Tokyo, April 5 (Xinhua-ANI):Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday unveiled a Japan-U.S. time frame on returning Okinawa's land used by the U.S. military to the Japanese southernmost prefecture, according to local media.

Washington, Apr. 5 (ANI): The major candidates to become Pakistan's next prime minister oppose American drone strikes on extremists in their country, which bodes ill for the U.S. policy after Pakistan's historic parliamentary elections in May.

Seoul, April 5 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea lodged a strong protest on Friday against Japan's renewed territorial claim over Dokdo islets, known as Takeshima in Japan, lying halfway between Seoul and Tokyo.

Islamabad, Apr. 5 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers for the coming general elections have been rejected by the Returning Officer in Kasur's NA-139 constituency.

Kathmandu, April 5 (Xinhua-ANI): Nepal is likely to achieve only four out of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to a joint press statement released here on Friday by United Nations Development Program and the government of Nepal.

Shanghai, April 5 (Xinhua-ANI): A total of 20,536 chickens, ducks, geese and pigeons from a live poultry trading zone in Shanghai were slaughtered after the H7N9 virus was detected there, Shanghai authorities said Friday.

London, Apr. 5 (ANI): A former top diplomat in America has said there were clear signs that China was losing patience with North Korea.

Kathmandu, April 5 (Xinhua-ANI): In what appears as a signal of further putting off the election date, the opposition CPN-Maoist, the breakaway faction of the UCPN-Maoist, on Friday rejected a dialogue offer by the country's four major parties to resolve the outstanding issues.

London, Apr 5 (ANI): A five-year-old girl in the United Kingdom is set to make a new record after it was discovered that she can solve the 3D colour-matching puzzle Rubik's Cube in just under two minutes.

London, April 05 (ANI): Half of British workers feel stress in their jobs every day, according to a new research.

Kuala Lumpur, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): A grandmother aged 94 on Thursday became the first person to request for a nomination form in Malaysia's Terengganu state to run for parliamentary elections for the second time.

Colombo, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): The Government of Sri Lanka has rejected efforts to block trade with Tamil Nadu and has insisted that economic relations should not be disrupted despite political tensions.

Islamabad, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said Thursday that the United States carried out 48 drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal regions in 2012.

Bangkok, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was on Thursday cleared of asset concealment charges involving 30 million Baht (one million U.S. dollars) in loaning provided to a firm owned in part by her spouse several years ago.

Colombo, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): Twenty Sri Lankans have been returned after attempting to illegally migrate to Australia by boat, the Australian High Commission said in a statement here on Thursday, bringing the total number of returnees to 963.

Tehran, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Thursday that in the forthcoming nuclear talks, the West must recognize his country's right to uranium enrichment.

Sydney, Apr. 4 (ANI): The latest move in a series of cost-cutting measures introduced by American airlines is to squeeze the space of toilets in the aircrafts, making space for more seats.

Beijing, Apr. 3 (Xinhua-ANI): Former South African President Nelson Mandela continued to make steady improvement in hospital, the Presidency said on Wednesday.

Beijing, Apr. 3 (Xinhua-ANI): A total of 156 judges died while on duty from 2008 to 2012, according to a Wednesday statement from the Supreme People's Court (SPC).

Beijing, Apr. 3 (Xinhua-ANI): Actress and well-known microblogger Yao Chen is suing a newspaper for damaging her reputation, a Beijing court said Wednesday.