The United States government along with its allies will impose sanctions on several Myanmar officials and companies, a statement indicates.
Japan and NATO plan to further strengthen their partnership over shared concerns about Russia’s growing military co-operation with China.
International anarchists backing jailed militant Alfredo Cospito are being “mobilised against the Italian state,” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says.
Officials say 100 people, mostly policemen, have been killed after the bombing of a mosque in Peshawar.
A union says thousands of ambulance workers in England will take part in strike action on February 10 in a dispute over pay and staffing.
After years of soaring profits, Norway’s wealth fund has ended up a staggering $A233 billion in the red as Ukraine, inflation and rate hikes took their toll.
Pakistani police are investigating how a suicide bomber was able to reach a mosque in a high-security compound, while officials acknowledge a “security lapse”.
The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has risen to 83.