Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza's city of Rafah — on the border with Egypt — could have catastrophic consequences for regional stability. Egypt's top intelligence official, Abbas Kamel, is leading the delegation
Vice-President (South, Central and West Asia) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Yingming Yang, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.
Atul Keshap, the Senior Vice President for South Asia at the US Chamber of Commerce, has arrived in Kathmandu to participate in the third Nepal Investment Summit scheduled for April 28 and 29.
Millions of Indians began voting Friday in the second round of multi-phase national elections as Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to galvanize voters with his assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics. People lined up outside polling stations as voting opened at 7 a.m. Turnout was expected to pick up as the day progressed.
Conservation actions are effective at reducing global biodiversity loss, according to a major study. International researchers spent 10 years looking at measures, from hatching Chinook salmon to eradication of invasive algae.
Indian voters are battling sweltering conditions to take part in the world’s biggest election as a severe heat wave hits parts of the country and authorities forecast a hotter-than-normal summer for the South Asian nation. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said a heat wave will affect parts of south and east India until the end of the week, including four states that are voting on Friday.
When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the African continent malaria has never left, killing or sickening millions of people.
Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday.
Ancient DNA is spilling more secrets about the Avars, a fearsome people who built a mysterious empire that ruled much of Central and Eastern Europe for 250 years from the mid-sixth century.
Many companies in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru are offering a host of incentives - from free food to taxi rides - to people voting in the general election. Located in Karnataka state, Bengaluru is often in the news for its low voter turnout.
From ibis to hyenas, a surprising variety of scavengers have been drawn to urban life. Here's how they're thriving in cities across the globe. On the road to Cape Point Nature Reserve, on the outskirts of the South African city of Cape Town, each day people must run the gauntlet of a gang with a habit of "car-jacking".
Searing heat has forced 33 million children out of schools in Bangladesh, as temperatures in parts of the country soared to above 42°C (108 F). Schools and colleges will be shut for at least until 27 April. This is the second year in a row that authorities had to make such a move due to extreme weather.