A leaked report purportedly drafted by authorities in Myanmar’s military government describes a top-secret visit to North Korea late last year by Myanmar's top brass, during which the two sides pledged to significantly expand cooperation in military training and arms production, Radio Free Asia (RFA)...

Three people have died of swine flu in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health announced Saturday, reporting the country's first fatalities from the H1N1...

Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is all set to sign for Victoria Bushrangers for the Twenty20 Big Bash and play as local hero at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the same venue where 14 years ago he was labelled a chucker by umpire Darrel...

Australian speedster Brett Lee boosted his selection chances for the first Ashes Test starting Wednesday at Cardiff with a burst of five for 21 in 40 balls in a practice match against Englad Lions at...

A woman who complained to police about an unwanted sexual encounter with a former New Zealand minister has dropped the case, police said...

Lahore, July 4 : Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud may target Chinese nationals in the country, as he has dispatched disabled teenage suicide bombers for the...

Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said that meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of NAM summit in Egypt would be an opportunity to strengthen bilateral ties....

Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan on Friday said that the peace in the region cannot be discussed without the resolution of the long-standing issue with India, stepping up its rhetoric on Kashmir....

Lahore, July 3 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent a show-cause notice to director National Cricket Academy Aamir Sohail for not attending the course held in...

Colombo, July 3 : Despite promising to resettle 80 percent of Tamil refugees by the end of this year, the Sri Lankan Government has reportedly started building permanent camps for most of the 300,000 refugees, who are being held there since Tamil Tigers' defeat in...

Islamabad, July 3 : France has agreed to provide Pakistan Tiger combat helicopters and other sophisticated military equipments to strengthen its abilities in taking on the rampant...

Lahore, July 3 : The internal rift between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials is out in the open again, with the board's Director Human Resources, Wasim Bari serving a show cause notice to Director National Cricket Academy, Aamir...

Lahore, July 3 : Pakistan would host New Zealand for three Tests and five one-day internationals on a neutral venue, after all efforts by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to relocate the 'home' series against Kiwis to New Zealand...

Karachi, July 3 : Relations between India and Pakistan soured and the blame game from both sides gained unprecedented heights after the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, but for Syed Saadat Ali and his wife, the heightened tensions between the two neighboring nations did not affect the treatment of their son, Syed Raahim, who was operated in New Delhi for a rare congenital heart disorder in December...

Washington, July 3 : An archaeological excavation in southern Vietnam of a site more than 3000 years old has shed new light on how the death of young children was viewed by community members and uncovered the oldest clear evidence of rice agriculture in the...

Islamabad, July 3 : At least 13 people were killed and several others injured in two missile hits carried out by unmanned US Predator aircrafts in South Waziristan on...

Lahore, July 3 : The Pakistan Army may have been planning an all out assault against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in his stronghold of South Waziristan, but experts believe that the operation could result in further disappointment for the United...

Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan has spent about 10 billion dollars in the war on terror during the financial year 2008-09, the chairman of the Panel of Economists of the Planning Commission, Hafiz Pasha has...

South Korea's news agency says North Korea launched a third missile Saturday, just a few hours after test-firing two short-range missiles, following similar tests earlier this week.The Yonhap news...

Bangkok - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will meet United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Saturday night when he transits through Bangkok from neighbouring Myanmar, officials said. Ban,...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 6.75 percent Friday in a bid to stimulate the economy as inflationary pressures...

HONG KONG -- Asia's markets were mixed Friday as investor confidence took a blow from worse-than-expected jobs figures out of the United States that suggest a global recovery may not be as close as...

Yangon, July 3 : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Myanmar's military leader Friday on an official visit that aimed at pressing for the release of all political prisoners, including opposition...

British forces on a major operation in Afghanistan say they have encountered little resistance from the Taliban.Troops are moving into a large swathe of territory in Helmand province that had been a...

