun firing were heard from the UN guest house located in the central Kabul. The reports, available right now, fear five to be dead.
 
Reports suggest that 4 o 5 Taliban militants entered the guest house and started firing discriminately setting the ...

Iran has mentioned that it is ready for endorsing the UN deal which will enable it to send its potential nuclear fuel overseas for processing.
 
The remark by foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki is a positive sign from Iran which has indicated that backroom debate between hardliners and ...

Mongolian Prime Minister n Bayar Sanjaa has put down his papers after the ruling part asked him to resign due to health problems.
 
According o the chief of the ruling party, the resignation request of Sanjaa is yet to be permitted by speaker of the Asian nation's ...

The East Asia Summit has urged India to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
 
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who chaired the summit of the East Asia Summit, stressed that willingness of the Philippines to be a part of the May 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) wants India to play an "important role" to help mitigate the negative impact of the current global financial crisis.
 
The appeal was made by the 10-member regional body at the seventh India-ASEAN Summit here Saturday, according to ...

Beaten up by the global economic meltdown, the US has adopted the decision for calling upon the influential Association of Southeast Asian Nations next month for discussing the issues.
 
This "would mark a historic point in ASEAN-US Dialogue Relations", the ASEAN said at the end of ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has put forward the proposal for the formation of an ASEAN-India business council for the strengthening the business
 
The 15th ASEAN Summit had disclosed its willingness to sign the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement in ...

Indian Premier Manmohan Singh will be holding talks with the East Asia leaders on a range of regional and international issues on Sunday, which will be the last day of his three-day visit to Thailand.
 
Manmohan Singh is one of the vital participants of the fourth East Asia Summit which has ...

The 15 ASEAN Summit which kicked off in Thailand on Oct 23 has asked North Korea to comply with the UN resolutions completely.
 
"We urged the DPRK (North Korea) to comply fully with its obligations in accordance with the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions," ...

The 15th ASEAN summit has issued a joint statement on climate change and adopted a declaration on strengthening education cooperation.
 
The ASEAN leaders have expressed common concerns on the impact of climate change to the economy, environment and well-being of people in the ...

According to the reports of the WAM news agency, a booklet on the various medical check-ups which couples need to undertake before entering into the wedlock has been issued by the health ministry of the United Arab Emirates.
 
The booklet, which was launched on Friday, completely adheres to ...

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in for a second term Tuesday after a massive win in July's election.
 
With a cleric holding a copy of the Koran above his head, Yudhoyono took the oath of office in a ceremony at the national parliament building.
 
"In the ...

The Foreign Ministry of Iran has asked a senior Pakistan envoy for holding discussions on the suicide bomb attack which claimed the lives of 42 people in southeast Iran.
 
The attack took place in the volatile southeast region close to the Pakistani border.
 
According to the reports ...

According to the Monday reports from Press TV, 42 people, including 7 senior provincial commanders, were killed after a suicide bomb went off on Sunday evening. The attack was targeted against the Revolutionary Guards of Iran in the south eastern locations of Iran.
 
The attack ...

Iran has mentioned that it has plans for procuring weapons from Russia, for which an Iranian military delegation will be visiting Moscow.
 
"A large delegation from the Iraqi defence ministry will travel soon to Moscow for talks on arms purchases (from Russia)," Abbas al-Bayati ...

The talks between the United Arab Emirates and Britain will be held in London between Oct 19 and Oct 20 for enhancing the bilateral trade tie up between the two nations.
 
The officials will deliberate on a new mechanism that will open up new investment opportunities and increase trade ...

Bangladesh has plans to give its border force a boost by recruiting younger men. This step is being adopted by the nation in wake of the February mutiny which claimed the lives of 74 people.
 
The proposals which will be submitted before the cabinet include developing 15 new battalions and ...

A vaccination programme has been started by a UAE-based charity organization in Indonesia in an attempt to enable the people to fight against the contagious diseases.
 
The administration of vaccines for measles, chicken pox and tetanus has been started by the UAE Red Crescent Authority in ...

The Foreign Trade Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, has demanded the firms of US to utilizing the opportunities of investments which are available in the UA, so that the bilateral trade ties between the two nations can be given a boost.
 
The UAE is one of ...

The premiers of China, Russia and four Central Asian nations on Wednesday held a summit under the security-focussed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, host nation China said.
 
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and their counterparts from Kazakhstan, ...

The Exchequer Secretary Sarah McCarthy-Fry disclosed on Friday that British firms have been asked to put an end all the business deals which they are maintaining with two Iranian firms, which have been alleged to have link up with Tehran's nuclear programme.
 
Bank Mellat and the Islamic ...

The United Arab Emirates has put forward a proposal at the civil aviation global conference being held in Montreal, in which the steps required for restricting the emissions from airlines have been mentioned.
 
The global aviation conference had been conducted by International Civil Aviation ...

After knocking the northern Philippines and killing at least three people there Typhoon Parma advanced towards Taiwan this morning.
 
As the killer storm arraigned into the Bashih Channel which separates Taiwan and the Philippines a land warning was issued on this day’s morning by the ...

Former finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa of Japan has been found dead in his Tokyo home as per the news reported by the Kyodo news agency today.
 
The body of the 56-year-old was found face down on his bed and it did not appear that he faced any kind of external injuries, according to the ...

Easternmost Indonesian province of West Papua was jolted by an earthquake registering 6.1 on the Richter scale on Sunday morning; however, there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, according to the Indonesian seismological agency.
 
According to Indonesia's National Meteorology ...

Israeli jets struck targets along the Gaza-Egyptian border and also a building east of Gaza city today (Oct 3) causing damage but no casualties according to Israeli military.
 
The targets along the Gaza-Egypt border comprised of tunnels allegedly used for smuggling. Israel’s response ...

A typhoon battered Northern Philippines this Saturday (03rd October) bringing with it gale-force winds and lashing rains. The capital of Manila and surrounding areas were spared although they were ravaged by floods last week.
 
The typhoon named Parma, fell trees and tore apart rooftops in ...