Two French soldiers have been killed in the Central African Republic's capital of Bangui, the presidency said Tuesday, the first reported casualties since French troops entered the restive country last week.
The United States plans to send two more missile defence warships to Japan to counter the threat posed by North Korea's "provocative" actions, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Sunday.
Tehran, YJC. Two senior officials met and discussed key issues, including bilateral ties, the reopening of the embassies of the two countries and Iran's nuclear energy program.
Nepal has almost completed two years of federalism implementation. This has been a landmark achievement as elected representative are working at the local level after gaps of almost two decades. Nepal has successfully elected around 42,000 representatives at local, provincial and federal level. Bulk of the elected representatives is now working at local level. Although it will be too early to assess the performance of federal mode of governance, but two things are evident. First, we wont revert back to old system of governance for any foreseeable future. Second, successful transition from centralist system of governance is not only slow but also complicated due to vested interest of various stakeholders. Focusing on the performance of local government, this paper outlines bright as well as blind spot of the performance of local government in Nepal
11 August 2016 At least two people are dead as a result of an explosion and a fire in a local Silver Springs, Maryland apartment complex. According to Pete Piringer of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, firefighters located two unidentified bodies on the scene.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A suicide bombing outside one of Islam's holiest sites killed four Saudi security forces on Monday, and similar attacks outside a Shiite mosque and a U.S. Consulate in two other Saudi cities raised fears of a coordinated assault aimed at destabilizing the Western-allied kingdom.
A US diplomat in New Delhi was headed for home Saturday after being expelled in a bitter row over an Indian envoy's arrest that has seriously strained ties between the two countries.
The release from prison of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and two members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot drew worldwide attention to complaints about political prisoners in Russia. Although none of the three were convicted of political crimes, the taint of political vengeance hung strongly on all their cases.
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday condemned two blasts near Iranian Embassy in Beirut and stressed that Washington and Tel Aviv have benefited most from such terrorist operations.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview published on Monday that his Lebanese Shiite group was behind a blast that targeted Israeli troops on the border between the two countries last month.
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, July 20, 2014 (AFP) - Hamas, the main power in Gaza, said Sunday it had received an "invitation" for talks in Cairo on an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire with Israel, after nearly two weeks of conflict.