5 June 2015 – The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new antiretroviral formulation that can be mixed with food, making it easier for children living with HIV to take their life-saving medicines, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AID (UNAIDS) and the UN Children’s Fund (U
Politics
YANGON
Fri Jun 5, 2015 5:05am EDT
Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will make her first visit to China this month, one of the leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party said, amid strained relations between the two countries.
BANGKOK
Fri Jun 5, 2015 4:45am EDT
Thailand's prime minister said on Friday his government was seriously committed to tackling the illicit trade in people and vowed no letup in its crackdown, announcing June 5 as a "national anti-human trafficking day".
SINGAPORE
Fri Jun 5, 2015 4:26am EDT
Vietnam is in talks with European and U.S. contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it looks to beef up its aerial defenses in the face of China's growing assertiveness in disputed waters.
4 June 2015 – The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for a global movement to eradicate hunger as countries look ahead to the new set of development goals that will be adopted in September.
4 June 2015 – The prices of major food commodities continued their downward trajectory through May as cereal prices dropped amid an increasingly favourable forecast for this year’s harvests, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) confirmed today.
4 June 2015 – A United Nations-backed conference aimed at accelerating an ambitious development plan for the world’s 32 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) concluded today in Zambia with a global ‘Call to Action’ intended to streamline their path towards sustainable, inclusive and economic pr
TOKYO
Thu Jun 4, 2015 6:32am EDT
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday said he agreed with Philippine President Benigno Aquino to oppose unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the South China Sea.
SEOUL
Thu Jun 4, 2015 2:55am EDT
Eight days after returning from a trip to the Middle East, a 68-year-old South Korean man developed a cough and fever.
ANKARA
Thu Jun 4, 2015 6:59am EDT
Iran and six world powers resumed negotiations on its nuclear program on Thursday, the Iranian state news agency IRNA said, seeking to overcome remaining differences with a self-imposed June 30 deadline looming to end a 12-year standoff.