Yangon,Htin Kyaw, Myanmar’s first civilian president, in more than a half-century, has resigned from office, according to an official statement Wednesday.A loyal and longtime aide to State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, he was elected president after Suu …

Effective immediately, the United States is increasing humanitarian assistance to Venezuelans in Colombia who were forced to leave their country due to the ongoing crisis created by the Maduro regime. The U.S. Agency for International Development is pr…

Cox’s Bazar, Save the Children on Friday warned of an outbreak of diseases in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh as the monsoon season looms ahead.In a statement, the international child rights groups said the health risk originates from the lack of …

Australia’s prime minister said Southeast Asian leaders were using their meeting Sunday to discuss the deadly threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.Australia is hosting a two-day summit in Sydney of the 10-member Association of Southeas…

Rome Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al Othaimeen met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday.During the meeting, Al Othaimeen thanked the Pope for his stand on the issue of Jerusalem (Al Quds)…

London Myanmar’s military is primarily to blame for the widespread and systematic violence against the Rohingya, a senior UK minister said on Monday.Minister for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field issued the statement following the release of an interim r…

Manama The Manama-based Arabian Gulf University (AGU) will organize the first Internal Medicine Conference on March 22-24, Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported.The conference aims to support the capabilities of doctors and to inform those interested abou…

Federal Minister for Communications Hafiz Abdul Kareem has said that percentage of road accidents has been reduced up to seventy percent due to the concerted efforts of motorways police.He was addressing a ceremony at National Highways and Motorway Pol…