The announcement aired on national television and radio said the transitional government was dissolved and the interim president no longer in power. The coup leaders, who come from an elite presidential guard unit that had disagreed publicly with the transitional gov ....

The relatives could not be contacted directly, but a close aide to Omar’s son confirmed that the agreement had been celebrated at a secret ceremony after Mullah Mansour accepted a list of eight demands. “Mullah Mansour accepted all these demands,” the ....

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL), which released the report in Geneva on Wednesday, called upon Colombo to create the proposed court through specific legislation by integrating international judges, pr ....

United States President Barack Obama’s "Pivot to Asia" doctrine, and China’s activism in the South China Sea are looming over President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States next week. The four day visit, also high on economic content — ....

In his first public comments on the mass movement of refugees, broadcast on Wednesday, Mr. Assad said Europe could expect more refugees. Countries including the United States, Turkey and Saudi Arabia want to see Mr. Assad gone from power and have supported the opposi ....

“He just said ‘Raheel Sharif, Raheel Sharif’ without calling him general,” Mr. Mir says of a recent episode of his influential Capital Talk programme. “I knew immediately the words came out it would be cut.” At a time of intense pr ....

The Council announced on Tuesday that along with Mr. Biden, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, and other high-ranking officials from both governments, along with captains of industry from both countries, will address the USIBC o ....

The Hungarian police on Monday rounded up 9,380 refugees who were crossing into the country from Serbia, the highest daily figure this year. Hungary warned that refugees entering the European Union across its southern border with Serbia faced potential expulsion within d ....

The Constituent Assembly (CA) has already began clause-by- clause voting on the proposed Constitution, under preparation since 2008, since Sunday and as of now 37 articles have already been endorsed by the 601-member-strong body. Fully democratic statute A fully d ....

Mr. Turnbull was sworn in by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove here, replacing Abbott who was ousted during a surprise ballot of his colleagues last night. Soon after taking oath of office as the 29th Prime Minister of the country, the 60-year-old conservative leader v ....