KABUL, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Security personnel have thwarted attempts to smuggle a huge quantity of opium poppy and took into custody three individuals on charges of involvement in the illegal drug ...

DHAKA, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's interim government has banned all activities of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party.

JAKARTA, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's western Aceh province on Sunday, but no large waves were triggered, according to the country's Meteorology, Climatology, ...

LATAKIA, Syria, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Massive wildfires breaking out on Wednesday in Syria have scorched more than 30 hectares of land in the countryside of the coastal province of Latakia, the Syrian ...