U.S.-India Civil Space Joint Working Group

Deputy Assistant USTR for Central and South Asian Affairs Mara Burr will discuss U.S.-Afghanistan trade and investment opportunities at a roundtable organized by the Afghan Trusted Network. Washington, D.C. Open to Invited Press Only Tuesday, May 14 ...

Clare Nuttall in Astana Central Asian states are stepping up efforts to engage with post-war Afghanistan economically as fears grow about the security implications that the US military withdrawal could have on the region as a whole. Several of the ...

Astana. April 23. INTERFAX-KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakhstan State Secretary Marat Tazhin discussed with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake the Kazakh-American cooperation prospects on Tuesday in Astana. "Robert ...

"Don't talk to me about giblets," International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane reportedly said during last weeks Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) business summit. This remark reveals several things ...

State media in China warn North Korea to stop detaining fishing boats amid public anger over the "kidnapping" of fishermen by unidentified captors. State media report a Chinese fishing boat and its 16-man crew who were reportedly held for ransom by ...

By MICHAEL FALCONE ( @michaelpfalcone ) NOTABLES SOUTH CAROLINAS COMEBACK KID: After an infamous Argentine affair tarnished his governorship in 2009, and after state officials slapped him with 37 ethics charges later that year for unrelated ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today said it will provide about USD 6 billion loan to India over the next three years, even as the multilateral lender stated it is facing the challenge of raising resources. "Our idea is ADB will maintain its ...

May 16, 2013 When Myanmar president Thein Sein visits Washington next week, President Barack Obama should arrange for him to make a trip to the Pentagon. Myanmar is a key member of ASEAN, wedged like a keystone between China, India, and Southeast ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a joint press conference with Yun Byung-se, South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, at the State Department in Washington, DC on April 2, 2013. (Saul Loeb/AFP/) Secretary of State John Kerry's ...