Turkmenistan is currently choosing a new president in the first contested election of the country. Six candidates are officially competing to replace the late President Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled the gas-rich state for over two decades with strong hands.

The upper house of Afghan parliament passed a resolution on 20 February 2007 that calls for an amnesty for Afghans including some lawmakers and members of the government who are suspected of war crimes during a quarter-century of fighting.

NEW YORK: A new poll reports that while Indonesians hold favorable views of many American companies and brands and support the US-led war on terror, negative perceptions of the US persist.

A representative from the U.N. mission in East Timor said everything is nearly ready for Wednesday's presidential election run-off.

It emerged that Australian Defence Force recruiters are increasingly looking overseas to ease the growing skills crisis that is being observed lately. In past few weeks, The Royal Australian Navy listed 38 job categories it will sponsor for permanent residency; over 1500 technical defence vacancies alone...

A dispute erupted between the Indonesian government and budget carrier Adam Air over who should pay for the retrieval of the 'black box' from a commercial jetliner that crashed into the ocean on New Year's Day, killing all 102 people on board.

It appears that membership of military ruled Myanmar in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has turned out to be a spike in the organisation's side, damaging its credibility and global image.

When General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, the first-ever Muslim head of the Thai Army, seized power through a bloodless coup on September 19, 2006, expert opinions and commentaries flooded the news media around the world over hope of bringing peace in the insurgency-plagued provinces of southern Thailand.

Fiji, an Island country of 332 volcanic and coral isles in the South Pacific has undergone a military coup in 5 December 2006. This coup is the fourth in 19 years for Fiji which became a republic in 1970.

Australian authorities are searching extensively for six stolen rocket launchers in the bush-land on the outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales since last few weeks. Intelligent reports suggested that rocket launchers were placed in PVC pipes and buried by the terrorists around southwest Sydney.