Asia Pacific

Pakistan has placed its military on full alert, claiming that Indian troops are on the move in the disputed terriotry of Kashmir.

Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Bangladesh this week to protest against attacks on Hindus and other religious minorities.

As Sri Lanka prepares for a snap poll at the end of this year -- the second in 14-months -- the country's shaky coalition government is already struggling to retain power.

Just as the United States attempts to balance its bombing of Afghanistan with a sprinkling of humanitarian aid, the Red Cross has said that two of its warehouses near Kabul have been hit by American fire power.

American military authorities are investigating a claim a bomb destroyed a Red Cross warehouse north of Kabul.

Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, has announced a major increase in the country's military commitment to the US campaign against terrorism.

Foreign and Trade Ministers of the Asia Pacific, gather in Shanghai tomorrow to prepare a declaration on terrorism.

Speaking at a press conference after meeting with President Pervez Musharraf, Secretary of State Colin Powell indicated that the United States was open to Pakistan's push for Washington to play a more direct role in helping to resovling the Kashmir dispute with India.

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Having announced the new and friendly era for relations between the United States and Pakistan, the American Secretary of State Colin Powell is now conducting the second, perhaps more delicate leg of his tour of South Asia: India.

Asia-Pacific Foreign Ministers are gathering in Shanghai today to prepare a declaration on terrorism.

The Singapore government has announced a novel scheme to deal with its worst recession in 40 years.

Ten months after taking power, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has reversed her stance on the death penalty.

Intense efforts are under way to secure agreement on just what sort of administration should replace Afghanistan's Taliban regime.

As if on cue for the visit to the region of American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, Indian troops have opened fire across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir.

As if on cue for the visit to the region of American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, Indian troops have opened fire across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir.

The life saving procedure of a blood transfusion is proving to be a deadly threat to the lives of a growing number of people in the Asia Pacific.

The major contenders in Australia's federal election campaign are trying to convince voters that they can prevent asylum seekers arriving by boat in the first place.

The American secretary of state's visit comes to Pakistan and India comes at a time of growing unease among the nations of the Muslim world, including Pakistan, over the direction and nature of the US-led anti-terror campaign.