Though traditionally marked by foolery and merry-making, All Fools' Day struck a chilly note for Nepal's royal family Sunday with the ruling parties finally announcing June 20 as the date when voters would choose between the crown and a... More

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has hinted on the continuation of sanctions against Palestine in wake of unity government's refusal to accept conditions raised by the Middle East Quartet for the peace process. Speaking at a joint press... More

It's the season of South Asia here with hundreds of people from neighbouring countries, speaking diverse languages and professing different faiths, descending on the Indian capital in a celebration of shared cultural identity and interlinked... More

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has invited leaders of all Arab states' to a meeting for "sharing of views". "I would like to take this opportunity, when I am here with the president of the European Union, to invite all the heads of the... More

An explosion in a civilian bus killed at least 13 people and injured more than 20 others in eastern Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said Monday. Lt Colonel Upali Rajapaksa said the incident occurred at Kondawattuwan, 320 kilometres east of the... More

At least 80 people, including many civilians, have been killed in intensified fighting in Somalia over the past two days, according to hospital sources. Around 300 people have been wounded in the fighting - some of the fiercest Mogadishu has seen... More

The key US negotiator on the India-US nuclear deal, Nicholas Burns, plans to take the path forward with the Indians at the political level after an in-house assessment of the just concluded Delhi round of talks. "There are some areas that the... More

Eleven years after they had started a civil war, Nepal's Maoist guerrillas finally captured the power they had been seeking, reaching an understanding with the ruling coalition to join the government with five key ministries. It was a heady... More

The United States has told India and other leading members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) that enlisting their support to deny Iran nuclear weapons holds a high priority for Washington. "This has been a high priority for us in our relations... More

Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks, who pleaded guilty to supporting the Al Qaeda terrorist network, received a reduced sentence of nine months late Friday, US military officials said. Hicks will serve the sentence in Australia under... More