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets again with Myanmar junta supremo on Saturday when he expects a verdict on whether he will be allowed to visit detained...

For the first time since the Multan Test of 2004, or 38 Tests, Pakistan started a Test without Danish Kaneria. They were always going to play three fast bowlers, and going to field first if they won...

Back to top Umpires: I J Gould, D J Harper, A G Hurst, H D P K Dharmasena Sri Lanka: Warnapura, Paranavitana, Sangakkara (C/W), M Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Dilshan, Mathews, Kulasekara, Thushara,...

MORE than a thousand Muslim rebels have been killed in the southern Philippines over the past year, despite the recovery of only 278 bodies, a military spokesman...

ISLAMABAD -- U.S. missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others,...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Indonesia's ambassador to Australia has criticised Canberra's tough stance on people smugglers, saying many of the accused traffickers in detention were innocent, a newspaper...

A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in the northwest of the country today killing all 26 security personnel on board, officials said, ahead of a planned army offensive against a Taliban militant...

Hanoi - Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is facing a second lawsuit over controversial bauxite mining projects, a lawyer said Saturday. "I, Cu Huy Ha Vu, have filed a lawsuit against PM...

Miranshah (Pakistan), July 3 : Pakistan has sealed its South Waziristan border with Afghanistan and imposed a curfew there to prevent Afghan militants from infiltrating into its territory in the wake...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday set a total export target at $19.9bn in the trade policy for the current fiscal year, to be announced on July 25, while import target has been set at...

Lower Dir (Pakistan), July 3 : Pakistani residents in the Hamza Banda area of Lower Dir district have ordered Taliban commander Mufti Aftab to leave the area immediately, a media report said...

Kathmandu, Jul 3 : Nepal Police have arrested two youths with a Chinese pistol from Chure forest in Triyuga Municipality-11, Udaypur district in eastern Nepal, local media reports said here...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to enforce strict financial discipline during the new fiscal year and a strong mechanism will be put in place to check irregularities, corruption and any deviation of...

Beijing, July 4: Asia should have its own monetary fund to better ensure financial stability of the region, a senior UN official has...

MANILA: A postponement of the general elections next year will be a cause for concern in Washington, US Ambassador Kristie Kenney said...

Islamabad, July 3: The Pakistani police have arrested a terrorist considered to be an expert in making suicide bomb vests, a media report said...

Elephants in urban Bangkok have officials there working to get the beasts out of the city, worried they will cause accidents and become injured. (July...

Singapore, Jul 4 : Singapore has recorded another 91 cases of Influenza A (H1N1-2009), taking the total tally to 969 confirmed cases of people infected with flu virus and said it is a mild global...

JAKARTA, July 4 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Indonesia reported 12 more cases of the new H1N1 flu virus on Saturday, raising the country's confirmed cases to 20, a government official said. According to...

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, is set to hold a second meeting with Myanmar's junta leader in an attempt to gain permission to visit opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in jail, after his...

Scientists in Australia say they have discovered three new species of dinosaurs.The dinosaurs include two huge plant-eaters and a carnivore. They were named Banjo, Matilda and Clancy in honor of the...

Bangkok - In a bid to rid Bangkok of its elephant population, city authorities have offered to buy the wandering pachyderms from their owners and send them back to the jungle, a media report said...

Naypyidaw, Myanmar » Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. secretary-general, asked this country's ruling generals on Friday to free its many political prisoners, including the democracy leader Aung San Suu...

Burma starts to acquire veneer of wealth as elite enjoy times of plenty By Amy Kazmin Published: July 4 2009 03:00 | Last updated: July 4 2009...

A senior Obama administration official has told the BBC that Russia has agreed to let US troops bound for the war in Afghanistan fly through its airspace.The deal, which opens up an important new...

The Communist government has neglected tribals in Lalgarh, say analysts Maoist rebels controlled a tribal area in India's West Bengal state for nearly eight months before a government offensive...