Pakistan's petroleum ministry has proposed the facilitation for the import of petroleum products from India.

Authorities said on Tuesday they have recaptured 65 prisoners who were among about 500 inmates who escaped in an audacious Taliban-led jailbreak in Southern Afghanistan.

Former US President Jimmy Carter and three elder statesmen today began their three-day visit to North Korea amid a flurry of diplomatic efforts to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula and revive stalled international talks on the North's nuclear weapons programs.

Supplies for Nato troops in Afghanistan from Pakistan were resumed on Monday after a two-day sit-in against US drone strikes ended in the country's Northwest.

Japan launched a massive search on Monday using 25,000 troops to scour its tsunami-ravaged northeast coast for thousands of bodies still missing more than six weeks after the disaster struck.

A roadside bomb killed two Nato service members and a gunman shot dead a local peace council official in Southern Afghanistan where thousands of Afghan and international troops are bracing for an expected spring resurgence of Taliban attacks, officials said on Sunday.

China’s exports surplus that pushed its foreign exchange reserves 'beyond the reasonable requirements' to $3 trillion in January-March quarter poses a risk to the country's economy, experts have warned.

Iran is bracing for a fresh showdown between supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and some conservatives as simmering tensions build in the run-up to the March 2012 Parliamentary election.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon joined Western leaders in condemning Damascus after Syrian forces killed at least 75 people during "Good Friday" protests in one of the bloodiest days of a month-long uprising.

The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant is considering installing underground walls around its crippled reactors to prevent radioactive water seeping out, a broadcaster said on Saturday.