U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will travel to Singapore this week to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue for the first time as Pentagon chief, senior defense officials announced Tuesday.
A Russian Soyuz spaceship carrying a crew of three blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan early Wednesday morning, Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos said.
Russia and the United States are still divided over some issues about the international conference on Syria the two have agreed to organize, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Tuesday.
French police on Monday made a global appeal for assistance via International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) to locate a diamond necklace stolen last week during the Cannes film festival.
At least 14 out of the 27 European Union (EU) member states have voted against the European Commission's proposal to impose punitive duties on imported Chinese solar panels, sources told Xinhua on Monday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that Germany firmly opposes a trade probe initiated by the European Commission into imports of Chinese mobile telecommunications products.
An Iranian presidential candidate said Monday that the western sanctions on his country should be broken and next administration should adopt new policies to mitigate the "impact of sanctions in the country."
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday threatened to stop South Sudan's oil exportation through Sudan's pipelines if Juba continued supporting the rebels of the Revolutionary Front in South Kordofan.
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon condemned on Monday a rocket attack that ripped through Beirut's southern suburbs.
Thousands of Portuguese held a rally Saturday in capital Lisbon against government's tough austerity measures in return for the bailout from the international lenders for the debt-stricken country.
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his German counterpart Angela Merkel held talks here Sunday to map out future bilateral cooperation and reached an important consensus on deepening the strategic partnership between the two nations.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday called on Americans to help rebuild the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City area during a visit to places worst hit by the deadly twister on Monday afternoon.
Nearly 2,000 people from around Britain took to the street on Saturday in Newcastle in northern England to demonstrate against the killing of a serving soldier in London on Wednesday.
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday slammed the European Union (EU) for pursuing anti-dumping cases against Chinese solar panels and mobile telecommunication equipment.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Thursday evening for an official visit to Switzerland, his first trip to Europe since he took office in March.
After a marked downturn over the past two years, the global economy is expected to gain momentum slowly for the rest of 2013 and 2014 on the back of accommodative monetary policies in developed and developing economies, a latest UN report said here Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday sought to redefine his administration's counterterrorism policies, announcing new guidelines codifying controversial drone strikes against militant targets, while renewing his pledge to close Guantanamo Bay military detention facility.
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