A Canadian businessman has been found dead in his room at an upscale hotel in Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator, police said Friday, according to AP.
Jim Doak, 59, was found dead Thursday morning by cleaning staff at the Blue Sky hotel. Canadian media (...)
A political crisis in Mongolia appeared to be coming to an end Friday with the selection of a new prime minister.
According to dpa, the Mongolian parliament announced on its website that Chimed Saikhanbileg from the Democratic Party had been chosen (...)
AlQa'dah 8, 1435, Sep 3, 2014, SPA -- Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Mongolian counterpart on Wednesday during a five-hour working visit to a traditional friendly neighbor, AP reported.
Putin and Elbegdorj Tsakhia met in the (...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Ulan Bator
on Thursday for a two-day official visit, Xinhua news agency
reported, according to dpa.
Xi is the first Chinese head of state to visit Mongolia in 11 years.
China has been Mongolia's largest trade (...)
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Foreign Minister, met here today with Norovyn Altankhuyag, Prime Minister of Mongolia.
During the meeting, they discussed ways to reinforce cooperation between the two friendly nations, and ways to strengthen (...)
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel praised Mongolian troops during a rare visit on Thursday to the landlocked nation strategically located between China and Russia that sits on vast quantities of untapped mineral wealth, according to Reuters.
Hagel (...)
The Democratic Party of Mongolia plans to quit the governing coalition in maneuvering ahead of elections likely to center on the country's recent mining wealth, according to AP.
The withdrawal would still leave the Mongolian People's Party with a (...)
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, currently on a visit to Mongolia, met here today with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.
During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and discussed ways of enhancing cooperation between (...)
US Vice President Joe Biden lauded land-locked Mongolia's efforts at democratization on Monday, offering support to a country that is strategically located between China and Russia and sits on vast quantities of untapped mineral wealth.
Biden, (...)
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah concluded yesterday a visit to Mongolia.
During the visit, he held talks with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj which were also attended by Chief of the Kuwaiti National Guard Sheikh (...)
The chief of Mongolia's ruling party said Thursday he is resigning to allow the current prime minister to consolidate his power, at a time when the country's capital has been rocked by protests, according to AP.
Former Prime Minister Bayar Sanjaa (...)
Mongolia"s Prime Minister Sanj Bayar has tendered his resignation due to poor health, the secretary of the ruling Mongolian People"s Revolutionary Party told Reuters on Monday.
Bayar was appointed prime minister late in 2007.
Bayar has been (...)
Horse flu continues to spread in Mongolia and more than 60,000 horses in 11 provinces in southern Mongolia have been infected since October, 2007, Xinhua reported.
Mongolian General Authority for Emergency Management said on Monday that 21 horses (...)
U.S. President George W. Bush,
buffeted by unrelenting criticism at home over Iraq, on
Monday saluted Mongolia's "fearless warriors" for helping
his embattled effort to establish democracy in the heart of
the Middle East.
"Mongolia and the (...)
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald
H. Rumsfeld stopped briefly in Mongolia on Saturday to encourage its efforts to build a
peacekeeping force with a global reach.
"If there's anything that's clear in the 21st century,
it's that the world needs (...)