Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka left prison decrying the “vendetta” perpetrated against him on Monday, two years after being locked up following an unsuccessful bid to unseat the president. (rwad on here …)
A row breaks out over the sale of a rare dinosaur skeleton sold at auction in the US, with Mongolia’s president saying it was smuggled out. (read the story…)
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta prepared for a handover of power to his successor late on Saturday ahead of celebrations to mark the country’s first decade of independence from Indonesia. (rwad on here …)
Sri Lanka’s president Thursday secured cabinet approval to free jailed former army chief and defeated opposition presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, a senior official said. (rwad on here …)
Communist Party veterans write to China’s president to urge him to sack security chief Zhou Yongkang for supporting disgraced politician Bo Xilai. (read the story…)
Francois Hollande was sworn in as France's new president on Tuesday, an inauguration that many see as an opportunity to improve the European heavyweight's relations with China. (read on…)
Pakistan’s cabinet is expected Wednesday to agree to the president attending talks on Afghanistan in Chicago and approve the lifting of a blockade on overland NATO supplies to its war-torn neighbour. (rwad on here …)
Myanmar's president has assured his South Korean counterpart that his country will no longer buy weapons from North Korea, while conceding it had done so to some extent over the past 20 years. (read more…)
Myanmar’s president has confirmed that his country bought weapons from North Korea during the past 20 years and assured his South Korean counterpart that it will no longer do so. (rwad on here …)
