More than 120,000 supporters of the communist party called on Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to resign, vowing to shut down the country for days unless the premier gives in to their demand.

Reports said Xu Yuyuan entered the Zhongxin Kindergarten in China’s Taixing city on Thursday and attacked 28 pupils with an eight-inch knife.

Oh Eun-sun reached the summit of Annapurna on April 27 to become the first woman to reach the top of the 14 highest peaks in the world.

The incumbent President of Austria has been given a fresh mandate after winning national elections Sunday, April 25.

China’s State Council, the government Cabinet, has scrapped a policy that prohibits people with HIV/AIDS from entering the country.

A group of evangelical explorers claimed on Tuesday they have found the relics of Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat, a snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone in eastern Turkey.

Chaos ensued at the Ukrainian Parliament after administration lawmakers ratified a deal that would extend for 25 years the Russian Navy’s use of Ukraine’s Sevastopol port on the Black Sea.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has become the latest official to oppose Arizona’s new immigration law, saying that it could lead to discrimination and abuse.

The revered King of Thailand made his first public appearance in a ceremony and spoke indirectly about the current protest situation that is rocking the nation

Pope Benedict XVI is pushing through with his planned trip to England and Scotland despite a British Foreign Office memo suggesting that he launches Benedict-brand condoms during his visit.