The UN Security Council has urged rival South and North Korea to refrain from any act that could escalate tension in the wake of the sinking of a South Korean warship which Seoul blames on the North. After hearing separate briefings on the incident by representatives of the two...

As the interim government in Kyrgyzstan sought external assistance in quelling the ethnic violence in various parts of the country, the United States said it wont take “any unilateral steps” in response to the situation. A large number of foreign nationals including Indians, mostly students, are trapped in the...

Australia today said it will impose its own sanctions against Iran to persuade and pressurise it to reverse its nuclear programme, on the heels of fresh penalties imposed by the UN Security Council. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Australia will impose sanctions on a bank, a shipping line, and...