A small but growing group of Thai girls are choosing to spend part of the school holiday as Buddhist nuns.
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena dismissed as untrue the notion that the ultimate objective of US-Bangladesh Security Dialogue is to forge a US-India-Bangladesh axis against China.
China urged Tuesday relevant parties to remain "calm and restrained" to avoid damaging ease of tension on the Korean Peninsula and regional peace and stability.
The sons of two members of the first US team to scale Mount Qomolangma are hoping to climb the world's highest mountain, replicating their fathers' feat nearly half a century after the historic first US ascent.
Indonesia intends to double tourist arrivals from China by 2014 as bilateral relations have developed rapidly in recent years, Indonesia's Tourism Minister Mari Elka Pangestu has said.
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said Tuesday China was ready to make solid efforts with other Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members to advance defense cooperation.
Death rates from measles fell 74 percent between 2000 and 2010, missing an internationally agreed target for a 90 percent fall mainly because of low vaccine coverage in India and Africa where the virus kills tens of thousands a year.
India is all set to launch a home-made remote sensing spy Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT 1) from the spaceport of Sriharikota on Thursday.
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest stand-alone communications tower on Thursday ahead of its opening in late May.
Indonesia's Mount Lokon in North Sulawesi Province erupted at 10:20 Jakarta time (0320 GMT) on Tuesday, an official said here.
Top leader Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday pledged to further enhance his nation's traditional friendship with China.
Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin would announce his choice of prime minister on May 7, the day of his inauguration, parliament speaker Sergei Naryshkin said Monday.
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