Nineteen people were killed in Nepal and 981 injured in an earthquake on Tuesday, home ministry official Laxmi Prasad Dhakal told Reuters, giving a first national estimate.
Politics
BEIJING
Tue May 12, 2015 6:39am EDT
China rebuked the Philippines on Tuesday for taking journalists to a disputed island in the South China Sea, dismissing its occupation as "futile and illegal" in the latest war of words between the two sides.
BEIJING
Tue May 12, 2015 6:47am EDT
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in the ancient city of Xian on Thursday at the start of a visit to China, he will be met by Chinese President Xi Jinping, in an unusual departure from normal protocol.
MOSCOW
Mon May 11, 2015 2:12am EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday that the peace process in eastern Ukraine was progressing despite difficulties.
KATHMANDU
Mon May 11, 2015 12:05am EDT
MOSCOW
Mon May 11, 2015 6:19am EDT
LHOKSUKON, INDONESIA/KUALA LUMPUR
Mon May 11, 2015 5:11am EDT
On May 1, Baltimore's State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, the city's top prosecutor, announced criminal charges against six Baltimore City police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who suffered a fatal spine injury while in police custody, and whose death sparked rioting and u