A 2-year-old girl in northern China has tested positive for bird flu and is in critical condition – the second case of human infection in a month, reported The Associate Press (AP) from Beijing. The girl ...0 comments

Koshi River will be diverted to its original course in a week, according to officials at the Ministry of Water Resources. The river had changed direction, breaching its embankment in August. The Indian side is working ...0 comments

The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) will extend load-shedding hours up to 82 hours a week with effect from Monday. As per the new schedule, the NEA will cut power for 12 hours a day, six days ...0 comments

The talks between Minister for Information and Communication Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) ended in Kathmandu Sunday with an agreement that the ...0 comments

An armed group wielding khukuris (machete) and swords barged into the residence of journalist Kedar Koirala at Shantinagar area in the capital Saturday evening and allegedly attempted to pounce upon him. Koirala, who is associated with ...0 comments

Obama, 47, the son of a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas, was set to take the oath of office at midday (12.00 pm ...0 comments

Relations between Washington and Moscow have hit a post-Cold War low amid rows over missile defence, NATO enlargement, Kosovo independence and Russia's war with Georgia. Putin said ...0 comments

The UN has extended the mandate of its peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo by a year. The resolution gives the force the authority to ...0 comments

American troops will move into southern Iraq early next year to replace departing British forces, the top US general in Iraq said. The news came as Iraq's parliament rejected a draft law requiring all foreign troops ...0 comments

On a whirlwind trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, US President George W Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the wars that define ...0 comments