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November 18, 2009 7:48 PM
In Afghanistan, security forces backed by NATO troops killed more than three dozen militants in a series of military operations across the country. Twenty-three Taliban-linked militants were killed in an operation by Afghan and Western troops in the eastern province of Paktika late yesterday. A prov...
November 18, 2009 7:47 PM
In Nepal, three major political parties decided to find a solution through consensus to the current political impasse. Talking to newsmen after a meeting of senior leaders of the three major parties - Nepali Congress, CPN(UML) and the opposition CPN(Maoist) in Kathmandu this afternoon, Vice Chairman...
November 18, 2009 7:47 PM
A United Nations commission investigating the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has met with Pervez Musharraf, the military ruler who was in power at the time.In a statement, the group said the Commission of Inquiry had a frank, open and cordial conversation with former ...
November 18, 2009 5:57 PM
One of Iraq's two vice-presidents has vetoed part of the country's new election law, putting the Parliamentary polls scheduled for January in doubt. Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni Arab, revoked Article 1 of the law and called for the representation in Parliament of displaced people to increase ...
November 18, 2009 4:33 PM
US President Barack Obama has met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the last day of his visit to China. Trade disputes were expected to be on the agenda during Mr Obama's lunch with China's third-highest leader, who is responsible for the economy.<br/>Prior to their meeting, the two ...
November 18, 2009 3:02 PM
UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator John Holmes who is on a three day visit to Sri Lanka where he met resettled ethnic Tamil civilians in Jaffna and held talks with officials. A UN press statement said that Mr. Holmes also spoke to some of the 60,000...
November 18, 2009 2:53 PM
In Afghanistan, security has been beefed up in capital Kabul ahead of the swearing in of President Hamid Karzai for his second term on Thursday. Mr. Karzai was re-elected in the elections held on August 20. There are threats of militant groups disrupting Thursday's ceremony and authorities are takin...
November 18, 2009 2:52 PM
Pakistani Taliban has threatened to contaminate water sources and reservoirs with poisonous materials to pressure the army to stop military operations against them in South Waziristan tribal region. The cantonment boards of Rawalpindi and Chaklala, located near the federal capital, received the thre...
November 18, 2009 1:36 PM
A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's West Java province on Wednesday but there are no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning has been issued. Officials said the quake struck at 214 kilometres southwest of Tasikmalaya at a depth of 66 kilometres. A 7.6-magnitude...
November 18, 2009 1:30 PM
The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for speeding up of handing over security responsibility to Afghan forces. Addressing the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh, he stressed that the next year should see a move from a combat to a support role.<br/> <br/�...
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