Thai authorities on Tuesday cracked down on anti-government protesters, ordering the arrest of deposed premier Thaksin Sinawatra and 13 other protest leaders, hours after the two-day siege of the capital fizzled out with the demonstrators buckling under army pressure. 


The ruling Communist Party has retained power in the former Soviet republic of Moldova after an impressive victory in the parliamentary polls.
The Japan Coast Guard began operating a system on wednesday that can locate and identify Japanese shipson international voyages as a way to enhance the safety and secur...
Japan's manufacturing output has fallen for the fifth straight month in the month of February as well.
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's southern island of Okinawa early on Friday, the US Geological Survey said.