South Korea has said it may reverse a controversial plan to resume whaling for "scientific…
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Asian share markets fall after central bank actions
Asian shares have fallen after South Korea unexpectedly cut interest rates while the Bank of…
Burma sanctions: Obama lifts restrictions on US firms
US President Barack Obama has announced that US companies will now be allowed to "responsibly…
Pakistan judges give PM two weeks to pursue Zardari case
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to pursue corruption cases…
Sudan opens Africa’s largest sugar plant
Sudan on Wednesday opened what it billed as Africa's largestsugar refinery, hoping to boost exports after…
Sri Lanka dengue workers on strike over murder
Public health inspectors in Sri Lanka have held a one-day strike in protest at the…
DR Congo, UN troops reinforce Goma from rebel attack
UN and Democratic Republic of Congo troops are reinforcing a key city in the east of the…
Live ammo used in Sudan demo clampdown: opposition
Sudanese security forces are using live ammunition and increasingly aggressive tactics against unprecedented anti-government demonstrations sparked by inflation, a…
Bin Laden’s ex-cook freed from Guantanamo: Sudan
The former cook of slain Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Ladenreturned to his native Sudan early Wednesday, the foreign ministry said,…
Parents of dead Sri Lankan Tamil prisoner ‘denied last rites’
The parents of a prisoner who died in obscure circumstances in Sri Lanka are locked…