The instant departure tax refund service introduced by Shanghai on a trial basis has won applause from the overseas tourists. “Tax can be refunded by stores in cash when shopping in Shanghai. The ...

UNITED NATIONS — The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Tuesday called for “an immediate end” to the abductions and rapes of girls and women and the recruitment of child soldiers in Mali. “Human Rights Watch ...

The face-off between a High Court bench of the Bangladesh Supreme Court and the country’s parliament, the Jatiya Sangsad, that is being currently witnessed is unprecedented as well as disgraceful. It ...

Rep. Park Jie-won won the competition to become the new floor leader of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) Friday. Together with a chairman to be elected in the June 9 National ...

Korea’s criminal investigation system has been evaluated as being ineffective by an American non-governmental organization. The Rule of Law Index 2012, released Wednesday by the World Justice Project ...

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved an extension in the tenure of Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa for another three years, a statement issued by the premier’s office said on Monday.

South Korea has again topped a ranking of countries in terms of Internet connection speed, according to a quarterly survey released Tuesday. South Korea’s average Internet connection speed stood at 26 ...

MANAMA: Bahrain has reiterated its call to hold an expanded and urgent international conference to revive hope in achieving peace. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa renewed the call as he addressed the bi ...

China is aiming to have 74 more civil transport airports by 2020, according to a report released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The report provides the blueprint and sets the ...

Sixteen days after he was elected to the top executive post, Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala Tuesday expanded his cabinet by inducting two deputy prime ministers, 16 ministers and one state ...

Before the year 2003, Naila Farhat had never imagined that her rosy plump cheeks, pink lips, broad smile and charming days would be converted into a half-blind maladroit look and a life full of agony ...

Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Dr. Chung Un-Chan said that a just, compassionate and dignified society is his vision. In an exclusive interview with The AsiaN, he noted that his views ...