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India on Saturday said a bitter row over the US arrest and strip-search of an Indian consulate official had triggered a “mini-crisis” in bilateral relations and much more must be done to repair ties. Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid’s remarks…

10 January 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) confirmed today that it is seeking details from Australian authorities…

10 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today said it hopes that Myanmar’s decision to commute all…

10 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today expressed concern about a decision by the Malaysian Ministry…

9 January 2014 – Timor-Leste, Asia-Pacific’s youngest country, today became the region’s first to launch a national campaign under the…

7 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today expressed deep concern about what it said is disproportionate…

6 January 2014 – A senior United Nations official has welcomed a decision by Nepal’s top court against granting amnesty…

6 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, saddened by the deadly violence that marred parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, has today…

6 January 2014 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today applauded China for its first public effort to crackdown…

Japan’s health ministry will Wednesday file a criminal complaint against the local arm of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis over alleged exaggerated advertising for a popular blood-pressure drug, Kyodo News agency reported. Novartis Pharma KK has…

Editor’s note: the author, Zhenyu Li, a contributing columnist for some of the world’s premier publications and editor-in-chief of the business channel at the People’s Daily Online, a publication of China’s Communist Party. BEIJING, China — For the…

3 January 2014 – A United Nations independent human rights expert urged restraint by all sides today after military police…

Indian rescuers were racing on Sunday to try to save up to 20 people still feared trapped in the ruins of a partially-constructed building that collapsed “like a pack of cards”. Rescuers have so far pulled 13 bodies from the residential building that…

Thousands of protesters firebombed polling stations and stole ballot papers as deadly violence flared across Bangladesh Sunday during a walkover election boycotted by the opposition. Police said at least 13 people had been killed and more than 200 polling…

Bangladesh votes Sunday in a violence-plagued election that will end in certain victory for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after the opposition boycotted the “farcical” contest. Around 150 people have been killed since the opposition launched a campaign…

Enlarge Indian tech workers stroll through the Infosys compound in Bangalore. Indian outsourcing firms are the biggest recipients of the US government’s H1-B visas, initially intended for highly skilled workers, but increasingly used to hire lower-cost…

Dozens of journalists protested Saturday in Malaysia against the suspension of a weekly magazine, urging the Southeast Asian nation to allow greater press freedom. The Heat stopped publication last month after the Home Ministry suspended it, saying…

Thousands marched in Hong Kong Wednesday to demand a greater say in how their future leaders will be chosen, expressing fears that China will limit long-awaited political reforms. “Democracy will prevail” read some banners as protesters sang and shouted…

31 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today welcomed the presidential pardon granted in Myanmar to political…

31 December 2013 – Concerned about ongoing protests in Cambodia which have virtually shut down the garment industry, the United…