Lien Chan, former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's ruling party, will attend celebration events in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the victory of the war of China's resistance against Japan.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov at the UN headquarters in New York City on the sidelines of the Security Council open debate initiated by China on maintaining international peace and security.
Tension marred in Indonesia following publication of different vote quick count results compiled by pollsters agencies in media controlled by both president hopefuls camps, led to victory claims of both contenders in the election.
The Syrian army recaptured Thursday three towns in the southern countryside of the capital Damascus after dealing "heavy blows" to the armed groups.
The smiling face of Angela Merkel dominated the front pages of the main Italian newspapers on Monday, the day after the German general elections.