KATHMANDU, July 22 Kyodo - Nepal's special assembly on Monday elected Ram Baran Yadav as the first president of the new republic, which had a king as its head as state until the monarchy was aboli

BANGKOK, July 22 Kyodo - High-level military delegations from Cambodia and Thailand failed Monday to produce any prompt solution to resolve a military standoff on their border since last week.

SINGAPORE, July 22 Kyodo - Just over a total of $1 billion is estimated to be needed over the next three years to help people in Myanmar affected by a massive cyclone in May recover from the devast

SINGAPORE, July 22 Kyodo - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ended their annual meeting Friday on a note of optimism that the 10-member regional bloc will become stron

JAKARTA, July 22 Kyodo - Indonesia's attorney general said Monday that three militants currently on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings could be executed before the start of the Muslim fasting mon

SINGAPORE, July 22 Kyodo - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura arrived in Singapore on Monday to attend a series of ASEAN-hosted talks, but the highlight of his visit is expected to be an in

SINGAPORE, July 22 Kyodo - ASEAN foreign ministers urged Myanmar to free all political detainees in a joint communique issued after their annual meeting here Monday, explicitly naming detained oppo

TAIPEI, July 22 Kyodo - A recent warming in relations between bitter rivals China and Taiwan ''is significant for Japan,'' Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said Monday while meeting with a delegat

GENEVA, July 22 (Kyodo) - Ministers from major trading powers began their meeting on Monday in Geneva in an attempt to unlock the beleaguered Doha Round of negotiations for a global trade deal amid

SINGAPORE, July 21Kyodo - Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win on Sunday indicated his country's military junta could release Myanmar political dissident Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest in about si