Ending an old dilemma of foreign service cadres, emergency-ruled Bangladesh interim cabinet has amended a 1976 law to allow its diplomats to marry foreigners.
The US-led and Afghan troops killed several insurgent fighters in a series of operations across Afghanistan over the weekend, including one targeted at bombmakers, the forces said today.
Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa hailed his coalition's victory in the maiden eastern provincial council poll as a mandate for his government's approach to achieve peace through defeat of terrorism
PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), have failed to reach an agreement to reinstate superior court judges as a senior American official reached London for possible mediation.
Myanmar's death toll from Cyclone Nargis could increase 15-fold to 1.5 million people in coming weeks unless a tsunami-style relief effort is put in place.
A Sherpa aiming to conquer Everest for the 18th time and septuagenarians battling for the title of oldest climber to reach the summit are lining up their record bids as the main climbing season opens
