Seoul,  South Korea will push to exempt taxes on interest income and capital gains from foreigners' investment in government bonds and monetary stabilisation bonds in a bid to help stabilise the debt market, the finance minister has said.

Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho made the remarks on the details

Beijing,  China's national observatory on Sunday continued to issue a yellow alert for high temperatures as intense heat waves linger in many regions of the country.

During daylight hours on Sunday, parts of Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Hubei and other areas are expected to experience t

Los Angeles,  At least six people died after a dust storm caused a 21-car-pileup on a highway in the US State of Montana.

Six people are confirmed dead and eight people were transported to nearby hospitals after the pileup, which is described as one of the most intense multi-vehicle accidents in Montana

New Delhi,  When the migrant workers from Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, and Hebei -- China's relatively poorer inland provinces -- arrived in Algeria they soon found themselves living in sheds without air conditioning in desert heat and facing a nightmare of withheld wages, mysterious extra fees, confiscated pass

Lusaka,  The African Union (AU) has launched an early warning platform aimed at preventing conflicts and promoting peace on the continent.

The Inter-Regional Knowledge Exchange on Early Warning and Conflict Prevention (I-RECKE) will play a crucial role in preventing conflicts on the continent and will al

Colombo,  Sri Lankan acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has revealed that the G7 alliance on global food crisis has offered the country US$ 14 billion aid to spend on food.

During an international conference on food security, acting President Wickremesinghe said, "The G7 global alliance on food s

Islamabad,  Some powerful western countries offered Pakistan to launch its candidature for the permanent membership of the UN Security Council in order to break the ongoing deadlock to reform the UN's top decision-making body, local media reported.

Pakistan, however, rejected the offer as it viewed t

Islamabad,  Two terrorists were killed in a military operation by the Pakistan army in the Ziarat district of the country's southwest Balochistan province.

A terrorist hideout was identified and cleared by the security forces on Saturday in the operation to recover an abductee and apprehend the perpe

Kathmandu,  Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre Chairman and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, who returned home on Sunday after a three-day India visit, said that his trip was largely successful and fruitful than what he had thought.

Prachanda had visited India at the invitation

Chennai,  The decision of the government of India to levy 5 per cent Goods and Service Tax (GST) on packaged food may increase the price of rice from Rs 3 to Rs 5 per kilogram in Tamil Nadu from Monday.

The Tamil Nadu rice mills association and traders in a statement on Sunday said that the centre has is