Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al- Moallem said Wednesday that his government has no pre-conditions for holding peace talks, adding that President Bashar al-Assad will attend the 2014 presidential elections "if people want."
EU member countries seem to be keenly aware of the grave consequences of protectionism, as a majority of them oppose a plan to impose punitive duties on solar panel imports from China.
Legislation to protect vulnerable witnesses and victims in Commonwealth criminal proceedings was introduced into Australian Parliament on Wednesday.
Alibaba Group, parent company of China's largest consumer-to-consumer portal, Taobao, joined hands with several partners to kick off a logistics network program on Tuesday in Shenzhen of south China's Guangdong Province.
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.
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.
As the U.S. dollar strengthened further after Fed Chairman Bernanke indicated the possibility of scaling back quantitative easing and after discussions among Fed officials of exiting from monetary stimulus during the Federal Open Market Committee meeting last week were revealed, financial analysts here have predicted that majority of the Asian currencies may decline for quite some time to come.
Pakistan's interim government will transfer power to the new government on June 5, a cabinet minister said Monday.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday embarked on a five-day visit to Japan and Thailand, saying that the tour is aimed at giving a new dimension to India's "Look East" policy.
China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) will hold the sixth high-level strategic dialogue between their foreign ministries in Beijing next month, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman announced 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.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday sent condolences to the soldier killed in Wednesday's southeast London attack, and said the country will be "absolutely resolute in its stand against violent extremism."
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde will answer questions at a French court on Thursday over alleged abuse of office during her time as French finance minister, local media reported on Wednesday.
Hong Kong actor and cantopop singer Ekin Cheng will showcase Cairns and Sydney's tourism experiences in a new television travel series aimed at encouraging more visitors from China, Tourism Australia announced Tuesday.
The U.S. Federal Reserve might adjust the pace of purchases up or down as the labor market and inflation outlook changes in a material way, William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday morning left Bangkok for Tokyo to attend an international forum on "The Future of Asia" in Japan.
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